The Easter candle is lighted each day during Mass throughout the Paschal season until Ascension Thursday.

In a Catholic funeral several symbols are used. The paschal candle, sometimes known as the Easter candle, is lit as a sign of the light of Christ. The belief is that in the darkness the light of ...

As the writer Max Eastman said, “A smile is the universal welcome." Many congregations have a Paschal or Easter candle – a large, white candle which is blessed and lit at Easter. This candle ...