In Loving Memory Candles for the Dead

Biblical to light candles for the dead?"

This is a service of 2-3 Days
of Focused Prayer in which a 3-day fixed Vigil-Candle is prepared with the appropriate Magical oils, herbs, roots, It will then be placed on my working altar along with your petition where it will be lit and prayed over for 3 days.

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The practice of lighting candles for the dead may or may not have religious connotations. Sometimes, after a tragedy, people hold candlelight vigils or leave lighted candles at the scene of a person’s death. In these contexts the candles could simply be symbols of the brevity of life or pledges of the living to brighten a dark world. There is nothing wrong with lighting candles for such purposes. However, there are some churches that advise people to light candles for the dead, an action usually accompanied by prayers for the dead. This practice is clearly contrary to biblical teachings.

The Roman Catholic Church teaches that lighting candles for the dead in correlation with prayer prolongs and amplifies the prayer and memorializes the deceased. The teaching behind candles associated with praying for the dead is the Catholic doctrine of purgatory. The idea is that, after death, some people exist in a state of misery between heaven and hell; Catholics believe that the prayers of people on earth can improve the lot of those in purgatory and speed up their journey toward heaven. However, the doctrine of purgatory is not found in the Bible; rather, it is based on Roman Catholic tradition.

The belief that candles hasten our prayers’ journey to heaven, make our prayers more powerful or effective, or add anything to our prayers is superstitious. Prayer is a conversation with our heavenly Father—a dialogue between two live, conscious, responsive beings who share the same Spirit. No candle can enhance this relationship.

There is nothing wrong with candles, per se. A lighted candle can provide beauty and symbolize our testimony in the world. However, candles are inanimate objects, with no power, strength, or mystical or supernatural abilities. Candles will not affect how God answers prayer, and they will certainly not assist in changing the destination of a dead person’s soul.

Lighting candles for the dead in order to help the dead to a better place is not biblical. It is natural to have a desire to pray in times of pain, suffering, and loss for loved ones and friends, but praying for the souls of the dead is of no value. Instead, the focus should be on the grieving friends and family members of the departed, as we offer compassion and practical assistance, showing Christ’s love in tangible ways.


Setting of Lights
Setting Lights is just another service offered by Lady Ophelia. The setting of lights entails the burning of a fixed Vigil-Candle on top of a client’s petition for a period of 2 to 3 days, however long it takes for a candle to burn down. When you engage me to set lights for you, I will ritually prepare a Vigil Light in accordance with traditional techniques and for your specific issue, condition, or situation. Your light will be set the morning after your payment is sent and you will receive your candle images about 5 days later. Each candle burn comes with a photo of your spent candle, my notes and observations, and in some cases a spiritual prescription that you can choose to either follow up on yourself or ignore completely.

A setting of lights involves fixing (anointing) candles with oils, powders and herbs and then lighting them with a petition (a desire / goal / something needed written on paper) and then burned over a space of time. We work with the Saints, Angels and the Ancestors for altar candle services setting of lights.

PICTURES AND PETITIONS
Bell, Book & Flame, we encourage the use of photographs and full names on every candle we light. If you are not already a regular client, with electronic photos on file, please attach them in an email and send to psychicreader895 [!at] yahoo.com. Please include photos of ALL individuals involved and name the files with the subjects' full names. When setting candles, we pray freely as guided by Spirit, using any petition which you provide. You may send your full backstory via email in addition to providing a shorter petition in the text box provided. This shorter petition will allow you to focus your intent, so please do not take the exercise lightly!

Once I receive the order, the client is emailed a confirmation as soon as possible explaining that their candle will be lit the following day and to expect the images soon. The reason for this is simple. I have a day job and am not home 24 hours a day to start candles the same day. If someone orders a candle at 2:00 am on a Tuesday I am sleeping. I will generally send them a confirmation that morning when I wake up. However, I do not have time to go through my process that day. Their candle will be prepared that evening when I return from work and lit the following morning.



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Many Blessings,
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