Tower: I approach the season with prayer rather than paranoia ... most other Christians have forgotten Halloween for another year I continue to pray because Samhain is not necessarily October 31st.

Samhain is even mentioned in some of the earliest Irish literature ... The people would also sing and say prayers for the dead in exchange for the soul cakes. Bobbing for apples—another favourite ...

The Church prays for the dead, and this prayer says much about the reality of the Church itself. It says that the Church continues to live in the hope of eternal life.Prayer for the dead is almost ...

O Jesus, our great High Priest, hear my humble prayers on behalf of your priests. Give them a deep faith, a bright and firm hope and a burning love which will ever increase in the course of their ...