Incredible - in a world that essentially worships pleasure and entertainment in the day to day, remembering your death is a deeply Christian and important way to witness to the reality of eternity. The world needs us to live in the remembrance of death

This is my first “ Halloween “ as a Catholic 🤍 I cannot wait to go to mass and think about the lives of all the saints who came before. I will be praying for the holy souls in purgatory. Also currently reading “ Preparation for Death” by St Alphonsos Liguori 🙏🏼

I am an Evangelical Christian, and I have always been confused by Catholic culture. This video has definitely opened me up to looking into Catholicism more. I know it is an anecdote, but I feel as though we are losing major aspects of our culture in the general public. I think this is due to Evangelical churches lacking that culture and an ability to bring people together. I feel as though Catholic communities are much more close knit and more powerful culturally.

I’m in Mexico. Our priest began All Saint Eve…festivities for the children. All the children join in the Church garden dressed as Saints. Amazing detailed costumes. They process thru the streets, singing lovely songs, all together. Upon returning to church there is a vote by the priests on best costumes and all receive special treats. Then, The bells ring for the normal evening Holy Mass.The next day is Holy Mass in the Cemetery, richly decorated by families , early eve. Altars are also decorated infront of families homes. I love these nights. One very large evening rosary out in the church garden with many many velas with family names written on them, Nov 2

I’m Protestant but very pro-Halloween and appreciate what Father said here about spooky costumes being a way to mock Death and Satan. Another thing I think that the more spooky aspects of Halloween do is to help us to remember our death. In this culture which basically wants to pretend death can be avoided it’s good to have a time of year of memento mori. One thing I think would be good though is instead of Churches being insular on Halloween, while congregations should go out dresses as Saints and martyrs or spooky things singing hymns about the saints and of Christs victory over Death and Satan and having the best time.

Wow! Love this so much! We recently converted from an evangelical background to the Catholic Church this Easter vigil and have not looked back. This faith is so rich!! I am so thankful to be doing what the Church has done for centuries, praying for the dead, being connected to the saints. We will be celebrating all saints and all souls day this year with our children. So beautiful!! Thank you!

I’m Mexican and we don’t celebrate Halloween. In Mexico, we call it “El día de las brujas”, The Day of the Witches. It is a day where a lot of occult activity and human sacrifices take place. From my research, I found that it was pagan, then Christianized, and now secularized, and even satanized. It’s all about the occult now. As a Catholic, I cannot dress up as a Marvel character and get candy from strangers. Those activities have nothing to do with our Lord Jesus Christ. What we can do is go to Holy Mass, offer a mass for a departed loved one, pray the Holy Rosary as a family for the faithful departed and even dress up the children as saints on November 1st. There are so many wholesome Catholic activities that we can do as a family on November 1st. Halloween, as it is celebrated today, does not look Catholic. Online, I see that it’s only the American Catholics who feel strongly about continuing to celebrate it the secular way because their family has celebrated for generations without ever questioning it. I know that Mexico is not the only Catholic country that does not celebrate Halloween and associates it with the occult. It is not a sin to dress up as a movie character and eat candy, why don’t American Catholics do this on a different day or do a costume birthday party to release “the need” to dress up and consume candy. The Protestant reformation is also on October 31st. I wonder if that has anything to do with Halloween as it is celebrated in America.

Thank you for this podcast!! Newly catholic and you asked ALL of the questions I have had! Being raised protestant we Didn't celebrate Halloween. Looking forward to remembering and celebrating the saints this hallowtide!!

Growing up in Croatia, we never went trick or treating, dressing up or anything. My mom always said "it's just what Americans do, not we." So to this day in our small community, but in others also, priests do not encourage us to do these things. It is holy days and in a way where we pray and visit graveyards, no need for all this other things that in my opinion has been modernized. If that is your tradition and if you must dress up, as both Father and Lila mentioned, dress as saints and give example that it doesn't all need to be ghosts and evil things. Anyway love the podcast and that you really go in depth with your guests Lila. I support what you do and also accept the differences in our cultures and traditions. God bless you!

In Poland, catholics dont celebrate Halloween. We celebarte on 1st of November and we go to graveyards to light up a candle and pray for anyone who has died in the family and for anyone else who hasn't got a family and needs a prayer. We can also go to the church on 31st October. Plus hmm it was a pagan holiday. When Europe was christinised there were many pagan holidays which were replaced later on. People in Europe know about it, but catholics focus more on the prayer than anything else. No one is trying to act like these has not been the case and it is fine.

Halloween changed for me when I heard interviews from SRA survivors on what happens on October 31. Now I cry and try to pray.

“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭5‬:‭20‬ ‭KJV

Wow that was incredibly interesting and informative for someone who grew up protestant and is just now learning about the catholic faith. It's funny bc today while reading my Bible I kept getting this feeling like God was showing me the strengths I had in discernment. And right after I get done reading my Bible I start watching this video. It's interesting that praying for "lost souls" or the dead would be controversial. And actually I had an experience in a very old, small, hometown cemetery earlier this year (my dad is a historian so checking out cemeteries isn't creepy to me, it was more of an intellectual pursuit and pure interest) and I had a weird experience where I felt the need to pray over the souls in that cemetery, SPECIFICALLY a particular gravestone I was looking at, but I prayed for everyone there none the less, and immediately after I got physical confirmation in the form of a gust of wind (out of nowhere - it was late July in south Texas, there's no wind) and unknowingly standing directly under a small windchime that rang out beautifully. And then the wind was gone. So I don't understand why I would have that inclination if it wasn't helpful. Just a thought

I enjoyed this discussion! I personally am convinced that the demonic costumes and decorations are not something I believe we should be participated in. It should be more of a somber community-oriented vigil than a last hurrah for everyone to embody and glorify evil.

I’m tired of this conversation. The question is not should we celebrate…it’s HOW should we celebrate Halloween? Our celebration should look vastly different than that of what the culture has.

Wow my comment got deleted. I support so much of this channel and will say it again just as much as we know abortion leads to death celebrating a holiday that uses skulls and evil symbols to decorate also represents death. I will not participate for this reason.

Thank you for this program. It is doing the job. I love my Catholic Faith because the chuch is wise and teaches Jesus Doctrine. Unity for all Christians. Let us pray !

I do think you can celebrate, teach and uphold All Hallows Eve, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day without using the more colloquial term of Halloween. I am very grateful that we didn't celebrate Halloween as a family when I was young. We did All Saints Day parties, went to Mass, visited our family members who had passed, and spent the night eating candy and watching Saint movies in a dark house (so no one would ring the doorbell). My parents used the 'season' to instill a deep aversion and awareness of the occult in us as well as have the conversations about why, as Catholics, we can't always do things the same as everyone else. It gave us the foundation we needed when to leave the room if the girls where playing "bloody mary" in the bathroom, or when we got older to leave the house when ouija boards were pulled out. I thought it was dumb when I was younger, but I understand it now.

Christians abandoning holidays, tradition, and giving up the fight for our culture is how our society has fallen to this point. If you’re happy to give away what belongs to us, then you have no right to complain about our modern culture.

Satan is not a creator, he’s a destroyer. Satan does not unite, he divides. So I think we should ask ourselves if Halloween is uniting us or dividing us. If every other day of the year is a good day to unite with friends and family, then why not gather with them on October 31st. All days belong God. There is no place for fear here.

As a Catholic and former Buddhist, my family have always celebrated Halloween. We’re not practicing any occult activities… it’s just dressing up, carving pumpkins and eating candy. It’s a time when my friends and family come together to be festive. It’s not that serious brothers and sister.

My salvation wouldn't be hindered if I chose to give candy to kids or dressing up like something, but I'm simply not going to try and find where the line is between being involved in an innocent "holiday" and taking part in an occult pagan celebration for the darkness. He can go ahead and do that, but to state "we should," is ridiculous. We should be glorifying God in every sense of the way and celebrating a demonic event is NOT glorifying Him.

Halloween is super fun! Kids love dreasing up. It's a fun family night out if you find a neighborhood with sidewalks.

To paraphrase Orthodox Priest, Fr. M. Sietsema, who quipped in a 2010 article about Halloween: let’s be honest: modern Halloween for you and me-and even the Wiccans down the street-has nothing to do with virgin sacrifice, demons, or black magic. It’s about having fun in a costume and eating things your dentist wouldn’t approve of. No one was ever possessed by the devil because he or she dressed up for Halloween or passed out licorice or read a Harry Potter book. No one is going to hell for participating in a one-day cultural event with zero provable ties to some ancient pagan past. As an aside, most of that you find passed around on the internet as “history” and “fact” regarding Halloween’s origins and, in particular, its “link” to the Gaelic Samhain is mostly speculation and utter nonsense. In the end, we are forced to conclude that, like it or not, Halloween is only ‘evil’ for those who choose to make it so.

Father Criste is a great teacher. I really enjoy the discussions you have with him.

I wasn't allowed to trick or treat when I was a child. I don't resent this at all as an adult. However, I think of it as a wonderful example of charity. I think it is so cool that everyone gets together for one day out of the year to bless children and buy candy just to hand out -- especially considering that our society neglects to think about children so much. I take my kids, again, because our society lacks examples of communal charity and I want to take advantage of the oppurtunity to show my children that people can be kind and generous. I think its beautiful.

As a Catholic I do NOT agree on celebrating Halloween. That is absolutely nuts

I enjoy hearing from Fr. Ambrose Criste. Many goods points to reflect on here. I think these conversations are helpful. Thanks Lila!

My catholic faith keeps solidifying, Thank God for our priests like Fr. Ambrose Criste…Praying for our priest always! 🙏🙏🙏

This interview was a great education. I can't wait to share it with my children who seem to ask about our beloved dead with increasing frequency the closer we get to Hallowtide. Thank you for the help!!!

What a fantastic episode! I proudly celebrate Allhallowtide with my family we carve pumpkins we trick or treat pray we go to mass in all saints we dress as saints enjoy foods and go to the cemetery and pray for souls. We need to keep holy what has always been holy. God bless Father Ambrose

Grew up with Halloween. I can tell you I prayed more that night as a child that the witches flying on their broomsticks wouldn't look in my window...but it was a remembrance of the dead. Now most people think of the Hollywood version.

I loved this conversation so much, thank you so much Lila and Father Ambrose! This will color my celebration and my growing family's celebration of Halloween, All Saints day and All Souls day for years to come!

This is very interesting for multiple reasons! I’ve really enjoyed-and gotten much from-the interviews with him.

i have to disagree with Father. I'm Irish, my country is wherr Halloween originates from. It's pagan. It's prechristian. It's superstitious and anti-truth, anti-Gospel. I'm doing All Saints and All Souls this year but you wont see me doing anything on the 31st. Please just believe this Irish woman 😅

Sorry, but i don't believe we shoukd celebrate Halloween.

Did we ever see Jesus Christ celebrate something akin to halloween? If anything it's a celebration of demons and hell.. count me out.

In the East of Ireland we celebrated Hallowe'en, we needed to do a dance, sing a song or say a poem to get something, maybe some fruit, nuts or some sweets or a coin. We dressed up 'scary' to frigten off the evil spirits before All Saints day... Its now been completely americanised and now many Irish believe it has pagan origins...but hard to believe considering we have the Spanish who celebrated All souls day..makes a lot more sense what this priest said

I believe that we should take the opportunity to go to mass on all hallows eve and on nov 1st

Always a pleasure to learn from Father Ambrose Criste. Thank you Neighbor 👍

I love listening to this priest...and you Lila!

_For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten_ -Ecclesiastes 9

All I can say is look up John ramirez and his testimony.

Hi! I thought the discussion on indulgences was super interesting. I’m from the church of Jesus Christ of later day saints (/Mormons) I really had no idea how similar the root of that practice is to practices of my own faith. We spend a lot of our time devoted to opening doors for our ancestors to be able to come closer to god while in the spirit world waiting for resurrection, or “doing spiritual work for the dead” I learned today that Catholics kinda have something similar going on and that’s cool.

Love listening to Father Ambrose. Thank you.

Halloween celebration can be the Saint celebration and we should sing the litany of saints. And it’s all about our motive. It’s not celebrating evil it’s our motive. People dress up have some fun and just be goofy for heaven sake’s. We can go to mass and communion, and Adoration all around the little few hours of a Halloween celebration. But we don’t have to celebrate bad thing is we can celebrate life and that is what sainthood is.

Honestly, I’m weirded out seeing Catholics suddenly being “ok” with celebrating Halloween. Jesus said we have to be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Hello Father. Part of me wants to disagree with you about the Halloween part….but that is because i was (for too many years) studying metaphysics and the occult. I have for a few years now turned back to Christ and became a Catholic in 2022 (Thanks be to God). How do we disempower the occult setting that has risen since the 1960’s (actually it was before then, but hopefully you get my point)

We also have those creepy 12 foot skeletons in our neighborhood- we’ve been talking ALOT about memento mori and praying for the dead with our three terrified littles. 😅💀 It’s honestly been a good reminder for me!

This was very wonderful and I think so many Christians need to hear this.

Indulgences are wonderful and people need to learn that they can help their loved ones go from purgatory to heaven. 🙏

A priest said Christians used to go door to door dressedas saints on All Hallows' Eve, asking for food for the poor, in imitation of the saints. I think the protestants added the "trick" part. That priest said pumpkins were carved with smiling faces "to welcome the saints," i.e., the costume wearers going door to door.

I'm technically Christian but I'm only now starting my journey of getting into the Church and I'll admit seeing that apparently Catholics have issues with Halloween (including here in the comments) confuses me. Just because some people take Halloween as an opportunity to worship the occult doesn't mean we have to, too. We can celebrate it in a Christian way or even simply go trick or treating, dress up, or just hang out with loved ones. I truly don't see anything wrong with that.

He is the one Mediator, who gave His life... I think its important to emphasize that point, that amongst the mediators (intercessors), He's the One who sacrificed Himself for the will of God. Not that He's alone in his intercession, but His is unique amongst the others.

I was looking for exactly this kind of elaborated and in depth approach. I'm a Catholic from a country where we don't celebrate Halloween (except for the cultural influences in the recent years) but All Saints and All Souls days, so it's really interesting for me to see the different takes from Protestants and Catholics on this. From the information I have I came to understand Halloween as being originally Catholic but misunderstood and rejected by Protestants and then due to cultural influences shifted to a more pagan or neopagan holiday which is actually quite sad in my opinion. And problematic, of course. Though it's understandable that for Protestants the original Catholic meaning of the feasts is very hard to accept. Should we not honor the many unnamed martyrs and heroes of the faith, however?

I wholeheartedly disagree. I’d urge you to really pray into whether or not you should “celebrate” Halloween.

I just read a book called “The Church of Rome at the Bar of History” and explains how the catholic was very divided on their stances. That being said, this priest is awesome.

I think it's interesting that a lot of nominal, traditional christians, who go to church occasionally but more out of obligation tend to be catholics who believe in praying for those already dead; yet, protestants, who don't pray for the dead, are among fewer casual christians, they're usually more "serious" or "sold out." Maybe thinking you still have a chance at salvation after you've died feels like a license to live however you want on earth? Just thinking about that.

By the way, October 31 is not only Halloween. It’s the day Protestantism all started. Reformation Day, anniversary of the day Martin Luther is said to have posted his Ninety-five Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany (October 31, 1517), later identified by Protestants as the beginning of the Reformation. (The posting of the theses by Martin Luther)

No we should not

Why the heck would dead people “saints” in heaven need prayer??? They are in heaven living literally their best life with Jesus. This all makes me feel uneasy.

In getting married and becoming more traditional in my Catholic faith me and my husband and children only celebrate All Saints’ Day ❤️❤️

I hope to soon when I can, change the tradition locally in my area for the night of Halloween. I will advertise to local friends & neighbors to come to my home instead of dressing up evil - they come as they are but the children make angel wings from feathers, the table to the side is full of home baked treats and going home bags, candlelight lights the home, the fire is going and there's Christian worship music in the background.... In the going home bags instead of evil themed treats - they have catholic gift items, plastic rosary's, leaflets, pocket books if traditional prayers , small bottles of hold water and a hand written note to them personally 💚 I believe I could start a small local tradition that may potentially take off ! (I can't make it to the late eve church as I'm a single mother with no family...for childcare) but I could take away the tradition of celebrating evil that night and replace it with something good ✝️ getting families, friends & neighbors together 🙏💚

Interesting. I'm an Orthodox Christian, we are obviously apostolic, but we simple do not have the doctrine of purgatory. Yet we DO pray for the dead, we have SEVERAL Saturdays of Souls throughout the year that are dedicated to prayers for the dead.

Not a lot of Bible references except for Macabees 😐…. super disappointing pod cast… as a Protestant I need Bible verses, not philosophies and assumptions.

Lila do you have a podcast about your conversion to Catholicism?

I am very sorry but "Trick or treat" doesn't sound like a christian thing to say. I am from Slovakia, we never ever heard about parties, sweets a celebrations on the All Saints'and All Souls' days,let alone taking part in any whilst living there as well as in the countries of central an Eastern Europe. I became aware of this, quite opposite way of, honouring solemnity when in the UK. Halloween, in my opinion is perverted way of thinking and honouring our deceased members of our fanilies. Thinking of entertainment and overindulgence in sweets taking any spiritual growth out of it. Our tradition is going to the mass/eucharistic communion and grave yards daily for 8 days and offering prayer /indulgences for the departed souls. The graveyards are so beautifully lit, so bright with warm tealigths that it brings peace and hope. You need to experience it to be able to recognise what is behind the Halloween tradition. The actual tradition of Halloween is pagan tradition of druids who used to go house to house to impose curse on people who do not offer something unstead. This is based on spreading fear. People gave these messengers cakes so that those would move on without anyone in the household being hurt. Read about it

Can't we just look at it like a street party for kids and families and dress any way you want not just scary?

Happy Halloween, Lila! And Happy 100,000 subscribers! Here's Hoping for 1,000,000! Nay, 1 billion! Hope you and your family have a wonderful light-filled peaceful celebration!

27:31 I just really don’t agree with him. There is nothing in the Christian Bible that says that we can give salvation to our brothers on their behalf. In fact scripture is very clear that every person is responsible for their salvation every individual needs to humble themselves before God before they die. There’s nothing in scripture except for that book that isn’t even in the protestant Bible the Macabes that says that we can offer a prayers and get our relatives out of hell. Everyone’s salvation is between that person and God.

““Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭7‬ Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.” ‭‭Colossians‬ ‭2‬:‭8‬ The Bible is directed on not celebrating traditions of men. Everyone is not disciplined enough to follow Christ. Halloween is pagan and evil. You got fake Christians saying they follow Christ, but don’t! They give in to the world “You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.” ‭‭James‬ ‭4‬:‭4‬ ‭ “ Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him. Don’t participate in the things these people do.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭

To simplify things, I believe that celebrating Halloween is a personal conviction between each of us and our walk with the Lord. I respect and understand people who still celebrate it... this is the first year my hubby and I are not. We're not Catholic, I used to be, but I basically tapped out after realizing that everyone's on a personal journey with God. He's a God of LIFE & desires intimacy with each of us. May HE be the only thing that leads us in all our decisions and in what we do. God looks at the heart, while man looks at the outward appearance. (1 Sam 16:7)

Halloween is not the same for all cultures... I was born in Colombia and in some cities they celebrate Halloween by trick-or-treating... Then I moved to Honduras and there is nothing even close to Halloween, they just pray at the cemetery, I married a Mexican and they also go to the cemetery and have an altar at their home... Dia de los muertos altar... Where they honor their dead. Then i come to The States, and is all about witches, spiders and candy.

Sorry, I am a Catholic, but I couldn't make it past the first 15 minutes because this is the most sterilized, lightwashed telling of history concerning the development of Halloween and its multi-faceted origins that most certainly are enmeshed with Samhain and the Celtic/Druidic belief systems as it came to be celebrated. It is a complex topic and very multi-faceted. As a Catholic, I really think it's important to not dumb down the truth concerning our history. I do not accept the claim that Hallow's Eve and later All Saints Day did not have anything to do with the Christianization of the pagans. This was a very, very important time for their cultures so the Church had the task of convincing pagans to alter not only their beliefs but their practices and traditions. Honestly I think that what the Church did was a fantastic way to help them maintain the positive aspects of these practices (inviting their loved ones to return to them whence the veil was thin on Oct 31st into praying for their souls in Purgatory instead). But the costumes totally came from Irish immigrants coming to Anerica and bringing their half pagan/half Catholic traditions of pranking and revelry and "Bohn-fires" that were actually banned for Oct 31st at times during the Church history due to its attachments. They used to dress in animal skins around these bohn-fires and play pranks to fool the ghoulish spirits and faeries and the fire was to protect them. The trick-or-treat house to house idea came indirectly from ancient tales of the Druids sending faeries door to door to collect outlandish items such as a bat's heart, children, etc. The pranks traditions were meant to outsmart these "tax collections" from the Druids (Fomorians) who were the legendary dark Sorcerers who lived in Northern Eyreland defeated eventually by the Tuatha Danaan (Tribe of Dan descendents). These stories are Lore sure but they most certainly helped to inspire the very blended and American appropriated and commercialized descendent of this once multicultural Folkloric belief concerning the veil thinning during Oct 31st + the Church's Christianizing of Folk traditions. Also the Victorian era inviting interest in Horror themes such as Frankenstein, Dracula and Werewolves, in addition to the Occult seances trending in affluent circles, it was definitely fuel for the Americanized appropriations of the customs to develop and take hold as custom.

Christians should ABSOLUTELY celebrate Halloween just like we celebrate every other Christian holiday. The secular culture has tried to appropriate our religion and turn it into something ugly. But that doesn’t mean we should give up our faith and traditions. The secular world makes Christmas about commercialism, Easter about candy, St. Patrick’s Day about drinking. But these are still CHRISTIAN holidays and as Christians we should teach our children what these holy days are actually about. Halloween is no different. It is the Eve of All Saints Days. Have your children dress up as saints and learn their stories. Go to church, contemplate our mortality, and give thanks for God’s salvation and gift of eternal life!

Only American Christians would take this view. I like in the Uk and Halloween has only really taken off in recent years

I am a Catholic married to a non-denominational Christian. I think non-Catholic or Othodox Christians don't believe in praying for the dead because it would invalidate the idea of once saved always saved and vice versa once dead without faith there be no salvation for you. Meaning if you had true faith in Jesus shown by not doing something like murder, there would be no need for purgatory. This is also why they sometimes seem more anxious to evangelize because they do believe they have only the time while people are alive in this world to hasen souls to Heaven.

Oh no no no. This is why I left the Catholic Church, its pagan roots. Don’t be deceived people. Love Lila, but this is a hard no!

"working out our salvation"? Jesus worked out our salvation on the cross. He is risen and completed the transaction once and for all.

I absolutely love your podcasts!! God bless!!❤

Have as a gest an exsatanist and see what they say about it

Jesus says that he is the Way, the Truth and the Life. We can pray to the Father is Jesus’ name. I don’t think Christians have any reason to participate in Halloween

In Guatemala we go to the cemeteries to remember and pray for our family members who passed away on November 1 it's an official holiday

It’s interesting because the Tridium of Death (Hallowtide) used to last for 8 days until the reforms in 1955.

I think Halloween kicks off the holiday season cause you got thanksgiving coming up. In the old days, the early Christian’s in both the Christian church and the Catholic Church did copy pegan festivals however those pegan festivals did not fall on the same day. Samhain didn’t fall on October 31st and yule/winter solstice didn’t fall on December 25th. I’m not catholic at all, I’m just a disabled Christian man that has intellectual disability. The church itself is split on Halloween cause some churches do trunk or treat when some churches don’t celebrate Halloween at all. Some Christian’s don’t even celebrate Christmas and that’s fine but we gotta be respectful towards on one another because every christian has their own convictions and that’s fine and it should be respected. I will now say something that is controversial but I like horror movies and have been since I was little. I grew up playing resident evil on playstation and I grew up watching resident evil live action movies. Horror movies and video games is not for everyone and that is completely fine. I like the horror genre because it has ancient origins with roots to folklore and religious roots and I liked the horror genre since I was little and I love the Bible even more because of its horror elements throughout the scripture especially throughout both old and New Testament especially the book of revelations. The book of revelations talk about the end of days, the antichrist, warns us about being lukewarm, demons, the rise and fall of satan and to be honest, I just have a lot of love for the book of revelations because I like learning about the end of days, the antichrist, demons, the second coming, etc. So can Christian’s celebrate Halloween? It’s not a yes or no answer because it’s a conviction issue. If a Christian feels conviction from celebrating Halloween then that’s completely fine and if you don’t feel convicted from celebrating Halloween then that’s fine and you don’t wanna cause anyone to stumble and you gotta be respectful towards others that have different convictions. I would encourage Christian’s to read Roman’s 14 cause Roman’s 14 talks about personal convictions, passing judgement, making someone stumble being a sin, etc. . Can Christian’s watch horror movies and im talking horror movies in general? Again it’s not a yes or no answer because it is also a conviction issue under Roman’s 14 because if a Christian feels convicted from watching horror movies and that’s fine and some Christian’s like me are not convicted from watching horror movies then that’s fine too. I like horror movies and i grew up watching horror movies and playing horror video games like resident evil and I stay away from certain horror movies. Again, im not sayin yes or no on can Christian’s watch horror movies because I don’t wanna be legalistic and I don’t wanna be a hypocrite because both legalism and hypocrite are both sin and it depends on your convictions as a Christian. I like horror movies and video games since I was little and it’s not for everyone.

This really persuaded me toward Catholicism 😆

LOL WE SHOULD NOT CELEBRATE or ENTERTAIN HALLOWEEN. Period.

Beautiful podcast! Thank you Fr. Ambrose and Lila.

Maybe instead of celebrating Halloween Christian‘s should focus on celebrating All Saints’ Day. It just seems less pagany.

Is there any reason why Lila Rose would not choose to wear something modest?

Absolutely! Halloween is a Christian festival.

This is so disturbing and disappointing…and I respect Lila for years…but this makes my stomach squirm😞

Hebrews 5:7 says a man is appointmented once to die and then comes the judgment. It is reasonable then, that prayers are not going to change a person’s fate after death.

It's Celts tradition, not Catholic.

In Portugal, they don't celebrate Halloween as we do here in Canada.

I mean I like the analogy about the window, and it does make sense how you said it, but where in the Bible is that? if the Bible does not talk about purgatory then It is hard for me to belive it, I know it says "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the Judgment" Hebrews 9:27. So it seems to me that we die and then we are judged, it does not say "oh die and then wait a little to be cleaned and then free" you know? And when I mean Bible I mean the canonical Bible and not the Apocrypha

Great show! Thank you!

I dont know...I just try to stay neutral because I really dont know where all this dress up as demonic, come from and symbolism come from. Some priest say its satanic, some say dress as saints, some say dressing as saints is actually mocking the saints on that day. Some say its pagan, some say its christian tradition.

The Reformation rejected prayers to the dead because the doctrine is completely absent from the canonical books of Scripture. The priest implied that the duetero-canonical books, or the Apocrypha, had and has equal standing with the other books, but they never have - for Jews or Christians. Secondly, the early Fathers didn't teach the practice nor did they give tradition equal weight with Scripture. Thus the issue wasn't philosophical. Luther was a professional Catholic biblical scholar who saw all these things, as others had before, for himself. And it was so obvious, so did many others once they could read Scripture and the Fathers for themselves. For example.... We find Clement of Alexandria (d. ca. 216) saying, “But those who are ready to toil in the most excellent pursuits, will not desist from the search after truth, till they get the information from the Scriptures themselves” (Stromata 7:16). Hippolytus of Rome (d. 235) affirmed his belief in the Scriptures, saying, “There is, brethren, one God, the knowledge of whom we gain from the Holy Scriptures and no other source” (Against the Heresy of One Noetus 9). In AD 370, Bishop Basil of Caesarea wrote, “Therefore let God-inspired Scripture decide between us; and on which side be found doctrines in harmony with the word of God, in favour of that side will be cast the vote of truth” (Letter 189:3). Ambrose (340?-396), “How can we use those things which we do not find in the Holy Scriptures?” (Ambr. Offic., 1:23). Athanasius (300?-375), “The Holy Scriptures, given by inspiration of God, are of themselves sufficient toward the discovery of truth. (Orat. adv. Gent., ad cap.) “The holy Scripture is of all things most sufficient for us” (To the Bishops of Egypt 1:4)." "The Catholic Christians will neither speak nor endure to hear anything in religion that is a stranger to Scripture; it being an evil heart of immodesty to speak those things which are not written,” (Athanasius, Exhort. ad Monachas). “Vainly then do they run about with the pretext that they have demanded Councils for the faith’s sake; for divine Scripture is sufficient above all things; but if a Council be needed on the point, there are the proceedings of the Fathers, for the Nicene Bishops did not neglect this matter, but stated the doctrine so exactly, that persons reading their words honestly, cannot but be reminded by them of the religion towards Christ announced in divine Scripture.” (Athanasius, De Synodis, 6). We ought not to deliver even the most casual remark without the Holy Scriptures: nor be drawn aside by mere probabilities and the artifices of argument. Do not then believe me because I tell thee these things, unless thou receive from the Holy Scriptures the proof of what is set forth: for this salvation, which is of our faith, is not by ingenious reasonings, but by proof from the Holy Scriptures...Let us then speak nothing concerning the Holy Ghost but what is written; and if anything be not written, let us not busy ourselves about it. The Holy Ghost Himself spoke the Scriptures; He has also spoken concerning Himself as much as He pleased, or as much as we could receive. Be those things therefore spoken, which He has said; for whatsoever He has not said, we dare not say. (Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures, 4.17ff) What then is our reply? We do not think that it is right to make their prevailing custom the law and rule of sound doctrine. For if custom is to avail for proof of soundness, we too, surely, may advance our prevailing custom; and if they reject this, we are surely not bound to follow theirs. Let the inspired Scripture, then, be our umpire, and the vote of truth will surely be given to those whose dogmas are found to agree with the Divine words. (Gregory of Nyssa, Dogmatic Treatises, Book 12. On the Trinity, To Eustathius.) Let us not therefore carry about the notions of the many, but examine into the facts. For how is it not absurd that in respect to money, indeed, we do not trust to others, but refer this to figures and calculation; but in calculating upon facts we are lightly drawn aside by the notions of others; and that too, though we possess an exact balance, and square and rule for all things, the declaration of the divine laws? Wherefore I exhort and entreat you all, disregard what this man and that man thinks about these things, and inquire from the Scriptures all these things; and having learnt what are the true riches, let us pursue after them that we may obtain also the eternal good things; which may we all obtain, through the grace and love towards men of our Lord Jesus Christ, with Whom, to the Father and the Holy Spirit, be glory, might, and honor, now and ever, and world without end. Amen.” (John Chrysostom, Homily on 2 Corinthians, 13.4) For the reasonings of any men whatsoever, even though they be [true Christians], and of high reputation, are not to be treated by us in the same way as the canonical Scriptures are treated. We are at liberty, without doing any violence to the respect which these men deserve, to condemn and reject anything in their writings, if perchance we shall find that they have entertained opinions differing from that which others or we ourselves have, by the divine help, discovered to be the truth. I deal thus with the writings of others, and I wish my intelligent readers to deal thus with mine. (St Augustine, Letters, 148.15)

In modern times Halloween is not something to celebrate. As a Catholic I don’t agree with you. I will celebrate All Souls & All Saints Day…don’t need Halloween.