I love today, and yesterday and tomorrow. Honestly, today is probably my favorite feast, even more than Christmas or Easter. One reason is that there is no commercialization of this feast (only its eve), the other is that today’s feast is undeniably Catholic and catholic (see what I did there?). I see yesterday, today, and tomorrow as a celebration of the Church. Yesterday of the Church Militant, today the Church Victorious, tomorrow the Church Suffering.
Yesterday really is the militant, we strike the greatest blow against our enemy, for Satan and his minions have their pride, and what greater blow to pride than to laugh? Halloween is a feast of mirth, we laugh at the devils, we laugh at ourselves, and have fun with the macabre. A true celebration of life seemingly overshadowed by death, in which we take death and twist it to give life, yesterday we stood the world on its head.
Today is victorious, today the battle is won, today life celebrates its victory over death. Death gave up, it lost. Today we have joy, many of our brethren have made it to the Wedding Feast. Life is good, today Christ reminds us He keeps His promises, today we can win because of Him.
Tomorrow, having survived yesterday and bolstered by today, we have solidarity. We join in prayer with those who are not perfect yet, while remembering we are not perfect. We pray for them, they pray for us, the saints pray for all. Solidarity. Humility.
We celebrate life.
May God bless it.
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