The most important tears are those on our cheeks
In our everyday life we shed tears when we miss our mother, father, children, and wife and so on. But out of all tears, the most important ones are the tears shed when the man meets God and the tears of sunning passions.
What is the importance of the tears, the gift of weeping for Christians?
For Christians, tears are a symbol of the spiritual purification and meeting the Holy Spirit. But there can also be tears shed because of your repentance, as an expression of sin, confession. Finally, in our everyday life we shed tears when we miss our mother, father, children, and wife and so on. But out of all tears, the most important ones are the tears shed when the man meets God and the tears of sunning of passions.
(Translated from Adrian Alui Gheorghe, Părintele Iustin Pârvu: o misiune creștină și românească, Editura Doxologia, Iași, 2013, p. 48)
