The Paschal candle represents Christ, the Light of the World. Saturday, June 28, 2025. ... The candle, representing Christ himself, is blessed by the priest who then inscribes in it a cross, ...

Paschal candles were either plain or ornamented, with separate pieces of colored wax pressed onto the candle. The key elements in every Paschal candle are the cross, the Alpha and Omega and the ...

THE flame of Scotty Biggs’ faith is clearly evident today. It burns in the three-foot tall Paschal candle he designed for the Easter-themed altar area of St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Columbus.

Pope John Paul II prays before the paschal candle that symbolizes the Light of Christ during Easter Vigil inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Saturday, March 30, 2002.

Father Aaron Jenkins, pastor of St. Michael Parish in Greenfield, Ind., puts the final touches on an Easter candle that he decorated. (CNS/Sean Gallagher, The Criterion) Throughout the liturgical ...

He merely quoted the Sarum Ordinale: “The Paschal candlestick . . . should be removed on the day after Ascension Day.” Current practice at St Mary’s is to continue lighting the candle up to and ...

The size of a Paschal candle can range from 3 to 4 inches in diameter and 48 to 61 inches high. The actual space Faulhaber has to paint is a mere 7 by 24 inches.

Father Hung offered participants pieces of a 2020 Paschal candle, pieces of grains of incense and pieces of white cloth on which Christ of yesterday, today and forever are embroidered. He said the ...