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/