HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE!
Trick or Treat!
It's Beggar's Night!
It's Halloween
by Harry Behn
Tonight is the night
when dead leaves fly
like witches on switches
across the sky.
When elf and sprite flit
through the night on a moony sheen...
It's Halloween!
Tonight is the night
when leaves make a sound
like a gnome in his home under the ground
when spooks and trolls
creep out of their holes,
all mossy and green...
It's Halloween!
Tonight is the night
when pumpkins stare
through sheaves and leaves everywhere
when ghoul and ghost and gobline host
dance round their queen...
It's Halloween!
(I learned the above song/poem in the 3rd grade and have been
singing it to my extended family every since then!)
Just ask them. They will roll their eyes and nod yes, indeed!
I sing it all year for some bizarre reason I cannot understand,
it just sticks in my head!
Pumpkin carving by Delaney - age 11
Many are just DYING to stay here!
(Insert sinister evil laughter here.)
One of my daughters' fav Halloween kid's movies
of all time is called The Worst Witch.
It's an adorable,
It conjours up the BEST memories for them and me... it's just so bad it's good.
...so much, in fact, that my eldest made herself
and husband cute costumes from it
a couple years ago and shared it here
back when she used to blog.
(She really did a really fabulous job on those costumes.)
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There is a part in that movie that has Tim Curry saying
"Spooky, scary," except Tim Curry says it more as:
"SPOOOKAAAAY SCAAAARRRRAAAAY!"
We love that and say it anytime we think something is scary,
it's not just reserved for Halloween time around here.
Hope your Halloween is an innocently fun "fright" night!
~~And may our loving God keep you safe!~~
Linking:
WOW us Wednesday
Francis, whose
feast day is October 4th, loved the larks flying about his hilltop town. He and
his early brothers, staying in a small hovel, allowed themselves to be displaced
by a donkey.
Francis wrote a Canticle of the Creatures, an ode to God’s living things.
“All praise to you, Oh Lord, for all these brother and sister creatures.” And
there was testimony in the cause for St. Clare of Assisi’s canonization that
referred to her little cat!
That there are today over 62 million cats in the U.S. attests to the
continuing affection we have for our furry, feathered or finned friends. We've
even had a cat called Socks in the White House. Other popular presidential pets
range from Abraham Lincoln’s Fido to Lyndon Johnson’s beagles, named Him and
Her.
For single householders, a pet can be a true companion. Many people arrive
home from work to find a furry friend overjoyed at their return. Many a senior
has a lap filled with a purring fellow creature.
The bond between person and pet is like no other relationship, because the
communication between fellow creatures is at its most basic. Eye-to-eye, a man
and his dog, or a woman and her cat, are two creatures of love.
No wonder people enjoy the opportunity to take their animal companions to
church for a special blessing. Church is the place where the bond of creation is
celebrated.
At Franciscan churches, a friar with brown robe and white cord often welcomes
each animal with a special prayer. The Blessing of Pets usually goes like this:
“Blessed are you, Lord God, maker of all living creatures. You called
forth fish in the sea, birds in the air and animals on the land. You inspired
St. Francis to call all of them his brothers and sisters. We ask you to bless
this pet. By the power of your love, enable it to live according to your plan.
May we always praise you for all your beauty in creation. Blessed are you, Lord
our God, in all your creatures! Amen.”
