01-04-2021, 12:15 AM
Please note that everything in red is mine.
When the saints and mystics talk about blessed candles they are referring to the candles blessed at Candlemas, February 2nd. In their days, which is also tradition, the Church would only bless candles on Candlemas (which includes all the ones for the altars, as well as those that the laity could light in the churches) and would give a few to each faithful to have to burn for special favors, storms, etc.
I have done research on the blessed candles to ensure that God meant that it was those blessed on February 2nd. After looking in several Catholic books and researching on the internet, the conclusion is that it is those blessed at Candlemas. Any time you put in "blessed candles" in the search bar, Candlemas is what comes up immediately and when you do further research you learn that it is tradition to bless candles on February 2nd and that was the only time that the Church blessed them. It is the same as only being able to bless Holy Chrism on Holy Thursday or the Baptismal water on Holy Saturday. Now that does not mean that those blessed with the ordinary blessing done outside of Candlemas don't have any benefits, of course when you burn them they prayers are then said, for example, for the Purgatory Souls, but they aren't going to help against storms because only the prayer done for the Candlemas candles have that power.
The biggest difference between the ordinary blessing and the Candlemas blessing is that the candles done at Candlemas are good against storms, which for the Three Days of Darkness is key. (A priest was asked what the difference was between the Candlemas candles and those blessed with the ordinary blessing)
When you read the Three Days of Darkness from multiple saints and visionaries, you realize that the description of those days fit the descriptions of severe storms, so the only blessed candle that would work for those days would be the candles blessed at Candlemas.
I understand that in these times it is difficult to get candles blessed at Candlemas, but if you pray to God and Mother Mary, They will help guide you to a solution. For example, maybe a laity has some extra candles from Candlemas and God may inspire them to send some to those to have none. Another idea would be to send a candle to a priest for him to bless at Candlemas.
I tried to find when the Church started using the ordinary blessing to bless candles all the time, but I was unable to find any history or tradition of it, which is odd and a little concerning. If anyone has any information in regards to when the Church started this practice, please feel free to share. You can either reply in this thread or private messaging, which ever you prefer.
“God will send two punishments: one will be in the form of wars, revolutions and other evils; it shall originate on earth. The other will be sent from Heaven. There shall come over the whole earth an intense darkness lasting three days and three nights. Nothing can be seen, and the air will be laden with pestilence which will claim mainly, but not only, the enemies of religion. It will be impossible to use any man-made lighting during this darkness, except blessed candles (blessed at Candlemas). He, who out of curiosity, opens his window to look out, or leaves his home, will fall dead on the spot. During these three days, people should remain in their homes, pray the Rosary and beg God for mercy.”
“On this terrible occasion so many of these wicked men, enemies of His Church, and of their God, shall be killed by this divine scourge, that their corpses around Rome will be as numerous as the fishes, which a recent inundation of the Tiber had carried into the city. All the enemies of the Church, secret as well as known, will perish over the whole earth during that universal darkness, with the exception of some few, whom God will soon after convert. The air shall be infested by demons, who will appear under all sorts of hideous forms.
“After the three days of darkness, Saints Peter and Paul, having come down from heaven, will preach throughout the world and designate a new Pope. A great light will flash from their bodies and settle upon the cardinal, the future pontiff. Then Christianity will spread throughout the world. Whole nations will join the Church shortly before the reign of the Antichrist. These conversions will be amazing. Those who survive shall have to conduct themselves well. There shall be innumerable conversions of heretics, who will return to the bosom of the Church; all will note the edifying conduct of their lives, as well as that of other Catholics. Russia, England and China will come into the Church."
Blessed Anna-Maria Taigi
When the saints and mystics talk about blessed candles they are referring to the candles blessed at Candlemas, February 2nd. In their days, which is also tradition, the Church would only bless candles on Candlemas (which includes all the ones for the altars, as well as those that the laity could light in the churches) and would give a few to each faithful to have to burn for special favors, storms, etc.
I have done research on the blessed candles to ensure that God meant that it was those blessed on February 2nd. After looking in several Catholic books and researching on the internet, the conclusion is that it is those blessed at Candlemas. Any time you put in "blessed candles" in the search bar, Candlemas is what comes up immediately and when you do further research you learn that it is tradition to bless candles on February 2nd and that was the only time that the Church blessed them. It is the same as only being able to bless Holy Chrism on Holy Thursday or the Baptismal water on Holy Saturday. Now that does not mean that those blessed with the ordinary blessing done outside of Candlemas don't have any benefits, of course when you burn them they prayers are then said, for example, for the Purgatory Souls, but they aren't going to help against storms because only the prayer done for the Candlemas candles have that power.
The biggest difference between the ordinary blessing and the Candlemas blessing is that the candles done at Candlemas are good against storms, which for the Three Days of Darkness is key. (A priest was asked what the difference was between the Candlemas candles and those blessed with the ordinary blessing)
When you read the Three Days of Darkness from multiple saints and visionaries, you realize that the description of those days fit the descriptions of severe storms, so the only blessed candle that would work for those days would be the candles blessed at Candlemas.
I understand that in these times it is difficult to get candles blessed at Candlemas, but if you pray to God and Mother Mary, They will help guide you to a solution. For example, maybe a laity has some extra candles from Candlemas and God may inspire them to send some to those to have none. Another idea would be to send a candle to a priest for him to bless at Candlemas.
I tried to find when the Church started using the ordinary blessing to bless candles all the time, but I was unable to find any history or tradition of it, which is odd and a little concerning. If anyone has any information in regards to when the Church started this practice, please feel free to share. You can either reply in this thread or private messaging, which ever you prefer.
“God will send two punishments: one will be in the form of wars, revolutions and other evils; it shall originate on earth. The other will be sent from Heaven. There shall come over the whole earth an intense darkness lasting three days and three nights. Nothing can be seen, and the air will be laden with pestilence which will claim mainly, but not only, the enemies of religion. It will be impossible to use any man-made lighting during this darkness, except blessed candles (blessed at Candlemas). He, who out of curiosity, opens his window to look out, or leaves his home, will fall dead on the spot. During these three days, people should remain in their homes, pray the Rosary and beg God for mercy.”
“On this terrible occasion so many of these wicked men, enemies of His Church, and of their God, shall be killed by this divine scourge, that their corpses around Rome will be as numerous as the fishes, which a recent inundation of the Tiber had carried into the city. All the enemies of the Church, secret as well as known, will perish over the whole earth during that universal darkness, with the exception of some few, whom God will soon after convert. The air shall be infested by demons, who will appear under all sorts of hideous forms.
“After the three days of darkness, Saints Peter and Paul, having come down from heaven, will preach throughout the world and designate a new Pope. A great light will flash from their bodies and settle upon the cardinal, the future pontiff. Then Christianity will spread throughout the world. Whole nations will join the Church shortly before the reign of the Antichrist. These conversions will be amazing. Those who survive shall have to conduct themselves well. There shall be innumerable conversions of heretics, who will return to the bosom of the Church; all will note the edifying conduct of their lives, as well as that of other Catholics. Russia, England and China will come into the Church."
Blessed Anna-Maria Taigi