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

[Larry D. Keeler]

bECAUSE THEY DON'T LET US BLIND DUDES LIGHT ALL THE CANDLES!
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From: "joe harcz Comcast" <joeharcz at comcast.net>
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> 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
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> From: "Christine Boone" <christine_boone at comcast.net>
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> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 4:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] to hold a candle, Part 2
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>> 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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