Dearest God our loving Father: it is the last day of the month of October, the eve of the feast of All Saints – the Hallowed or Holy Ones now with you there in heaven. How sad that people today, especially from those so-called advanced countries have wrongly chosen to honor what is evil and abominable, to celebrate death and damnation. How sad that there are still so many benighted souls among us who would rather believe with witches and monsters than with a loving and merciful God like you we have experienced with our departed relatives and friends?
How wonderful are the words of St. Paul today reminding us of your fourth command to “honor your father and your mother”, your only commandment with a promise of blessing at old age. How wonderful of St. Paul to remind us also of our relationships with one another, to always revere each other, to “hallow” one another for we only have one Master in you our God.
Give us the grace to see more clearly your path which is a “narrow gate” of holiness (Lk. 13:24) where everyone is welcomed with their good works, enjoying your sacred presence than the scary darkness of evil now glorified in our midst in various forms.
Give us the true sense of Halloween, of having a hallowed, holy evening and eve for all our loved ones who have gone ahead of us into heaven we have all loved and revered while here on earth until now as we hope them to be in your presence as saints. AMEN. Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II, Parokya ng San Juan Apostol at Ebanghelista, Gov. F. Halili Ave., Bagbaguin, Sta. Maria, Bulacan 3022.
*Photo by the author, Jerusalem, April 2017.
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