Trending with Timmerie celebrates Halloween ushering in All Saints Day with a dive into the significance of the resurrection of Christ and our own bodies as we ponder death and the after life this Halloween. (0:42) Timmerie turns to the great tradition of “Memento Mori” “remember your death” and how the Church has used human skeletons for more than decorations. (26:50)
Resources mentioned: What is Halloween? https://relevantradio.com/2023/10/what-is-halloween-how-to-celebrate/ Legend of the Jack O lanterns https://relevantradio.com/2023/10/legend-of-the-jack-olantern/ St. Alphonsus https://amzn.to/3tWOH3m Meet the Fantastically Bejeweled Skeletons of Catholicism’s Forgotten Martyrs Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet-the-fantastically-bejeweled-skeletons-of-catholicisms-forgotten-martyrs-284882/ Church of bones in Rome!!! Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini (Our Lady of the Conception of the Capuchins) https://museoecriptacappuccini.it/en/the-crypt/
