gift of tears

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How could I identify if I have this gift? And if this is the case, how could I use for the glory of God
 
If you find yourself crying in moments of prayer such as after communion, during meditation etc. ask your confessor or spiritual director if this is indeed the gift of tears which comes from the Holy Spirit as a consolation in prayer, or just a coincidence of human emotion. It personally think it is more common than not and is a sign of inner conversion and openness to the Holy Spirit.
 
The Gift of Tears is the term used for that experience sometimes arising from the Prayer of Quiet, that level of prayer wherein God initiates the soul into the beginnings of the higher states of prayer. The Prayer of Quiet can give rise to a great delight in the depths of the soul that overflows into gentle tears. The Gift of Tears is not an overwhelming feeling of grief for one’s sins or a natural expression of emotion. Fr. Thomas Dubay gives this description:
The prayer [of quiet]. . .is very easy when compared with the effort involved in discursive meditation, and even if it lasts a long time, it does not weary the recipient. Because it is infused, this prayer can be neither originated nor prolonged by our efforts or desire, and it can bring to one’s intimate depths a great delight, a delight that can spill over into the body on the emotional level. Tears may accompany this contemplation, but if they do, they are, says [St.] Teresa [of Jesus], ‘Gentle and without distress,’ Fire Within, Fr. Thomas Dubay, Ignatius Press, pgs. 88-89
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I was going through a phase where I was not sure of the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. One morning I approached the altar to receive with absolutely no emotion whatsoever. I really had no emotion that morning at all about anything. Well, by the time I got to my seat, the gentle tears were just flowing down my cheeks. This was a wonderful reminder from Jesus that He is real and ever present in the Eucharist. I know that if this is not Jesus, real presence, then I would have had absolutely no reason to have tears, especially when I was not emotional at all, at receiving just a piece of bread and a sip of wine.
 
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