Halloween is by far the worst day of the year for me.
Not only are the Fall days getting shorter, the weather colder, and the grass and trees around us deader, it seems like the spiritual shadows and darkness are stronger too.
Neighbourhood displays and children's costumes are getting increasingly cynical and sinister.
Deep spiritual truths - the spirit world, the demonic, death and hell - are made light of and, even celebrated. Halloween is the epitome of spiritual darkness.
Whenever I go to Mexico I feel uncomfortable with the painted faces and skulls that are so popular in their expression of the Catholic faith, but in that context it's not a denial of the spiritual realm, but a confirmation thereof. All Saints Day - tomorrow - is after all, a day when we celebrate the lives of the saints that have gone before us.
Here, where I live in this cesspool that is secularism, Halloween is at best complete ignorance about the spiritual world, and at worst a glorification of the demonic.
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