This is why All Saints’ Day follows Halloween. Unfortunately the second half of the story has been forgotten. Allhallowstide (and all the major feasts) is a retelling of that same Christian/scriptural pattern you mention. Even as the darkness grows, both in our society and in the solar cycle, All Saints and All Souls offer the hope of resurrection glory. The darkness is ultimately defeated by Christ and his Saints, his Hallowed Ones. “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” Thank you for this reminder, Emelie!
Justin, I love that connection between the arc of the storyline in God’s story and these sign-post stories, and the arc of the season and feasts in themselves - I hadn’t thought about Hallowstide and All Saints telling a story in their own narrative fashion, but of course! Thank you for bringing that out all the more clearly!
This was excellent, Emelie!
Thanks, Autumn! I’m so glad you got to engage with it!
This is why All Saints’ Day follows Halloween. Unfortunately the second half of the story has been forgotten. Allhallowstide (and all the major feasts) is a retelling of that same Christian/scriptural pattern you mention. Even as the darkness grows, both in our society and in the solar cycle, All Saints and All Souls offer the hope of resurrection glory. The darkness is ultimately defeated by Christ and his Saints, his Hallowed Ones. “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” Thank you for this reminder, Emelie!
Justin, I love that connection between the arc of the storyline in God’s story and these sign-post stories, and the arc of the season and feasts in themselves - I hadn’t thought about Hallowstide and All Saints telling a story in their own narrative fashion, but of course! Thank you for bringing that out all the more clearly!