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Today my parish priest gave a homily for All Saint’s Day, and wove the story of Dracula into it. Dracula, of course, is associated with Halloween. Anyway, he told the story of Dracula and how Bram Stoker gives clues that Dracula isn’t human. When someone looks in a mirror at Dracula behind him, he can’t see Dracula. Dracula is active during the night and sleeps during the day-“he loves the darkness and hates the light.” Most interesting, and what I did not know, is that Dracula desires the blood of Christ more than anything, but it repels him(as do crucifixes). If someone is under his sway, “the Holy Bread” is all that keeps them safe. I never realized these things about the story, but it almost makes me want to read it for the symbols.