Following the footsteps of St. Teresa of Avila, we were in a group with our parents, a university administrator, a Carmelite priest, and five women who were senior citizens. My brother, Nacho, and I were the only kids. While he and I were excited for this trip out of the country, we were reminded gently by a good friend, our tita, that, “You are pilgrims. Not tourists.”
The tradition dates back from several centuries even before Christianity. Ergo, we must not be threatened that others prefer to be horrible-looking rather than to appear as cute saints in celebration of Halloween.
