#Halloween means: Holy Eve
#Harry Potter
# Contraception & lying
#Modernists defined
#The cunning of the modernists
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What to do about Halloween - what would Our Lady and our Divine Lord do?
Do you think Our Lady would encourage Jesus, as a boy, to masquerade and play pranks, which are basically sinful, that is, offensive to Jesus? Would they join in with masquerade parties? Do we love Jesus and Mary? Then we should be trying to imitate them, and if we have no such intention then all our "love" is horrible lip-service?
Dear friends, is it not beyond belief that Catholics even contemplate about participating in this vain and worldly perversion of the truth, let alone actually doing so?
THE TRUTH ABOUT HALLOWE'EN - it means a HOLY EVENING
That is the first thing to learn - the correct spelling of the name of this event should be Hallowe'en - the apostrophy ', as is usual, denotes a missing letter, which in this case is 'v', so that "Hallowe'en" stands for "Halloweven" or the eve before "All Hallows", where "Hallows" means "Saint" or "Sacred".
So the proper meaning of "Hallowe'en" is the "eve before "All Hallows" or "Hallowmas" or "All Saints Day". And that is all, and nothing else. That is what it should be to people striving to be good Catholics. It is more than enough for a good Catholic. A great joy at the knowledge that God graces the world with the proof of Heaven through making Saints of people.
When Catholics tried to be genuine Christians they revered and celebrated not only the Feast of All Saints on 1st. November, but also the Vigil of that the Feast Day on the 31st. of October. All Saints is such a great Feast Day that it should be prepared for the day BEFORE! This day always had its special Mass and was always a FAST day or a day of fasting!
Where have so many Catholics gone on the Vigil of All Saints? They've all long time gone after the vanities and lies of the world, gone masquerading and after such-like vain fooleries as so-called 'playing pranks'! The masquerading is nothing but sin offending God through vanity. Yes, check it out with the 'experts', the Saints, who teach nothing but the Gospel truth as taught by Jesus and thereafter by His Apostles, and you will see that "vanity is always a sin". THIS IS THE UNCHANGEABLE TEACHING OF THE CHURCH. And the 'pranks'- what can they be, but likewise nothing but evil actions of lying or doing harm to others or their property, offending God.
So the devil, not without our "loving" cooperation, has perverted this day of preparation for a Holy Day by drawing faithless people to the vain folly of dressing up, and dressing up even as demons, witches, etc.; indulging in 'parties' and for some these include the gratification of their lust. All this is contrary to Religion, that is, to the fulfilment of God's will and wishes, namely, preparing for a Holy Day. It is contrary to loving God; contrary to receiving Him in Holy Communion. It's contrary to genuine personal happiness!
Let us not give now, if we did before, any support whatever to this deliberate indulgence in evil, no matter how small it seems. Vanity is always a sin, and no matter how 'small', it is offensive to God. THIS IS THE UNCHANGEABLE TEACHING OF THE CHURCH. Let us always remember that the indulgence in dressing up is vanity, and as such, it is always at least a venial sin, an offence to God, the kindly and caring Father. Is it Christ-like, is it love for God or neighbour! How is it any of these? And it's not a source of genuine happiness, but the opposite, because every vain or 'stolen' pleasure we indulge in, that is, when it's not done for the love of God, we have to 'pay' for!
Instead, we should try to pray more, observe a fast if possible and make other forms of reparation for the insults offered to God on "Hallowe'en". The Christian's or the Catholic's life is not to have fun. That is for the next life with God in Heaven. Now it is time to strive to be like Our Lord and Saviour, that is to labour unceasingly to win the crown of eternal life and joy.
Let us rather pray, fast and make reparation for all the vanity and evils committed at Halloween, a perversion of truth. Let us give good example to the world, rather than scandal confirming many in their poor folly. The greater sin is ours.
And let us finish with the consideration with which we started, to shame us away from such sinful vain foolishness. Let us answer the question: "Would Our Lady encourage Jesus, as a boy to masquerade and play pranks? Would they join in with masquerade parties?" Do we love Jesus and Mary or do we pay lip-service?
Do we not do enough already ready to deserve the reproach of offended God, that He cries out (Ps 4:3):
"O ye sons of men, how long will you be dull of heart? Why do you love vanity and seek after lying?" What are we when we follow the madding crowd?
If we renounce such folly we will come to enjoy what 'poor offended' God has on offer (Ps 4:4):
"Know ye also that the Lord hath made his holy one wonderful?"
Do we know this? Have we believed and tasted It? If we haven't, it should be very obvious who is to blame.
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