30 October 2018

ALL SOUL'S DAY painted by JAKUB SCHIKANEDER,



Ran into a lady today who told me that Saint Theresa of Avila said, "if the saints fail you, try the souls" or something like that... basically it struck me that she was saying to pray to deceased ancestors.  Found this painting looking for a public domain image appropriate for the season of Halloween, Day of the Dead, and All Soul's Day.  If ever there was a celebration akin to ancestor worship in Christianity, this is it.