Hallowed Eve is a holy term representing the Eve of All Saints, which falls the very next day on November 1st, which is a holy day. Hallowed means holy, like in the Our Father, Lord’s prayer, “Hallowed be thy Name.” So where did we come up with the funny word, Halloween? With all the ghosts and goblins, skulls and all the demonic images? In my humble opinion, I believe it all came from the devil, because he is always twisting things around which pertain to God. We should be seeing images of saints and angels in our yards and around our houses. But is that what we see? Quite the contrary. The protestants complain about all the Catholic sacred images of Mary and the saints, but what about all their demonic ones? What about all the tattoos people put on their bodies contrary to God’s law? “You shall not,” God says, “You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh, for the dead, neither shall you make in yourselves any figures or marks: I am the Lord.” Leviticus chapter 19.28.
So, What is October 31st actually, Hallowed Eve or, Halloween? The true meaning of the eve of October 31st is Hallowed Eve, the eve of All Saints day following on November 1st. What does Hallow mean?
1: to make holy or set apart for holy use 2: to respect greatly : venerate as for example, the most hallowed of all law-enforcement agencies— Dwight MacDonald
In other words, it honors the saints who became holy by corresponding with God’s grace, and the Church honors them in a special way on the first of November. So the Eve before that day is called Hallowed Eve.
So now we ask the question, How did Halloween slip in, in place of it? No one really knows the answer to that question, but we do know that honoring the saints is the farthest thing from most people’s mind on that night. What do we see instead? The demonic, scary looking images here and there, and very ugly billboards that are ”ugly as hell,” as the expression goes. Why do they look ”ugly as hell?” Because they are from hell. Because when you look at these images, they look like the devil’s work rather than God’s. An ex-satanist said, “We should not be celebrating Halloween because we are honoring the devil.” Interestingly, people have them in their homes, outside, and all over the place. Are they harmless? Fr. Chad Ripperger, an exorcist, does not think so. He says if you have these things in your house, you need to get them all out. He says a person is opening the door for the devil to enter when they have these things in their house, these images, magic stuff, ouiji boards, séances, palm readers, and all the other things just mentioned.
There is no beauty in them, and they seem to delight and doing evil. How much mischief and evil has been committed on those nights. The angels, after they sinned, defiled their incredible beauty, and in exchange, they became horrible looking monsters, because the ugliness of sinned overflowed into their being. The same is true with sinners, who lose their souls and go to hell. There is a story of St. Padre Pio, who was a very great saint, who was able to look into the other world by the power of God. he was given the grace by God to enlighten many souls of their friends and relatives who had died, who were either in heaven, hell, or purgatory. He informed one man that his grandfather who had been a surgeon was in heaven, because when he was on earth , he did many good works glorifying God. However, the young man asked him about his other grandfather who never went to church, and just said he could pray just as well out in the woods. But people who say that very seldom do. St. Pio began to tremble, and said in a trembling voice, “He is in hell, and wallowing in the eternal flames, and he is so dreadfully ugly I cannot bear to look at him.”
So this October 31st, let us remember the true meaning of that night. I am not against treating the little children who are out to have an innocent, good time, may God bless them, but let us reflect on the lives and holiness of the saints who will be honored the next day by the Church, and pray for the grace to imitate them, and one day, to share their eternal happiness in heaven.
Prayer for salvation: My Lord Jesus Christ, for the sake of Thy sufferings, grant us such faith, hope, charity, sorrow for our sins, and a spirit of prayer and sacrifice, that will save and sanctify our souls. Amen. And remember, prayer is the key to salvation. St. Alphonsus said: “He who prays shall be saved. He who prays not shall be condemned. One of the greatest pains of the damned is that they could have saved themselves so easily by prayer and neglected to do so.”