The tricks and treating are over (well, except for that candy migraine hangover and the bag of little wrapped chocolates hidden in the kitchen pantry for later must-have-sweeties-emergencies) and now we honor the saints. As a Catholic, it's true, I talk to the saints all the time. I ask for help, courage, prayers for friends and family, and often (though not often enough) just thanks for all the trouble I give them. Today I will light candles, recite the litany of the saints, and remember with awe and gratitude all those lives lived in faith.
Marianne Stokes, St Elizabeth of Hungary Spinning for the Poor, 1895
Midori Snyder is the author of nine books for children and adults, published in English, French, Dutch, and Italian. She won the Mythopoeic Award for The Innamorati, a novel inspired by early Roman myth and the Italian "Commedia dell'Arte" tradition....
