Halloween

[uruviel]

I think I will. On all Saints day. Not on halloween though, I would rather keep my family inside and pray for souls on halloween night. Because by doing that your making God an alternative to the devil, thats not the way it should be. The devil should be the alternative to God. I think it would be great to dress up for all saints day though.

[ardillacid]

[quote name='wikipedia' post='1107490']
Not a very small minority of people are doing evil, halloween was transformed by satan gradually over the ages into his day, like a mockery of Catholic feast days halloween is his. I will not celebrate it, and I am telling you I would never put my children into a hallween celebration, the skulls and skeletons and dead bodies and day of the dead, it's not that innocent. It's a gruesome day that was at first the eve of All Saints Day unto now it has been made satans day. I love the idea of going to Saint parties, dressing up as saints, celebrating our Church triumpant in heaven, all the saints, not on halloween that is now satans day. It's very simple. The culture has accepted halloween as innocent fun, when really satan has turned it into so much more than just enjoying scaryness and ghosts, it's a real evil day and Jesus, Mary, the saints, they all suffered grave insults last night. I find it better to stay at home and pray a rosary, like my family did last night, rather than going out on satans day and celebrating. Do you get my point?
But I need to leave for mass now, God Bless!
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I do believe its the other way around.

[quote]The term Halloween, and its older spelling Hallowe'en, is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the evening before "All Hallows' Day"[1] (also known as "All Saints' Day"). [b]The holiday was a day of religious festivities in various northern European Pagan traditions, until Popes Gregory III and Gregory IV moved the old Christian feast of All Saints Day from May 13 to November 1.[/b] In Ireland, the name was All Hallows' Eve (often shortened to Hallow Eve), and though seldom used today, it is still a well-accepted label. The festival is also known as Samhain or Oíche Shamhna to the Irish, Calan Gaeaf to the Welsh, Allantide to the Cornish and Hop-tu-Naa to the Manx. Halloween is also called Pooky Night in some parts of Ireland, presumably named after the púca, a mischievous spirit.[/quote]

~Wiki

[Ash Wednesday]

I already quoted Wikipedia! Doesn't anybody read my posts anymore?

Edited November 3, 2006 by Ash Wednesday

[Lil Red]

i do

[Norseman82]

[quote name='Ash Wednesday' post='1107208' date='Nov 1 2006, 12:39 AM']

From Wikipedia:

The term Halloween, and its older spelling Hallowe'en, is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the evening before "All Hallows' Day"[1] (also known as "All Saints' Day"). The holiday was a day of religious festivities in various northern European Pagan traditions, until Popes Gregory III and Gregory IV moved the old Christian feast of All Saints Day from May 13 to November 1. In Ireland, the name was All Hallows' Eve (often shortened to Hallow Eve), and though seldom used today, it is still a well-accepted label.


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The priest mentioned that fact in his homily when I went to the anticipated Mass Tuesday evening - that All Saints' Day was not based on pagan traditions, but moved to where it was [i]in response to them[/i]!

[Ash Wednesday]

[quote name='Lil Red' post='1109366' date='Nov 2 2006, 08:26 PM']
i do
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Okay... that's good to hear!

[ardillacid]

[quote name='Ash Wednesday' post='1109353' date='Nov 2 2006, 08:19 PM']
I already quoted Wikipedia! Doesn't anybody read my posts anymore?
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Sorry, I have not read the thread, I was just responding to people on this page

[Ash Wednesday]

It's ok... (though my post WAS on this page) :