Every Church (Christian) has an Easter Vigil. It is mass on the night of Holy Saturday, leading into Easter. It usually starts at about 9PM, and goes until midnight. The Easter Vigil is the first celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
A paschal candle is lit
the Paschal candle
The Candle over the Tabernacle, where the Blessed Sacrament is kept.
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.
It is lit for every Mass during Easter Season and for a funeral Mass as well as for Baptisms.
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.
The Paschal candle is blessed at Easter during the service of Light. The Easter Vigil is held during the hours of darkness between sunset on the Saturday following Good friday, and dawn on Easter Sunday.
Paschal candle.
A symbol of light that represents being consumed for service at Mass is the Paschal candle. This candle, lit during the Easter Vigil, signifies the presence of Christ as the Light of the World and is used throughout the liturgical year to symbolize Christ's resurrection and guiding light. Its illumination during Mass serves as a reminder of the faithful's call to be vessels of light and service in the world.
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."
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.