Comments on: Halloween, 2019 – More than monsters and candy https://www.acatholic.org/halloween-2019-more-than-monsters-and-candy/ DAILY MASS READINGS AND REFLECTIONS @ ACATHOLIC.ORG Thu, 31 Oct 2019 20:27:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Coral Obrien https://www.acatholic.org/halloween-2019-more-than-monsters-and-candy/#comment-16979 Thu, 31 Oct 2019 20:27:23 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=69046#comment-16979 Hi Dan, could you please tell me what Hallowe’en means

]]> By: A https://www.acatholic.org/halloween-2019-more-than-monsters-and-candy/#comment-16978 Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:08:54 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=69046#comment-16978 Parents/guardians: please remember to check your kids’ candy tonight after it has all been collected. Every year, I hear the seemingly inevitable story of someone having tampered with the candy and putting in dangerous stuff. Will this be the year that I won’t hear that story on November 1st?

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.acatholic.org/halloween-2019-more-than-monsters-and-candy/#comment-16977 Thu, 31 Oct 2019 13:37:58 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=69046#comment-16977 Dan, I don’t recall ever reading this particular gospel reading from Luke. I wish you would have elaborated on that.
Jesus calls Herod a fox and then says to the Jews
“Behold, your house will be abandoned.
But I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say,
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.”
This is some heavy stuff especially for all the Jewish people.

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.acatholic.org/halloween-2019-more-than-monsters-and-candy/#comment-16976 Thu, 31 Oct 2019 13:12:35 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=69046#comment-16976 Hey Dan,

I don’t know if giving candy out during Halloween would qualify as alms giving, but without the “giving”, Halloween would definitely disappear quicker than a Snickers bar tonight.

No one thinks twice about handing treats tonight, in fact, it’s frowned upon if you don’t. Although not related to Halloween, if you go back and read Mt 6:2, you’ll notice something that is implied, giving is to be expected ( Jesus is describing how to do it correctly in that verse ). His point is not if you give or you should give or you better give, it’s when you give. It should be second nature.

Now I’m not into Halloween as much as most people, you included, but I am into the giving part of it.

Something that should be done year round because it is expected of us.

Mark

]]> By: Bill https://www.acatholic.org/halloween-2019-more-than-monsters-and-candy/#comment-16975 Thu, 31 Oct 2019 11:30:49 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=69046#comment-16975 Good reflection Dan. Thanks.

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.acatholic.org/halloween-2019-more-than-monsters-and-candy/#comment-16974 Thu, 31 Oct 2019 09:29:59 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=69046#comment-16974 Scary it is. Thank you Dan for another lesson in our Catholic tradition. No trick here…just a treat.

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