30/06/2023
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE PASCHAL CANDLE IS PUT OUT ON ASCENSION DAY????
This is why……..
From Holy Saturday until Ascension Day the paschal candle is left with its candlestick in the sanctuary, standing upon the Gospel side of the altar, and it is lighted during high Mass and solemn Vespers on Sundays.
It is extinguished after the Gospel Reading on Ascension Day and is then removed.
The paschal candle has its proper place either by the ambo or by the altar and is lit at least in all the more solemn liturgical celebrations of the season until Pentecost Sunday, whether at Mass or at Morning and Evening Prayer.
After the Easter season, the candle is kept with honor in the baptistry, so that in the celebration of baptism, the candles of the baptized may be lit from them. In the celebration of funerals the paschal candle is placed near the coffin to indicate that the death of a Christian is his own passover.
The Candle is burned from Holy Saturday to Ascension to signify that Christ had been raised from the dead, is appeared to His disciples as the resurrected Lord, and that as such He is the Light of the world.
The Candle is extinguished to proclaim his Ascension into heaven, that He is no longer with his disciples {Us} in the mode of physical presence, and to signify that He is to be with His people in and by the Spirit, his Paraclete, henceforth (and as such He is not located in any one place and time but is present to all everywhere).
John 1 : 4 - 5
Isaiah 60 : 2 -6
1 Corinthians 5 : 7
Please like and share...
Follow us to get updates on the Anglican Faith.
