Candles are lit before a statue or likeness of Christ’s image demonstrating our devotion and reverence for Him who deserves our adoration and thanksgiving and who alone can absolve our sins and return us to a more profound relationship with God. Catholics do this; not to honor the image itself, but the one it truly represents. The lit candle symbolizes a prayer offering where we present our petitions to the Lord and ask the saints to pray with us and for our most urgent needs. This light, when kept burning, represents our longing to remain in God’s companionship as we go about our daily duties at home and in the workplace. As we commemorate our sacred liturgies, sacraments and regular prayers, Christ, the Source of all Light, shall come to us and is ever present to strengthen us, instruct us, inspire us and offer us hope that His Light will under no circumstances burn out as long as we live in faith without a shadow of doubt that darkness will ever defeat us.