[TheGunny]

I hardly think that celebrating the birth of my Savior is an equivalent to H’ween on any level....So, now that we have searched out the underlying message of Christmas, what is the underlying message of H’ween that lines up with my last post???

Im not judging ANY of you who feel its ok to make this compromise...it is a matter of conscience for me to not do so. I dont believe that the Bible teaches this type of permissiveness.

[AnAmericanMother]

Of course Christmas as a Major Feast is not the equivalent of All Souls or All Saints . . .

. . . but the underlying message I think is to remember the dead, to remember that we also must die, and to pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. Not a popular message for moderns, because death has been largely sanitized and hushed up and locked away in hospitals and nursing homes where most people don't have to confront it. And most moderns don't like to confront the issue of the Four Last Things and what may happen to us after we die.

So no, it's not on a level with Christmas. But it is important.