Don't Celebrate Hell This Halloween
For those who were not brought up in an authentically Catholic cultural environment, Halloween can easily take on the character of a death festival.
Ghouls, vampires, witches, devils, eye-ball soups, depictions of demons and murder on front lawns (I saw a realistic hanging scene on someone's front porch the other day - shocking)... Death for the sake of death - what is the merit in that? I would not advise trying to imagine what is going through the minds of people who litter their yards with body parts and ghoulish demon ghost things. Exorcists will understand it the best...
First, remember it's a Catholic Feast Day.
Halloween, remember, is a sacred Feast - a Solemnity and a Holy Day of Obligation, the first day in an Octave dedicated to remembering the faithful departed.
Halloween, from "All Hallow's Eve," of the Vigil of All Saints Day, is a sacred day, a day, therefore, to celebrate Jesus Christ and His victory, which He shared with the souls of the great men an…
Ghouls, vampires, witches, devils, eye-ball soups, depictions of demons and murder on front lawns (I saw a realistic hanging scene on someone's front porch the other day - shocking)... Death for the sake of death - what is the merit in that? I would not advise trying to imagine what is going through the minds of people who litter their yards with body parts and ghoulish demon ghost things. Exorcists will understand it the best...
First, remember it's a Catholic Feast Day.
Halloween, remember, is a sacred Feast - a Solemnity and a Holy Day of Obligation, the first day in an Octave dedicated to remembering the faithful departed.
Halloween, from "All Hallow's Eve," of the Vigil of All Saints Day, is a sacred day, a day, therefore, to celebrate Jesus Christ and His victory, which He shared with the souls of the great men an…
