[Avodah] Attending religious services other than Jewish

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From: Claudia Gaspar _gaspar51 at gmail.com_ (mailto:gaspar51 at gmail.com) 

>>A friend  of mine who is x-tian lost his 20-year old son in a terrible
motorcycle  accident.

He invited me to attend a mass and I know it's very important  to him I can
be present in a so painful time.

I don't know what to to.  Is it an 'ethics' I can observe under such
conditions? <<

Shabat  Shalom

Claudia Gaspar

 
>>>>>
 
You can't go to church but you can send him a letter of condolence and ask  
if it would be OK for you to visit his home in a few days.  At his home you 
 would more or less conduct yourself as you would at a shiva -- talk about 
his  son and ask him to share memories with you.  The pain of your not being 
at  the mass is so tiny compared to the pain of losing his son that he will 
not  remember or care about it in the long run.   It's like a mosquito bite 
 compared to a massive stroke.
 

--Toby Katz
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