Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 2 Corinthians 6:17
"Although Halloween has been embraced by the secular world, its
foundations are firmly rooted in Catholic tradition. Dr Malcolm Brown of
the Alcuin Institute for Catholic Culture explains the significance of
All Hallows’ Eve.
The name itself comes from All Hallow’s Eve – that is, the Vigil of All
Saints’ Day, when Catholics remember those who have gone before us to
enter our heavenly home. Immediately afterwards, on November 2, the
Church commemorates all the faithful departed still detained in
Purgatory, and prays in suffrage for them.
Vatican News spoke with Dr Marcel Brown, of the Alcuin Institute for
Catholic Culture in Tulsa, about the Catholic roots of Halloween. “The
feast of Halloween is one of those feasts on the Catholic calendar that
is celebrated on the eve of a great solemnity”, he said.
The modern focus on the eerie or mysterious also has a Catholic aspect.
“When we think of Halloween, I think we often think of ghosts and
goblins, and ghoulish faces”, Dr Brown said. “But even these, in the
Catholic tradition, are supposed to be reminders of death and of the
last things”."
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