This morning Emilio wanted to hear the story of St. George and the Dragon, and it struck me how appropriate such a story is for today, Halloween.
The celebration of Halloween remains a debated point between Christians (not so unlike the rightness or wrongness of reading Harry Potter), but trusting we can learn from the past to inform the present, here’s an article well worth reading: http://www.biblicalhorizons.com/open-book/no-28-concerning-halloween/
For Judah’s Lion burst his chains,
and crushed the serpent’s head;
Christ cries aloud through death’s domains
to wake th’imprisoned dead.
and crushed the serpent’s head;
Christ cries aloud through death’s domains
to wake th’imprisoned dead.
(Verse 2, “Sing, Choirs of New Jerusalem”)
St. George Fighting the Dragon 1504-1506
Raphael