We find ourselves approaching Halloween, All Saints and All Souls. It's a time of year when people dress up in spooky costumes and head out on the streets "Trick or Treating."
Before it got hijacked, what were these days all about? What relevance can they possibly have for us today? We'll find out a little bit of the history of All Saint's day and hear from Matthew 5:1-12.
Material in this podcast is taken from “New Patterns for Worship” and "Common Worship: Times and Seasons". They are copyright © The Archbishops’ Council (2008 and 2006 respectively).
Exciting Holiness is edited by Brother Tristam SSF and Simon Kershaw. The fourth edition was published in 2012 by Canterbury Press, Norwich, Norfolk and is copyright © European Provence of the Society of St Francis (2007).
Last week's Brain of the Week came from the My London website.