Crazy question about halloween!

  • Thread starter Thread starter AndrewF1995
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
A

AndrewF1995

Guest
So don’t judge me or anything but, I am 15 and I this year for halloween I really want to go as a saint or a priest (I want to be a priest when I get older) and I was thinking of using my altar serving cassock as the cassock for my costume. I don’t know if going as one of the saints who were priests is a bad idea or against the church in anyway, and if it is allowed then would it be a bad idea to use the cassock?

My dad thinks its not good. I just want to here what you all think about this! :confused:
 
Catholic90 said:
Aren’t you a little old for trick or treating…?
Click to expand...
Pardon me, but the OP said he wanted to dress up as a priest or a saint and he’s fifteen (as well as feeling a potential calling to the priesthood). That’s what got me.
👍 for you OP! You’re witnessing to others at such a young age! Thank you for bringing a smile to my face. It was trick or treat night in my neighborhood tonight and most young people around your age are wearing masks with fake blood dripping out of them! Anyway, thanks.

I don’t see anything wrong with wearing your cassock. Is there still time to run it by your pastor?

~Therese
 
lil_flower_luv said:
Pardon me, but the OP said he wanted to dress up as a priest or a saint and he’s fifteen (as well as feeling a potential calling to the priesthood). That’s what got me.
👍 for you OP! You’re witnessing to others at such a young age! Thank you for bringing a smile to my face. It was trick or treat night in my neighborhood tonight and most young people around your age are wearing masks with fake blood dripping out of them! Anyway, thanks.

I don’t see anything wrong with wearing your cassock. Is there still time to run it by your pastor?

~Therese
Click to expand...
Yes I can ask him!

And yes I am a little too old for trick or treating, but my friends and I decided it was a better idea than going to some of the parties because most of the other kids my age are going out and drinking and doing drugs, and trick or treating is a lot safer than going to those parties… :rolleyes:

also I look like im 4 years younger than I am so I can get away with it 😛
 
As far as being too old for trick or treating…

It reminds me of the Franciscan Brothers that did our prayer retreat last weekend. We were speaking of speaking the gospel without words. Sometimes the statement they are able to make is walking through the neighborhood in the robes and cords saying nothing (it is a rougher town.) Maybe among all the focus on the occult an mischief walking through the neighborhood dressed as a priest or a Saint preaches the Gospel without ever using a word.
 
Just be ready for nasty people to ask you if you are a pedophile priest.
 
AndrewF1995 said:
So don’t judge me or anything but, I am 15 and I this year for halloween I really want to go as a saint or a priest (I want to be a priest when I get older) and I was thinking of using my altar serving cassock as the cassock for my costume. I don’t know if going as one of the saints who were priests is a bad idea or against the church in anyway, and if it is allowed then would it be a bad idea to use the cassock?

My dad thinks its not good. I just want to here what you all think about this! :confused:
Click to expand...
Andrew, you are very right in wanting to dress up that way, because believe it or not, Halloween is a catholic holiday, it is called the “Vigil of All Saints” which is “all hallows eve”, the eve of all saints day(which is a holy day of obligation) and after all saints day it is “all souls day”,
they are all the beginning of the month dedicated to the praying for the dead, especially the souls in purgatory,
it has always been a Catholic holiday, holiday meaning of course “holy day”, and how Halloween became a day dedicated to evil i really don’t know(although i’d like to find out)…but nevertheless, you have the right and quite frankly the duty as a catholic to celebrate Halloween the way it was meant to be(by praying for the dead) and by dressing up as a saint if you dress up at all, because by doing so you give honor to that saint, and glory to God,
although i’m not sure if dressing simply as a priest is quite the same, but there are many priest saints you can go as if you’d like.

ok Andrew? i hope this helps, take care.
 
EmeraldWings said:
Andrew, you are very right in wanting to dress up that way, because believe it or not, Halloween is a catholic holiday, it is called the “Vigil of All Saints” which is “all hallows eve”, the eve of all saints day(which is a holy day of obligation) and after all saints day it is “all souls day”,
they are all the beginning of the month dedicated to the praying for the dead, especially the souls in purgatory,
it has always been a Catholic holiday, holiday meaning of course “holy day”, and how Halloween became a day dedicated to evil i really don’t know(although i’d like to find out)…but nevertheless, you have the right and quite frankly the duty as a catholic to celebrate Halloween the way it was meant to be(by praying for the dead) and by dressing up as a saint if you dress up at all, because by doing so you give honor to that saint, and glory to God,
although i’m not sure if dressing simply as a priest is quite the same, but there are many priest saints you can go as if you’d like.

ok Andrew? i hope this helps, take care.
Click to expand...
I was just thinking that!!! I am going to go as St. John Vianne. I really don’t want anyone to think I am mocking priests so I knew I would have to find a saint to dress as if I wanted to be somthing catholic for halloween. Thank you for your help!
 
EmeraldWings said:
Andrew, you are very right in wanting to dress up that way, because believe it or not, Halloween is a catholic holiday, it is called the “Vigil of All Saints” which is “all hallows eve”, the eve of all saints day(which is a holy day of obligation) and after all saints day it is “all souls day”,
they are all the beginning of the month dedicated to the praying for the dead, especially the souls in purgatory,
it has always been a Catholic holiday, holiday meaning of course “holy day”, and how Halloween became a day dedicated to evil i really don’t know(although i’d like to find out)…but nevertheless, you have the right and quite frankly the duty as a catholic to celebrate Halloween the way it was meant to be(by praying for the dead) and by dressing up as a saint if you dress up at all, because by doing so you give honor to that saint, and glory to God,
although i’m not sure if dressing simply as a priest is quite the same, but there are many priest saints you can go as if you’d like.

ok Andrew? i hope this helps, take care.
Click to expand...
I think the modern “worldly” understanding of Halloween is based on the old Celtic religion… they believed that the spirits of the dead come back to earth during that night, so they would dress up in imitation of them, and ask for ‘offerings’ to their god (who is the god of death). It’s for this reason that I don’t celebrate Halloween as we know it, - rather - the eve of All Saints Day 🙂 In the past, it would even happen that Christians would be persecuted cause they didn’t want to take part in the pagan ritual. Now, it’s part of our culture and most people don’t know where it came from.

to the OP, I think dressing up as a Saint or a priest is way better than how most people your age (or mine) dress up… 🙂
 
baltobetsy said:
Just be ready for nasty people to ask you if you are a pedophile priest.
Click to expand...
This is so annoying. I dressed up as a priest on Friday for Senior dress up day. I got the funny “Father bless me for I have sinned” request from 2 teachers and one teacher absolved me of my sin of getting a question wrong. But then you have the ignorant people who make the pedophile comment. I’ve argued too much with these people, so now I just ignore them.

But when I think about it, the desire to dress up as a priest or Saint from a devout person reflects what one truly wants to be on the inside. I want to be a priest, and when it came time for Senior dress up day, the first thing that popped into my mind was “priest”. It gives you a chance to be what you want to be for one day.
 
MarianD said:
This is so annoying. I dressed up as a priest on Friday for Senior dress up day. I got the funny “Father bless me for I have sinned” request from 2 teachers and one teacher absolved me of my sin of getting a question wrong. But then you have the ignorant people who make the pedophile comment. I’ve argued too much with these people, so now I just ignore them.

But when I think about it, the desire to dress up as a priest or Saint from a devout person reflects what one truly wants to be on the inside. I want to be a priest, and when it came time for Senior dress up day, the first thing that popped into my mind was “priest”. It gives you a chance to be what you want to be for one day.
Click to expand...
I was thinking about it this way, you know how little kids dress up as what they want to be when they grow up? Like a fireman or a police man? Well when I thought of a costume I instantly thought priest, because I sort of think I want to be one when i grow up!
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top