Have you been to a daily Mass recently? If it was anything like here in the states, there was no one in attendance but old people.
One of those babies that holds a church flag would trump a knife.
There are about 120 people every day at Mass in my parish. They are of varying ages.
During the school year, 4 days a week the school children are there.
The prayers of “old people” are just as valuable as those of the middle age and the young.
They are the ones who know the best way to start the mornings off in their retirement years. God bless them.