Halloween

All Saints' Day (also called All Hallows or Hallowmas)

often shortened to All Saints, is a feast celebrated on November 1 in Western Christianity, and on the first Sunday after Pentecost in Eastern Christianity in honour of all the saints, known and unknown. 

In terms of Roman Catholic theology, the feast commemorates all those who have attained the beatific vision in heaven, while the next day, All Souls' Day, commemorates the departed faithful who have not yet been purified and reached heaven.

In the early Church, Christians would celebrate the anniversary of a martyr's death for Christ (known as the saint's "birth day") by serving an All-Night Vigil, and then celebrating the Eucharist over their tomb or the shrine at their place of martyrdom. 

In the fourth century, neighboring dioceses began to transfer relics, and to celebrate the feast days of specific martyrs in common. 

Frequently, a number of Christians would suffer martyrdom on the same day, which naturally led to a joint commemoration. In the persecution of Diocletian the number of martyrs became so great that a separate day could not be assigned to each. 

But the Church, feeling that every martyr should be venerated, appointed a common day for all.

And so Halloween is here. 

We all get dressed up and fantasize being a child again.

But.....

There is a dark side to this celebration. 

Beware.

There are "things" we do not understand or can contemplate or control.

...and the Bible won't save you