YOU HAD ME AT BOOOooooo: Should Catholics Be Afraid of Halloween?
By Juan Rodriguez: On Halloween, my brother took me to a building numbered "666". My brother led me into the building elevator, and upon exiting it, I saw in front of me a pool of blood on the Hallway floor. My brother said to me, “Ooooh, they must have killed someone.” Now picture that - a kid, looking at blood pooled on the hallway floor, and thinking that someone was taken. I could not tell if blood was real or fake. I can recall going home that night; no police were called, so I let it slide, putting the memory in my “Case Closed” pocket of my brain. The fact is, every young person may have had this experience or a different experience of Halloween, and can recall their moment of fright during "trick or treating." That was then; now, looking at this and studying about Halloween, I have come to the conclusion, “we’ve been duped.” You bring it up to family members or friends that “Halloween is a Holy Day (CCC 2180 - 2183) of the Church” - you get the impression,...
