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
@user-ks3qr5fk6m10 ай бұрын
What does dressing up as Princess Peach and eating candy from strangers have to do with Memento Mori?
@pronoms10 ай бұрын
What scripture validates this nonsense?
@ST-ov8cm10 ай бұрын
@@user-ks3qr5fk6m Who said it does?
@MrAljab10 ай бұрын
Spot on
@pronoms10 ай бұрын
Y'all lost z no wonder why this world is evil, people hate God and the truth and want to lust after their own kind
@daughterofyeshuaa10 ай бұрын
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 🙏🏼
@Gadite14410 ай бұрын
Where in the Bible does it say to celebrate Halloween? Scripture?
@daughterofyeshuaa10 ай бұрын
@@Gadite144 where in the Bible does it say to celebrate Christmas? No where. These are traditions passed down that are deeply rooted in the scripture . Feast days have always been a thing in the Christian’s tradition .
@Gadite14410 ай бұрын
@@daughterofyeshuaa exactly it’s all traditions of men!! You shouldn’t celebrate them. “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 KJVA All the holidays you should celebrate like day of atonement, Passover , feast of tabernacle, feast of lights , the sabbath, that’s what Christ celebrated.
@macadanac50009 ай бұрын
@@Gadite144 So you have converted to Judaism then? This was already settled in the early church. Smh.
@jasonkurup57599 ай бұрын
That’s beautiful. I’m an ex-Protestant that just started my RCIA. I love your excitement and how you’re reading the Saints. Please pray for me for I am experiencing a lot of anti-Catholicism from friends and family on my way into the church 🙏
@ope.-8179 ай бұрын
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.
@marya903910 ай бұрын
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
@sjm98769 ай бұрын
This is such a wonderful tradition! I love it
@Cyberdyneskynet13 күн бұрын
My husband is Mexican and NO! This is not the same as day of the dead at all!!!!! Halloween is demonic and this podcast should bring on an ex satanist who speaks out on how awful Halloween is! They used to burn people alive and the jack o lantern is a symbol of the human sacrifices made! This is completely absurd!
@oldmovieman755010 ай бұрын
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.
@alforteresse9 ай бұрын
A lot of catholic schools have All Saints’ Day dress up for kids. They get to dress up as their favorite saint and what they stood for (many which were martyrs). It’s also a good way for them to learn about their lives. ☺️
@jeffrachelburkhalter37839 ай бұрын
You're protestant and you're calling a RC priest 'Father' and with a capital 'F'? Sure...
@oldmovieman75509 ай бұрын
@@jeffrachelburkhalter3783 do you have a point?
@violinssoundcool10 ай бұрын
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!
@RoorooNZ9810 ай бұрын
Hi! What are some of the things that you read and studied that ultimately led you to turn to the catholic faith?
@user-ks3qr5fk6m10 ай бұрын
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.
@JS-sv4ol10 ай бұрын
1000% agreed Non-catholic but not going to give praise to something glorifying anti-God sentiments and satanism in the way it’s presented today
@SevereFamine10 ай бұрын
That's not true, Mexicans celebrate the feast of all Saints Day and the feast of all souls day, Nov 1st, 2nd. This is the Dia de los Muertos celebration. This is the christian holiday, halloween is just the eve of the feast which in the catholic understanding is part of the feast.
@SevereFamine10 ай бұрын
You could say the same, that Christmas doesn't look Christian, why do we decorate a tree, etc. Culture develops, some good, some bad developements which is why we need discernment. But dont try to throw away our cultural customs because you dont understand then. Thats a very liberal attitude.
@Dianadicarta10 ай бұрын
@@reynalupitadelozano same, I'm Mexican -living in Mexico- and also have never heard about something called dia de las brujas
@user-ks3qr5fk6m10 ай бұрын
@@SevereFamineHalloween is not to be confused with All Saints Day nor All Souls Day. All Souls Day is not to be confused with día de los muertos. All Soul’s day replaced this pagan Native Mexican holiday. What is el día de los muertos? A day when the dead come to visit and share a meal with us as when they were alive. The Day of the Dead has syncretistic elements that differ from how All Souls Day is celebrated in Catholicism. In Catholicism we offer masses and pray for the souls of the dead. To be honest, I see a lot of Americans and Hispanics with no Mexican roots trying to celebrate a holiday that their own ancestors did not celebrate. I have family in two states in Mexico and was fortunate to know my grandparents and great grandparents. Neither sides of my family ever celebrated Día de Muertos. It seems to be a tradition that is practiced in certain regions of Mexico that practice syncretism. Can you explain to me how dressing up as Spider Man and allowing children to eat candy from strangers is Catholic? The Catholic Church has Christianized the Christmas tree and wedding rings but I don’t see anything Christian about how the secular world, and some Catholics, celebrate Halloween. The Christmas tree is a European tradition that I respect, but in Mexico, it is customary to set up and decorate a nativity scene, pray, go to mass, do posadas and do processions in the streets. We celebrate for many days. We do not focus on Saint Nicholas but instead tell the children that Baby Jesus brought them the presents. Christ makes presents possible but honesty is the best policy. My husband’s parents never lied to them. Lying makes our faith seem like a fairy tale and children will lose faith in their parents. If they lied about Jesus, what else could they be lying about? Halloween seems American. I love America, but the holiday is celebrated in a completely secular/occult way. If I saw people dressing up as saints or angels and asking for candy in anticipation of All Saints Day and All Souls Day, then I would be on board. It can be re-Christianized this way. But to the extent that Spanish-speaking countries call it Day of the Witches is very telling. In Brazil, they call Halloween O dia das Bruxas, Day of the Witches as well. If we are Christians, why should we celebrate Halloween in the same way that witches and satanists do? Also, my family is from Guanajuato and Jalisco. On All Souls Day, many people go to the cemetery to clean the outside of the grave, bring flowers and pray. There is nothing wrong with that. The issues are the pagan beliefs that oppose Christian beliefs and create syncretism.
@laurenatkinson189210 ай бұрын
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!!
@hiswill-r1229 ай бұрын
God bless you and welcome!!
@claudiaveronicavillarreal8949 ай бұрын
Can you share your journey? I am a craddle catholic by the way! Congratulations and welcome home!
@Kloden96310 ай бұрын
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!
@anetawisniewska708010 ай бұрын
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.
@cinqueqwerty10 ай бұрын
Also on the 2nd of November we should pray for our dead ones, because 1st should and is All Saints Day. We should not engage in halloween, even as little kids, once you associate halloween with fun, you’re Lost.
@jeffrachelburkhalter37839 ай бұрын
We are not told in the Scriptures to pray for or to the dead. Once a person dies it is the judgement and speaking to the dead is condemned in Holy Writ.
@ponti58829 ай бұрын
@@jeffrachelburkhalter3783you aren’t paying attention to what Scripture says and beyond Scripture itself refuting them, all of your claims were refuted in this video.
@jeffrachelburkhalter37839 ай бұрын
@@ponti5882 No, they weren't.
@saturn_return24859 ай бұрын
@@cinqueqwertywell aren't you a ball of fun
@angelaonthego10 ай бұрын
Halloween changed for me when I heard interviews from SRA survivors on what happens on October 31. Now I cry and try to pray.
@helpofchristians310 ай бұрын
This!! Though there is beautiful tradition in Hallowtide, there is a big difference on what the rest of the world does that day. So much evil, just ask any former Satanist! We are in the world but not called to be part of the world’s worship. We need to make Hallowtide holy again!
@stephaniedorothy65259 ай бұрын
Exactly.
@stephaniedorothy65259 ай бұрын
I can’t participate either when I know what’s happening to the innocent all over the world. I just can’t.
@angelaonthego9 ай бұрын
Update: Fr Ripperger was interviewed about All Hallows’ and said it’s a Catholic holiday and we should take it back. Dress as saints and call attention to their lives and works etc
@hopefulforhumanity56259 ай бұрын
What is an SRA? Never heard that term.
@Gadite1449 ай бұрын
“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
@reaganvalentino98679 ай бұрын
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
@aenigmatica810 ай бұрын
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.
@Roxanne-dontsingtome10 ай бұрын
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.
@benyaeger43887 ай бұрын
Thank you. Very refreshing
@Nikki-ks6wi10 ай бұрын
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.
@claudiaveronicavillarreal8949 ай бұрын
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 !
@cjjabjulanjabjulan58199 ай бұрын
Amen for the universal church everyone is welcome
@hilarywyllie298310 ай бұрын
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.
@Nikki-ks6wi10 ай бұрын
Bingo let’s be clear as Christian’s not be of the world
@andrear159910 ай бұрын
Beautiful, this is exactly what i do with my kids ❤️ ♥️
@sjm98769 ай бұрын
I love this idea. The pressure to partake in the secular aspects of this holiday are so huge in my neighborhood. I never really even questioned it until now I have a son and I’m thinking hard about what I want to instill in him
@andrear15999 ай бұрын
I started feom when my girls were young so at this point its become a tradition and its not like they feel like theyre missing out on anything. We go to mass ,do some baking we carve a pumpkin together with a cross on it and doves and the light represents Christ , i tell them saint stories and we use tje evening to pray cuddle . Its a good example where just because the "majourity or the whole world does it - does it mean you have to do it
@CJP.-pq3kr10 ай бұрын
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.
@JS-sv4ol10 ай бұрын
Halloween doesn’t really seem like giving up ground when there’s far more important holidays - Easter, Christmas
@CJP.-pq3kr10 ай бұрын
@@JS-sv4ol You just proved my point. The slippery slope always starts somewhere.
@ayanisvaldez10 ай бұрын
Mark 7:9 And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe[c] your own traditions! Mark 7:13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.” Read your bible. What belongs to us is the word of God. Not traditions that our NOT even in the bible. What belongs to us is the power of God. What belongs to us is relationship with God. What belongs to us is our salvation and our inheritance as sons and daughters of God. Because of these unbiblical traditions we make the word of God null and void and make us no different then the world.
@Gadite14410 ай бұрын
@@ayanisvaldez preach brother they love the world too much
@CJP.-pq3kr10 ай бұрын
@@ayanisvaldez If you read your Bible in context then you would know that Christ established a Church. If you read your history you would know scripture was not canonized for hundreds of years... and by the *authority of the Catholic Church.* Are you claiming you know better than the Church Fathers and the martyrs? Yeah, I didn’t think so. Swallow your pride and submit to the authority of the Church. All of your Protestants reading scripture out of context and with your own personal interpretations is what lead you to your 40,000+ denominations and counting.
@ijc1221110 ай бұрын
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.
@andrear159910 ай бұрын
Its not a matter of fear - Just like we celebrate Christmas on Halloween this is a day where people who worship satan have conjuring sacrificing and even do rituals over the candies. Just like alot of what we do is symbolic and has alot of power ther is also evil and God ofcourse doesnt want us to be fearful but we are also shouldnt be opening doors or somehow contribute on a day that much evil is committed and masked . Ofcourse we live in wolrd that tries to dress up a harmless dress a child into a " witch, monster or ghost but it has significance
@nochew10 ай бұрын
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.
@eoinMB394910 ай бұрын
It actually is. Did you know that carving a pumpkin in the image of something demonic and putting it in your porch is a formal invitation to demons to enter your home. Look that up if you don't believe me,
@nochew10 ай бұрын
@@eoinMB3949 Hi, as I said before, it’s not that serious and we don’t practice anything of the occult. We have carved pumpkins before but only silly faces or animals. Nothing really demonic about artistic carving into food now. I think the intention and practice matters. We have commandments and rules to follow. I’m not scandalizing anything nor am I committing a sin. If you think too much about it, to me, it seems you give more faith to the devil rather than God. We have All Saint’s Day in the Catholic faith. If you listened to the video, we pray for the dead by going house to house. Also I’m not going to explain any further because I’m assuming you won’t agree with what I have to say. Halloween isn’t demonic, let children enjoy their childhood, and go spend time with your family. God bless you.
@RoseRose-ow5zy10 ай бұрын
Exactly! People take it to serious. If they don’t wanna celebrate it they don’t have to. I just like to dress up and be with friends, as you said festive. Doesn’t mean we are the devil.
@keepkalm77710 ай бұрын
Facts 💯
@andrear159910 ай бұрын
understand my friend this is a matter of a spiritual warfare . Just like we celebrate Christmas on Halloween this is a day where people whose " religion " is to worship Satan - On this day rituals,conjuring, sacrafices are made and even candies are used in rituals prior to giving it to the kids. Ofcourse on the outside it looks like a bunch of fun to have a day to have a child dress up as a little witch monster or ghost but believe me everything is symbolic and sure enough isnt worth participating in if theres any chance of opening doors
@KG_XOXO10 ай бұрын
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.
@SevereFamine10 ай бұрын
Annnnnnd you completely missed the point. Bet you didn't even listen to the conversation.
@ST-ov8cm10 ай бұрын
What exactly is wrong with celebrating the saints?
@lindsaylindsay488410 ай бұрын
This is really well said
@eoinMB394910 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. Im not gonna try to find the point where its ok and where its not. Apart from going to mass on all saints day, Im gonna give Halloween a wide berth
@ST-ov8cm10 ай бұрын
@@eoinMB3949 We shouldn’t give the feast over to the world and it’s’ leader. We should be a light to the world. We should celebrate all the Christian feasts properly and whole heartedly to be the example.
@hopefulforhumanity56259 ай бұрын
Halloween is super fun! Kids love dreasing up. It's a fun family night out if you find a neighborhood with sidewalks.
@kavikv.d.hexenholtz347410 ай бұрын
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.
@CJP.-pq3kr10 ай бұрын
First intelligent comment I have seen here so far. It’s wild to me that Protestants still hold random puritan views on things like alcohol and Halloween but actually inherently sinful things like contraception and divorce are just fine. The confusion of personal interpretation of scripture at work
@corythomas392510 ай бұрын
You can say this about anything though. The Bible is touted as fact. The fact is that a pagan emperor created the Bible and the pope. Later, King James had his version of the Bible written. Is the Bible then truth?
@CJP.-pq3kr10 ай бұрын
@@corythomas3925 - How did you pack so much nonsense into such a short comment?
@corythomas392510 ай бұрын
@@CJP.-pq3kr wow, that's very kind. Thank you, have a blessed day.
@KR-os6nn10 ай бұрын
Sure. This is also like saying that the swastika was a Buddhist symbol of peace. Should we reclaim it and wear it? And say that our intention is different? We don’t want to abandon our faith, but we don’t have to. If I have to do mental gymnastics to determine if celebrating a holiday is morally accurate, I’m out. Personal conviction of overrides a public service announcement or public statement.
@81jahmikes2 ай бұрын
Father Criste is a great teacher. I really enjoy the discussions you have with him.
@TheYoungCatholics10 ай бұрын
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.
@alejandrameza39689 ай бұрын
As a Catholic I do NOT agree on celebrating Halloween. That is absolutely nuts
@jerusalem44929 ай бұрын
Father Ambrose seems like he wants to be cool and hipster
@tessiebriggler737910 ай бұрын
I enjoy hearing from Fr. Ambrose Criste. Many goods points to reflect on here. I think these conversations are helpful. Thanks Lila!
@lailapecson75819 ай бұрын
My catholic faith keeps solidifying, Thank God for our priests like Fr. Ambrose Criste…Praying for our priest always! 🙏🙏🙏
@facingthebear10 ай бұрын
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!!!
@kalebgarcia7874 ай бұрын
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
@Mylifetime639 ай бұрын
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.
@zoe949710 ай бұрын
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!
@DancingTigerBait10 ай бұрын
This is very interesting for multiple reasons! I’ve really enjoyed-and gotten much from-the interviews with him.
@saoirseryan414110 ай бұрын
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 😅
@CJP.-pq3kr10 ай бұрын
Sorry but that is a modern myth that has been debunked. I’m surprised you still have that outdated theory and nobody has corrected you on it. There is no solid evidence that there is any relation to paganism. Everything Catholic borrowing from paganism is modernist, heretical, and historically inaccurate… yet the popular culture seems to love it. I’m guessing satan does also.
@CJP.-pq3kr10 ай бұрын
@@CarolinaConcertChroniclesNo it is not. Stop promoting ignorance all over these comments.
@ST-ov8cm10 ай бұрын
Have you any evidence you can point us to which supports your assertions?
@manny401210 ай бұрын
Even if Halloween was pagan, it doesn’t mean it’s somehow demonic to celebrate aspects of it. That’s sounds like an instance of the genetic fallacy
@ififif202210 ай бұрын
Thank you very much, 💯
@corythomas392510 ай бұрын
Sorry, but i don't believe we shoukd celebrate Halloween.
@christopherjohnson916710 ай бұрын
Disagree. Catholics should be more brave and face up against the demons 😤They are real and they are scary but we have the armor of God on our side, halloween teaches us that lesson. It's totally a Christian holiday.
@CJP.-pq3kr10 ай бұрын
Who is “we” exactly?
@TheLymanDiamond10 ай бұрын
It’s pagan. Satan loves to blur the lines. And some here have a huge hook in their mouth.
@corythomas392510 ай бұрын
@@christopherjohnson9167 I don't understand how celebrating Halloween is standing up to demons? Please explain. Thank you
@corythomas392510 ай бұрын
@@CJP.-pq3kr people that don't worship darkness. Search KZfaq for a former satanist who speaks about this directly and how as a Christian, he emphatically states we should not celebrate Halloween. Thank you
@Unit28510 ай бұрын
Did we ever see Jesus Christ celebrate something akin to halloween? If anything it's a celebration of demons and hell.. count me out.
@kavikv.d.hexenholtz347410 ай бұрын
At the end of Sukkot, he would have celebrated Shemini Atzeret, one component of that is Yizkor - remembering the souls of the dead.
@CJP.-pq3kr10 ай бұрын
Did we ever see Jesus go skydiving? Clearly it’s a celebration of suicide, jumping from heights. If that sounds dumb, it’s because it is. That’s the level of thought behind your original statement.
@christopherjohnson916710 ай бұрын
It's a celebration of good conquering evil, just like our Lord :)
@Unit28510 ай бұрын
@@christopherjohnson9167 huh? I sure don't reach that conclusion. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i6-HptqZqd-1opc.htmlsi=3ypjgV5KwXtJf76n
@MeadowsMiniFarm10 ай бұрын
Well, he also didn’t celebrate Thanksgiving or Christmas or any of the other holidays that people have made up just like Halloween
@ThelmaRath9 ай бұрын
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
@-Viva-Cristo-Rey10 ай бұрын
I believe that we should take the opportunity to go to mass on all hallows eve and on nov 1st
@CJP.-pq3kr10 ай бұрын
I agree but All Saints Day (Nov 1) is a holy day of obligation. We HAVE to go. It is arguable that we should be taking the day off from work also.
@ceewng504210 ай бұрын
Right, we absolutely have to.
@Gadite14410 ай бұрын
Show me in the Bible where the disciples or prophets celebrate a pagan holiday? Scripture please
@CJP.-pq3kr10 ай бұрын
@@Gadite144 - Why not try asking a question that actually pertains to the original comment? But since we’re asking random things of people, why don’t you tell us where in the Bible it says sola scriptura (scripture alone) ? We’ll wait as long as you want.
@j.h.93769 ай бұрын
Don't forget All Souls day also! Our parish will be celebrating our 5th annual Requiem mass that night and it's beautiful💖
@dylanvisitacion86189 ай бұрын
Always a pleasure to learn from Father Ambrose Criste. Thank you Neighbor 👍
@caseyriley481710 ай бұрын
I love listening to this priest...and you Lila!
@Groovyboo9 ай бұрын
Same, he’s great
@dragonhold49 ай бұрын
_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
@daniellefernandez143910 ай бұрын
All I can say is look up John ramirez and his testimony.
@brookebennett60069 ай бұрын
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.
@emilineharris37249 ай бұрын
This was my thought exactly! I'm doing work for the dead through temple ordinances because they're unable to do it themselves.
@janierodriguez30179 ай бұрын
Love listening to Father Ambrose. Thank you.
@joolz574710 ай бұрын
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.
@KR-os6nn10 ай бұрын
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.
@SevereFamine10 ай бұрын
"Suddenly being ok" with Halloween? Halloween is a Catholic holiday. It came out of Christian culture, just because in some aspects it has been secularized and I wouldn't say everything the culture has done with it is good, that doesn't mean it's inherently wrong, or we can't celebrate it in a good way.
@clelia888510 ай бұрын
Catholics have always celebrated Halloween (All Hallows Eve, the night before the Feast of All Saints and two days before All Souls’ Day), many of todays modern takes on it (dressing up, trick or treating, jack o lanterns, etc) are originally Catholic. Just because the world has decided it should become secular doesn’t mean that Catholics cannot retain their own celebration of All Hallows Eve. (Do we give up on Christmas bc the world has secularized it?)
@SaintJoseph91110 ай бұрын
Did you even listen or understand the podcast? I don't think you did..
@daughterofyeshuaa10 ай бұрын
Did u even listen
@Gadite14410 ай бұрын
Show me in the Bible where it says to celebrate a pagan holiday?
@MD-gt8wo10 ай бұрын
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)
@cedes01710 ай бұрын
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!
@peaceloveandcafecito9 ай бұрын
😂
@Lukebarca9 ай бұрын
This was very wonderful and I think so many Christians need to hear this.
@karinclarkson43989 ай бұрын
Indulgences are wonderful and people need to learn that they can help their loved ones go from purgatory to heaven. 🙏
@wms729 ай бұрын
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.
@lilpotato209 ай бұрын
Then we need to encourage kids to share their candy!
@popuri4810 ай бұрын
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.
@theneighborguy10 ай бұрын
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.
@Savedbygrace202329 ай бұрын
John 14:6 Jesus said , “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Acts 4:14 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.
@theneighborguy9 ай бұрын
@Savedbygrace20232 That's a false equivocation, equating prayer with worship. That's one of the protestor's biggest issues, they reinterpret what worship means with zero biblical basis. Salvation takes more than intercession, I trust you know that.
@barborazajacova763310 ай бұрын
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?
@purposefilled-forever10 ай бұрын
I wholeheartedly disagree. I’d urge you to really pray into whether or not you should “celebrate” Halloween.
@ST-ov8cm10 ай бұрын
What’s wrong with celebrating the saints?
@user-ks3qr5fk6m10 ай бұрын
@@ST-ov8cm If it involves dressing up as Spider Man, it has nothing to do with the Saints. How do you celebrate All Hallows Eve?
@ST-ov8cm10 ай бұрын
@@user-ks3qr5fk6m Christians can either celebrate the feast day and its’ eve or relinquish it to the world and it’s leader. We are supposed to be a light for the world.
@user-ks3qr5fk6m10 ай бұрын
@@ST-ov8cm When we say Halloween, people and iPhone think of this 🎃 👻. Perhaps we need to reclaim the holiday by calling it All Hallows Eve or All Saints Eve 👼 🙏🏻. Or by making it clear that when we celebrate Halloween, it doesn’t resemble anything how the secular world observes it. We go to mass, fast and pray. We can also dress up our children as saints on November 1st. If you go to Wikipedia, right now Halloween celebrations include Trick-or-treating, costume parties, making jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, divination, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions. I know that according to the Bible, divination is a sin. Visiting “haunted places” and the Halloween decorations seem to resemble the occult. There is nothing wrong with dressing your child like Spider-Man, but why on All Hallow’s Eve?
@ornange10 ай бұрын
@@user-ks3qr5fk6mokay than you can dress up as St. George! The great dragon slayer!
@lindsaychristian415110 ай бұрын
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.
@user-bp7hf4qj1g9 ай бұрын
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.
@mjLes1810 ай бұрын
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)
@redlollipops858210 ай бұрын
I celebrate Reformation Day!!! Anyone else?
@mjLes1810 ай бұрын
@@redlollipops8582 As a Catholic I cannot celebrate the day Martin Luther broke the Church in thousands of pieces…
@user-ks3qr5fk6m10 ай бұрын
@@redlollipops8582 It would be like celebrating a divorce. Our Lord Jesus founded one Church, condemns divorce, and does not want division.
@mizzwright39769 ай бұрын
@@redlollipops8582dude, read the room lol Lila rose is Catholic and most of her audience (obviously not all!) are Catholic.
@jerusalem44929 ай бұрын
Dude, you said it yourself “not all” are Catholics. I watch her and am not. The guy who posted that comments clearly watches and is not.
@popdance7210 ай бұрын
No we should not
@kristensharpley635510 ай бұрын
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.
@popuri4810 ай бұрын
He was saying that the souls in purgatory needed prayer
@BlueBelle2779 ай бұрын
In getting married and becoming more traditional in my Catholic faith me and my husband and children only celebrate All Saints’ Day ❤️❤️
@alanalycan39869 ай бұрын
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 🙏💚
@mement0_m0ri10 ай бұрын
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.
@The.Modern.Crunch9 ай бұрын
Not a lot of Bible references except for Macabees 😐…. super disappointing pod cast… as a Protestant I need Bible verses, not philosophies and assumptions.
@claudiaveronicavillarreal8949 ай бұрын
Lila do you have a podcast about your conversion to Catholicism?
@renata.atkins10 ай бұрын
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
@marinalina63489 ай бұрын
Can't we just look at it like a street party for kids and families and dress any way you want not just scary?
@JohnHenrysaysHi10 ай бұрын
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!
@kimichan58 ай бұрын
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.
@Gadite14410 ай бұрын
““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
@melaniegleason750710 ай бұрын
Catholics don’t listen to scripture so don’t waste ur time
@adriennedyke10 ай бұрын
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)
@testimoniodefe9 ай бұрын
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.
@melatara10 ай бұрын
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.
@ififif202210 ай бұрын
💯 it's a pagan tradition
@ThePsalm56.910 ай бұрын
Father Dan Reehil-
@ACLevy9610 ай бұрын
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!
@KR-os6nn10 ай бұрын
This is an excellent example of touting your own faith-given culture through God, and facing off to the world, rather than caving to it.
@Gadite14410 ай бұрын
Show me in the Bible where the disciples or prophets celebrate pagan holidays, you don’t follow Christ you follow the world
@pronoms10 ай бұрын
Show us the scriptures that prove this
@Gadite14410 ай бұрын
@@pronoms she can’t show us because it’s not in the Bible lol Another fake Christian
@pronoms10 ай бұрын
@@Gadite144 That's what I'm saying, Lila, she's pro life but supports genocide and she did many other hypocritical things on this channel. She's confusing he followers, it's dangerous because the truth is blasphemous because of her
@lindsaylindsay488410 ай бұрын
Only American Christians would take this view. I like in the Uk and Halloween has only really taken off in recent years
@lilpotato209 ай бұрын
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.
@benyaeger43887 ай бұрын
Beautifully put. Also biblical
@kita325610 ай бұрын
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!
@ST-ov8cm10 ай бұрын
You didn’t watch the video, did you?
@ififif202210 ай бұрын
That is not a Catholic tradition, it's pagan tradition. The whole video is a misinformed and bad recollection of history.
@benyaeger43887 ай бұрын
"working out our salvation"? Jesus worked out our salvation on the cross. He is risen and completed the transaction once and for all.
@BerniceVining10 ай бұрын
I absolutely love your podcasts!! God bless!!❤
@popdance7210 ай бұрын
Have as a gest an exsatanist and see what they say about it
@kellyknowsaustin10 ай бұрын
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
@y1m110 ай бұрын
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
@ultimouomo1110 ай бұрын
It’s interesting because the Tridium of Death (Hallowtide) used to last for 8 days until the reforms in 1955.
@davidsmither9510 ай бұрын
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.
@WilliamLyons-ym7ee8 ай бұрын
Great post, man, but it’s Book of Revelation, there is no “s” at the end. I like horror films as well. In most horror films, good almost always prevails over evil.
@AlyssaDawnWhaley10 ай бұрын
This really persuaded me toward Catholicism 😆
@keepkalm77710 ай бұрын
LOL WE SHOULD NOT CELEBRATE or ENTERTAIN HALLOWEEN. Period.
@paulakurtenbach44510 ай бұрын
Beautiful podcast! Thank you Fr. Ambrose and Lila.
@kimichan58 ай бұрын
Maybe instead of celebrating Halloween Christian‘s should focus on celebrating All Saints’ Day. It just seems less pagany.
@salvyv13 күн бұрын
In the Catholic Church we DO celebrate All Saints Day.
@adlioladliol85479 ай бұрын
Is there any reason why Lila Rose would not choose to wear something modest?
@DevinSena10 ай бұрын
Absolutely! Halloween is a Christian festival.
@Gadite14410 ай бұрын
No it’s not when did any disciples or prophets in the Bible celebrate Halloween? You can’t show me 🗡️ your cut
@kristensharpley635510 ай бұрын
This is so disturbing and disappointing…and I respect Lila for years…but this makes my stomach squirm😞
@ififif202210 ай бұрын
I thank God because there are awaken people as you are. This video will confuse many... it's a shame.
@chrispeterson94249 ай бұрын
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.
@benyaeger43887 ай бұрын
You are correct
@ififif202210 ай бұрын
It's Celts tradition, not Catholic.
@user-fu4pw7cj7g9 ай бұрын
In Portugal, they don't celebrate Halloween as we do here in Canada.
@Nurturers7 ай бұрын
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
@puregirl20089 ай бұрын
Great show! Thank you!
@DjNC79 ай бұрын
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.
@Jonathan-si2nd9 ай бұрын
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)
@KW-mz4pn9 ай бұрын
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.