Ghost and Things Ghostly

Have you had any ghost encounters or ghostly experiences? Do you believe in ghosts?

My father died when I was 13. I was starting High School then. During the first year after his death, I swear, there were a few times I would smell his scent and I would hear his distinct coughing from the location in backyard of our house, where he usually hangs around when he was still alive. The thing is I could see from the bedroom window that there’s nobody there.

Also, there were those night I spent studying at the dining room as late as past 12 midnight, when I would have that feeling of a heavy hand in my right shoulder, eventhough I am the only one still awake in the entire household. And I would have the same feeling as when my father scolded me and told me to go to bed when he was still alive. This usually is my cue to start going to bed, ’cause at that time I’m too scared to stay awake. On my way to the bedroom, all my actions are calculated. I am focused NOT to glance to just anywhere, especially at the dark areas of the house, for I am scared that I might actually see something. This went on until I graduated High School. (By College, I wasn’t living at home anymore.)

Those are the most ghostly experiences I’ve ever had. Although I didn’t see my father face to face or in a ghostly apperance, and it could easily be just my mind playing tricks on me, I just had that strong feeling that he was there each time.

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For the Catholic Community, Nov. 1st is All Saints Day and Nov. 2nd is All Souls Day, a.k.a. Feast of all Souls, or Day of the Dead. It’s this time we commemorate the faithful departed.

For my father, a good man, faithful departed
Eternal rest grant unto them him, O Lord.
And may perpetual light shine upon them him.
May he and the souls of the faithfully departed
through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.

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