Boondock Saints and All Saints’ Day
October 8, 2011
News Worldwide — All Saints Day is more of a religious custom than just a national day. All Catholic and Orthodox Catholics believe that saints of God are as alive as we are and that they are mediating on our behalf constantly. There were saints whom we knew and there were many more of them we didn’t get to know of. All Saints Day instituted by Church is solemnity celebrated on November 1st to commemorate all saints, known and unknown. According to Pope Urban IV it is to make sure that all deficiencies are supplied with in a celebration of the saint’s feast during each year by those who have been initiated in Catholic Christian rites, the faithful. The eve of All Saints Day, October 31st, is popularly known as All Hallows Eve.
Where did the Concept of All Saints Day come from?
The concept of All Saints Day comes from a Catholic belief conceptualized in what is known as “Communion of Saints”. The Catholic belief is that all of God’s people whether in heaven, earth, or in a purgatory (as known in the west) are implicated in a communion which simply means that they are alive. St. Cyril of Jerusalem (350 AD) testifies that our common communion with Jesus Christ joins us with the heavenly community of saints in our prayers.
I think I’ve heard of a movie with that name!
The entertainment business has also seemed to take the religious event into consideration. A movie with the name of The Boondock Saints came in 1999 written and directed by Troy Duffy (under genre of Action-Crime-Drama-Thriller). The cast includes Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman, Willem Dafoe, David Della Rocco, Billy Connolly, Bob Marley, David Ferry, Brian Mahoney, Carlo Rota, Ron Jeremy, and Gerard Parkes.
The plot: It so happens that two Irish brothers, after attending a mass in a church, somehow manage to have a brawl with some mafia thugs in a bar and kill them accidently in self-defense. To clear their name they then turn themselves over to the police and get released as heroes. After the incident they see it as a calling by God and start wiping mafia gang members off one by one. They get full public support for their deeds. But law enforcement agencies wouldn’t let such thing to continue. So an FBI Agent is assigned the duty of investigating the ongoing slaughter. The findings in the agent’s investigation force him to think to whether to arrest the brothers or join them to rid Boston of evil. Watch the movie to find the rest of the story.
An unrated version of the movie was released in May 22, 2006. In 2003 documentary film followed the story of Troy Duffy in “Overnight”. In May 2010 a comic book story was released which was written by Troy Duffy, produced by Innfusion Inc. and released through 12 Gauge Comics.
An Objection to the celebration of all Saints Day!
Many non-Catholics say that commemoration of saints at such a wider scale tends to give an impression that All Saints Day is an Idolatry event. According to Catholics worship is only for God and veneration is for his holy men and women who spent their entire life following teachings of Jesus Christ and died in grace. They believe that the highest form of veneration is due to blessings of Virgin Mary. Copyright © 2011
Posted by Angelia Kates · Filed Under Religion
