Does the Easter celebration end on Easter Sunday?
No, it’s just the beginning! Easter Sunday starts Easter time, the 50 days from Easter until Pentecost. To make an Easter candle for your home, use a white pillar candle. Make a cross, using five chunks of incense or cloves. With paint, draw an alpha (A) above the cross and an omega (Ω) below it. These are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, and symbolize Christ’s eternity. Then write the numerals for the year (such as two, zero, zero, two) around the cross. The year’s date reminds us that Christ, who was before time and will be after time ends, consecrates the moment in which we live right now. The candle is first lit after dark on Holy Saturday. If you can, bring home some fire from the Vigil Mass with which to light it. Then light it every evening during Easter time.
