Why stop at kissing?
Couple Arrested for Having Sex in New York City Cathedral
The above is not in the Roman Missal either.
LOL!
Your reply was the kind that is intended to shock and not to advance the conversation. I ignored it for awhile but it occurred to me today at Mass that I do believe that the RC Church has, for most of its history, ignored the Body of Christ and that the hand holding and greeting and even kissing some of those around us is the sort of physical outreach that pleases God. We are all co-heirs with Christ in the mystery of the Holy Trinity. Reaching out to others around me at that point in the Mass is part of me praying that we all move towards Christ as the Church Militant. In other words, I can and do pray with my body as well as my mind and heart. If it doesn’t work for you that way then stand in the back or go to a church where that sort of interacting does not occur. I’m pretty sure that the Protestants do hugs, hand holding and kissing before during and after their services so you probably will have to go to a Latin Mass and stare straight ahead.