Posted on 10/31/2021 4:08:58 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
For many children in the United States, Halloween is their favorite holiday of the year. This is primarily the case because of all the candy children get to feast on after going trick-or-treating.
Interestingly, while this secular holiday has become associated with feasting on candy, it was originally a day of fasting in the Catholic Church.
November 1 is All Saints Day in the Catholic Church, and is usually a holy day of obligation. (There is no obligation this year for Catholics in the US, as it falls on a Monday.) All Saints Day is a solemnity, one of the highest ranked feasts in the Church, a day marked with joy and celebration.
For many centuries the Church was accustomed to observe the eve or vigil of a major feast day with a special fast. It followed the ancient saying that you should “fast before you feast.”
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Thanks for posting this. I didn’t know.
Halloween is my favorite time of year, the time when I can be myself and not have to apologize.
I am in full witch attire as I write this, complete with pointy hat and broom.
And to you, as well.
A grand old Scottish tradition
“fast before you feast.”
On the other hand, mom made us eat something before we went to a feast so we would not look like hogs at a trough.
Halloween is the beginning of Sugar season...(Halloween through Valentines Day) also known as “flu” season, or for the past year plus, COVID. Overeating Sugar makes people sick...sorry to be such a party pooper. Thankfully we moved this year from a very busy neighborhood, to a place where we’ll likely have zero trick or treaters. And no, We never gave out “healthy snacks”...just candy.
...and Satan sent a poison upon those who would celebrate “All Hallows Eve”. He called it ‘Candy Corn’.
Stay away from this garbage holiday. Like most, it is pagan in origin. Witches are occultic in origin. Are you insane?
This year, 93 kids, two masked up for COVID along with their parents. Everyone else was without a mask, smiling, friendly, and having a good time. The DEMs can go f*ck themselves!
I’m on a year long fast from Harry Potter.
Honor God and pray for miracles.
Happy All Saints (including Archie Manning, Drew Brees, and Billy Joe Tolliver) *Day*!
‘Are you insane?’
Not at all. I have a great sense of humor and take things with a grain of salt.
Everyone loved my outfit last night.
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