Paschal candle.
It is lit for every Mass during Easter Season and for a funeral Mass as well as for Baptisms.
A paschal candle is lit
The Paschal (Easter) Candle is lit during during liturgical celebrations throughout the Paschal (Easter) Season and is placed near the Ambo or the Altar. The Paschal Season is the fifty days from Easter Saturday to Pentecost. During this time the Church is vested in White. The closing of the Paschal (Easter) season is at the evening after the liturgy of Pentecost when the Church is vested in Red. After Pentecost the Church begins her Ordinary Time and is vested in Green. Daniel Hammah New Zealand.
the Paschal candle
It is lit on Easter as a sign of the light of Christ entering the world to save us. It stays lit until Pentecost Sunday. We are called to be light to others as Jesus was
The candle is called the Paschal candle. It is sometimes referred to as the "Easter candle."
It depends on the service and the candle. Typically the answer is simply yes. However, during Advent there are some candles that are not lit until the appropriate Sunday. The Paschal candle is lit only during the Easter season, at funerals or baptism.
Paschal candle
I'm not sure but I was taught that Easter is a season of Resurrection. It also symbolizes Jesus as the light of the world which dispels all darkness and evil. Therefore symbolically we have the paschal candle to be blessed and lit on the eve and the vigil of Easter.
The paschal (Easter) mystery is the death and resurrection of Jesus. The Paschal candle is a large, white candle used liturgically in the Western Rites of Christianity (Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, etc.). A new Paschal candle is blessed and lit every year at Easter, and is used throughout the Paschal season and then throughout the year on special occasions, such as baptisms and funerals.
On Easter vigil you can probably hold the Easter candle which is lit from the pascal candle in your own hands and have your own candle in your hands as well. You can be seated with your son and place your hand with the candle near him so that he might feel the of the light of God, the light of the Risen Christ.Faith works miracles in ones life.
The Pascal candle is lit on Easter vigil with the signs of Alpha and Omega and the Current year. Then five incense sticks are embeded into the candles indicating the five wounds of Jesus Christ.