All Saints is more central to my calendar than Halloween was when I was a sugary child. One false note to me. Heroes cheat. I earn a plenary indulgence every year, tending the graves, going to confession, and taking communion at All Saints. The indulgences are for friends. Three that people here would know are Tony Hecht and Mikey Donaghy and my Dad, author of the fifth chapter of Ploughshare. You needn't believe in indulgences to pursue them. It is a spiritual exercise. Whoever wrote this is a spiritual athlete, and I applaud.
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