-Elder,
when we light a candle, do we say that it is for some purpose?
-You
are lighting it, but where do you send it? Aren't you sending it somewhere?
With a
candle, we are seeking something from God. When you light it, you should say:
"For those who are suffering in body and soul", "for those who
have the greatest need", and among them is also the living and the
reposed.
Do you
know how much rest the departed sense when we light a candle for them? Thus,
one has spiritual communication with the living and with the reposed.
The
candle, in a few words, is an antenna*** that brings us into communication with
God, with the sick, with the departed, etc.
***Note:
St. Paisios is cleverly showing the resemblance of the words "κεράκι" and "κεραία" ("Candle" and
"antenna") in Greek.
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