When deep pain reaches the hearts of those who claim to be christians, and especially of the Spiritists, this pain expresses itself through tears in their eyes.

At this point, it is common for the members of the same beliefs, friends, and relatives to be surprised with the shed tears and to ask questions such as:

Why are you crying? Aren't you a Spiritist? Where is your faith?

And the crying ones, already with their souls destroyed with the events they have to go through, still have to manage these attitudes that hurt their feeling as sharp blade.

Then, these suffering fellows, who would expect a broad shoulder to cry on, a handshake, a hug, start suffering in silence.

They cry inside, because crying openly was prohibited by senseless censorship.

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Who said one cannot cry because of the departure of a loved one who left this life for his/her real home?

Who said one cannot shed tears when penury knocks on the door brought by unemployment; when the son gets involved with drugs; when ingratitude comes with its cruel dagger?

For those of us who chose Jesus as a Model and Guide and care about knowing His biography, find in the Gospel precious information about pain and tears.

Upon His arrival in Bethany and learning about Lazarus's death, facing Lazarus's sisters (Mary) questions, Jesus sits on a stone and cries.

Why would Jesus have cried? Surely not for His friend who He knew was not dead, but simply in a lethargic state. However, He let the tears flow freely.

Maybe He cried for the incomprehension of people regarding who He was, the life objectives and the certainty about immortal life.

When Magdalene enters the banquet room in some Simon's house and shed tears for her pain, her remorse mixed with the happiness for having met the love she was searching for so long, Jesus does not reprimand her.

On the contrary, He teaches the host: Simon, I entered your house and you did not give me water for my feet. She, however, bathed them with tears and dried them with her hair.

During the painful trip to Golgotha, when meeting the Jerusalem women who were crying the death of the just man, the man who blessed their children so many times, Jesus stops.

He does not reprimand them for crying. Instead, He says that they should not cry for Him, Who is walking towards glorification in the cross, but rather for themselves and for their children.

It can be seen that the humanity Model and Guide never spoke against tears of pain and regret.

Therefore, it is fair crying when the soul is mourning, when one is involved with pain.

The fact of being a Christian or a Spiritist-Christian does not make one an insensitive creature. On the contrary, even feeling somebody else's pain is learned.

What is not coherent is the despair, the shame, the complaint.

But tears? Why not, if they translate the soul mourning state?

Why not, if Jesus Himself cried? Even He, the perfect being.

Let us think about that, let us be more authentic, reasonable and better understanding of others' pains, which deserve all our respect.

After all, it was Jesus who taught us: Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Spiritist Moment Team.
November 27.2009.