Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos

Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, is a traditional Mexican holiday celebrated November 2. On this day, it is believed that the souls of the dead return to visit their living family members. Many people celebrate this day by visiting the graves of deceased loved ones and setting up altars with their favorite foods, drink, and photos.

r embs 10/8/2022

Day of the Dead

In homes, at graves or in the schools of today

not God, but tradition and culture leads way

Holiness is out, necromancy is in

totally deceived — families gather in sin

They build altars to honor relatives now dead

using skulls, favorite drinks, fruits and baked bread

Candles are lit and dear photos of old

are lovingly viewed as sweet memories are told

So innocent it seems, these gatherings to commune

with loved ones long past, from this life now marooned

But this practice is not harmless, it’s insidious and evil

for it’s not loved ones that are reached but trecherous devils.

Deuteronomy 18:10-12 King James Version

¹⁰There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.

¹¹Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

¹²For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.