Happy Hallowe'en - October 31st, 2012

ALL SAINTS' DAY
ALL SAINTS' EVENING
ALL HALLOWS' EVEN
HALLOWS E'EN
HALLOWE'EN

Celebrated alongside other holy days during a time of year when food has historically been most readily available to feed people to come together - harvest, when the day begins to shorten, the summer heat wanes, and all the world sets ready for the stillness of winter.

Pagan and Christian alike see their mortality reflected, yet rejoice in a life enduring, and hope resilient, just as new shoots and buds endure, their vigor reserved, in steady anticipation of the spring to come.

Happy Hallowe'en, All Saints', and All Souls' Days, friends and family!

of Resentment and Scarring

Resentment and hard-heartedness become more burdensome than what we resent, and often enough, more of an impediment as well. Time may not heal all wounds, but it will never heal those we keep open. Here is how scars are beautiful: as wounds, that were allowed to heal.

usccb.org/bible/mt/23:24#48023024-1

 
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