Blessing Advent Candles

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Last year at masses during Advent on Sunday ( or Saturday pm ) I observed people holding up their purple candles and the priest pronounced a blessing over them. I thought it was very lovely.

My question is does this happen every week or just certain weeks during Advent as you progress with the wreath at home. Would there be a blessing like that for the home advent wreath candles this Sunday ?
 
I’ve never seen the priest bless the congregations’ advent candles, only the main one on the altar. I’m only guessing that this would be a one time event (once they’re blessed, they’re blessed). I do like the thought of blessing the congregations’ home advent candles, though.
 
Vincent_L said:
Last year at masses during Advent on Sunday ( or Saturday pm ) I observed people holding up their purple candles and the priest pronounced a blessing over them. I thought it was very lovely.

My question is does this happen every week or just certain weeks during Advent as you progress with the wreath at home. Would there be a blessing like that for the home advent wreath candles this Sunday ?
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Last year at masses during Advent on Sunday ( or Saturday pm ) I observed people holding up their purple candles and the priest pronounced a blessing over them. I thought it was very lovely.
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Nice idea but I’ve never seen this kind of official blessing done at Masses during Advent.
Many of the faithful that I’ve seen buy their Advent candles at religious stores and take them to a priest to bless them usually after Mass.

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We do a blessing of Advent wreaths at our Family Mass on the First Sunday of Advent. The kids love bringing their Advent wreaths or candles from home. They stand in front of the sanctuary and the priest says a blessing and sprinkles them from Holy Water. The kids love it and some of the older people bring their wreaths or candles as well.
 
They did it tonight at the Saturday pm mass. When the father said that he would light the candle and bless it, the first advent candle, he added that if you brought your candles to hold them up as well and he would bless them too.

This is the same as I saw last year.

But as I have been told above I guess it is a localized custom.
 
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They did it tonight at the Saturday pm mass. When the father said that he would light the candle and bless it, the first advent candle, he added that if you brought your candles to hold them up as well and he would bless them too.

This is the same as I saw last year.

But as I have been told above I guess it is a localized custom.
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He could do that if he wanted to. If from his past experience many parishioners wanted their Advent candles blessed, he may save all the time just to bless them once during the mass. It is not part of the mass but he can do it to save time for himself.
 
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