The Devil's Birthday

Halloween celebrations are becoming more common in our country every day. We see stores decorating everything for the occasion, and the vast majority of people who celebrate it really do not know what lies behind it, besides the commercial angle, of course. One might think there is nothing wrong with dressing up our children, or ourselves, one day as witches, skeletons, devils and so on, and decorating our homes with “scary” ornaments. But Halloween turns out to be more than just a party.

So today I am going to share with you an interview published on the ACI Prensa portal with a Mexican woman who converted to Catholicism after practicing satanism and esotericism for several years. Her name is Cristina Kneer de Vidal. She says that Halloween is the most important feast for demonic cults because, besides being the day the new satanic year begins, “it is as if the devil’s birthday were being celebrated.” She says that “Halloween night should not be celebrated by any Catholic since, among other things, it is the date on which satanic groups sacrifice animals and even people.”

Some will think this is an exaggeration, but many of us Venezuelans know that satanic groups in our country have grown in recent years and that, sadly, many young people have fallen into them, some of whom have ended up committing suicide. And if there is one thing that distinguishes most of us Venezuelans, it is that we greatly respect the values of our faith and profess great devotion to Our Lord Jesus Christ and to the Blessed Virgin Mary, to whom many Venezuelan mothers pray insistently for the protection of our children.

That is why we Venezuelans (and especially we mothers) need to know what lies behind this holiday, because, as Mrs. Cristina says, it is not just a game: “I don’t want to frighten anyone; everyone is free to believe what they want, but my words should be taken into account. At least I ask that people listen to me, reason and decide… Thousands of people have unknowingly adopted a satanic custom and are thereby fostering the growth of satanism in Mexico and in big cities.” She says that, sadly, “these are little-known subjects. I practiced terrible things against our faith, and although I now regret it, I came to abhor God.”

She explains that “there are eight main satanic feasts: the most important is the feast of Samhain or Halloween on October 31, when the satanic new year is celebrated (for Catholics it is the eve of All Saints). Then comes the feast of December 21, or Yule (close to Christmas); on February 2 the feast of Candlemas or festival of Lights is celebrated. The next feast in the calendar is the spring equinox, generally held on the same day as Easter, mocking the death of Jesus on the Cross, and the feast is marked by a similar sacrifice.” Cristina Kneer belongs to the group SAL, which seeks to send satanists a message of hope so that they may be converted, and a plea that they do no more harm. “Any satanist who reads this information and wants to reject or leave satanism can do so with God’s help, as we have done.”

In some countries, educational or family organizations have promoted campaigns to celebrate All Saints’ Day (November 1) instead of Halloween, with children dressing up as angels, saints and so on. There are already world-famous candy companies that have introduced lines of sweets associated with goodness, wisdom and courage. Likewise, various costume companies are changing what they offer to meet the demand for this new celebration.

I hope we can understand that Halloween has nothing to do with our values and customs, and that if we want to celebrate something, we should celebrate the “Feast of All Saints.” That way we will be exchanging the values of death and darkness… for life, and terror and fear… for joy. God and the Blessed Virgin will be happy, because we Venezuelans know perfectly well that whoever serves the devil cannot serve God. And the Virgin will cover us with her mantle to protect us from all evil.