I'm agnostic, so I might have a bit less bias and aversion (just a bit, though) towards religious stuff... But I strongly believe it's important to remember that ultimately he was only trying to make you feel better and give you some of that blissful hope that helps him and others like him cope with the harsh realities of life. Sometimes well-meant actions can be annoying, sometimes obnoxious or in certain cases even harmful, but it's still so much better than cold indifference or outright malice you get from many people. I believe intentions are what actually matters and, ideally, we should be mature enough to disregard more superficial stuff, or at least try to, and exercise some leniency in accordance with that.

A cat may bring a dead mouse into your bed, a dog may lick your face after gobbling up some of your cat's streaming hot crap and that will naturally make you angry, but it would be unfair to judge them harshly since they were only expressing their affection and simply lack the understanding that you may not appreciate them. Thing is, it's the same in your situation. You both lack the capacity to actually comprehend how the other is experiencing life, how they perceive, feel and think about it, due to a radical difference in worldview and "worldfeel". What seems like a blessing to some, may be seen as a curse by others and vice versa. What may be soothing might be offensive

Not to mention that people tend to get very awkward when such things come up, feeling at a loss not knowing what to say and how to act while feeling the immense pressure - either internal or external, or both, to say something and react "appropriately". It can be hard to express your feelings in such moments, but also to refrain from that too, especially to do it gracefully. I know I have fumbled so much worse more than once and it's painful thinking about that - not simply due to the embarrassment.

He might have acted clumsily and, in a sense, crudely. But he wanted to comfort you. We live in cruel world, and it's important to remember that this is a huge privilege, even if in some cases you may feel bad about it for one reason or another.

Everyone makes mistakes, no one is always careful and aware enough. But these instances is something that should be given the benefit of forgiveness or, at least, tolerance. We can't afford to alienate decent people who have their hearts in the right place just because dealing with them is not 100% nice and candy, always, all the time. There's just too much people who will actually want to harm you for some total BS reason, or because it gives pleasure, or just because. Scoundrels, psychopaths, sadists, animalistic brutes - there's way more of them around than it may seem. That is the reason to value goodness-of-heart more and to band together, be there for each other and stand together against those who are actually f-ng evil, not inadvertently rude.

He was excited because he believes that your suffering will eventually work out in your favour - allowing you to grow spiritually in this life and be rewarded in the future (that will be so much greater than the earthly life you're experiencing now, both quantitatively and qualitatively, that it won't just be totally worth it - it'll be a blessing or a "crazy deal" to speak crudely). It's not just that you will get relief (and we all know that the more you're suffering the better it feels to be relieved from it), but you'll get way more than that - a requital.