The date, October 31st  in Catholic liturgy is the day before the Festival of All Saints, or All Saints Day (All Hallows Eve). When the Church came into power, it could not sanction a festival for the dead, it turned Samhain into All Saints and all Souls Day,

Long before the Church consecrated November 1 as All Saints Day it was a pagan observance marking the end of summer - it was believed,  the dead wandered the earth and supernatural forces reigned.

The name Halloween (sometimes spelled Hallowe'en) is a contraction of  "All Hallows Even." The word hallow, which means "to make holy" or "to revere as holy," was once also used as a noun to mean "holy place" or "holy person"  as a saint. It may seem strange that Halloween, a secular celebration associated with goblins, ghosts, and witches, Jack-o-Lanterns, got its name from a holy day devoted to Christian martyrs.
When the ancient Irish carved out turnips and placed candles inside, to light the way for 'Jack', a trickster spirit who was trapped between the two worlds of the dead and the living,  (HEAVEN and HELL) "Jack-o-Lantern" came about.

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                                                            POSTINGS FOR October  2009

10/28/2009  Re-blogged: Should your life stop just because you're buying a home? In short... YES! (original)

10/26/2009 FREE grilled chicken offer is available all day Monday 10-26-09

10/23/2009 Boo Bash and other RI Halloween free events

10/23/2009 Friday Foto - Who is in this vintage photo?

10/17/2009 SPEECHLESS SUNDAY - Halloween for all ages

10/01/2009 Friday Foto - What am I?

                                                               POSTINGS FOR September  2009

09/12/2009  We can't cry hard enough

09/06/2009 SPEECHLESS SUNDAY - 9-6-09 North Providence Salvatore Mancini Union Library

09/04/2009 Friday Foto - What is my job?

9/04/09 Re-blogged: $8,000 Tax Credit October 16th Safe Deadline for Financing (original)

                                              POSTINGS FOR August  2009

08/26/09 Wordless Wednesday - OAK BLUFFS FUN 7-14-09

08/23/09 SPEECHLESS SUNDAY 8-1-76 Five Years Old - the past and present

08/22/09 SPEECHLESS SUNDAY -Brotherly Love

08/21/09 Friday Foto - What am I? Where am I?

08/21/09 Friday Foto - What am I? and Where am I?

08/18/09 Emotional Roller Coaster - PLEASE GET ME OFF  

08/14/09 Friday Foto - What am I?

08/13/09 NATURE and MARKETING CONTEST - RAIN is our buddy

08/09/09  SPEECHLESS SUNDAY -Gingerbread Cottage

08/09/09 SPEECHLESS SUNDAY - OAK BLUFFS leaving campgrounds looking at Pier

 08/07/09 Friday Foto - What am I? and Where am I?

08/06/09 Another Achievment, another Milestone with Active Rain

08/04/09 My Childhood home in East Providence, RI 02914

 08/04/09 Comment left on my Viral Request blog results in action action action

 08/04/09 A week going by SADLY

 08/02/09 Speechless Sunday August 2, 2009-Lion for August -Leo