[nfbmi-talk] to hold a candle, Part 2

[joe harcz Comcast]

Great description. Now I come from the Roman Catholic tradition and lighting 
candless is pretty standard fair. In fact I often wonderred why more 
churches didn't burn down accidently because of that tradition.

As a young alter boy it was my task to light candless all around the alter 
back in the day.

Regardless this is a beutiful ceremony of which you speak both spiritually 
and for those who have it, visually.

Peace in the New Year,

Joe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christine Boone" <christine_boone at comcast.net>
To: "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] to hold a candle, Part 2


> Oh it is a beautiful thing to hold candles in the Church on Christmas Eve. 
> They turn all the lights out so it is dark.  No one can see a thing at 
> all.   and then, at least in our Church, a single candle is lighted by 
> someone  at the very front. That lone person holding that single candle 
> walks down the center aisle, lighting the candles of all of the people 
> sitting along the aisle.  Then those people pass the light to their 
> neighbors until the entire church, every person in every row is holding a 
> lighted candle and all of those tiny flames came from the one single 
> light...like Jesus, through his single life, brought eternal life and 
> light to us all!
>
> Think of it like this Teri:
> One person, at the front of the Church, begins by singing a single clear 
> note and, one by one, the note is taken up by each person along the center 
> aisle and then spreading along each row until the whole church is filled 
> with the sound...except that, unlike a real congregation where the notes 
> would be not quite all the same, those many voices would be as one.
>
> OK, that's my best shot.  Anyone else?
>
> Christine
>
> On Dec 27, 2011, at 3:13 PM, <trising at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> Dear Federation Family:
>>    It turns out that we did not have to process in and out with the 
>> candle. It was placed through a plastic cup to hold the wax, and we just 
>> held them during the singing of Silent Night. So, I did hold the candle. 
>> I held it with two hands, because I was nervous about it, but I held it. 
>> It must be some sort of visual thing to hold candles in the church while 
>> singing Silent Night. It seems kind of pointless to me. Anyone who has 
>> had sight want to explain this?
>>
>> Terri Wilcox
>>
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