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Hey everyone! I was wondering anyone has ever used these during prayer? I purchased a Sacred Heart and a St. Michael one today. If you do use them, how do you? I was thinking I would just pray and the light the candle after my prayer or during? Also, which ones do you use? Thanks guys and gals! 🙂
 
Brant said:
Hey everyone! I was wondering anyone has ever used these during prayer? I purchased a Sacred Heart and a St. Michael one today. If you do use them, how do you? I was thinking I would just pray and the light the candle after my prayer or during? Also, which ones do you use? Thanks guys and gals! 🙂
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Hi Brant!
We like the glass, prayer candles.
In fact, I just bought one today because it was “who I was thinking of”, and it was a good price.
Today, I chose a Saint Michael the Archangel candle, and it was only $1.25. They all went up in price, like most thing’s.
I cannot speak for anyone else,🤷 but we say the prayer, and include our intentions, before we light it. Most of the time it is placed in a safe area and we let it burn for the 3-4 day’s until it burns out. Then I save them and put them on the front porch, or back porch as gentle reminder’s, and they are beautiful in their own way.
We choose different one’s at different times. Sometimes we pick out a Saint Jude, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Guardian Angel, Saint Cecelia, Infant Jesus, Sacred Heart of Mary, Saint Anthony, Saint Francis or so many other’s.
Living in the SouthWest, and it being predominately Catholic, one can find Holy Candles in every grocery store, drug store and even WalMart!
Nice thread you started!
 
Good question, I’m curious to see the replies as I’d like to know myself! Thx 👍
 
Desertmesa said:
Hi Brant!
We like the glass, prayer candles.
In fact, I just bought one today because it was “who I was thinking of”, and it was a good price.
Today, I chose a Saint Michael the Archangel candle, and it was only $1.25. They all went up in price, like most thing’s.
I cannot speak for anyone else,🤷 but we say the prayer, and include our intentions, before we light it. Most of the time it is placed in a safe area and we let it burn for the 3-4 day’s until it burns out. Then I save them and put them on the front porch, or back porch as gentle reminder’s, and they are beautiful in their own way.
We choose different one’s at different times. Sometimes we pick out a Saint Jude, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Guardian Angel, Saint Cecelia, Infant Jesus, Sacred Heart of Mary, Saint Anthony, Saint Francis or so many other’s.
Living in the SouthWest, and it being predominately Catholic, one can find Holy Candles in every grocery store, drug store and even WalMart!
Nice thread you started!
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Oops! I posted my initial reply before refreshing and seeing there was already a response! 😊
 
i recently just bought a Scared Heart Candle and am curious as to whats the proper way of using them God bless
 
Forgot to add a little (name removed by moderator)ut as to the helpfulness we notice after lighting some of these sweet candles.
We believe that of course they give one a sense of comfort, just by looking at them.
In many instances, with burning these sweet candles, we do feel that many prayer requests could perhaps have been helped by intercession’s, or direct prayer’s to Jesus Christ Our Lord. That of course is up to the individual to judge of course.
 
Greetings Brant,

I use them to light my home altar. I light one and then pray for my intentions and let them burn out. I save the containers because every now and then I have a friends who give me candles, the tapers, and I use the containers again to burn the tapers in. I use the little tea candles, the little round circles with a bit of a wick in them to start it off. I burn it a little and when it is mostly melted, I’ll place the taper inside. That way the taper does not move around or lean to one side.

I meant to add that I like the scented ones as well. I usually always have a candle lit to our Blessed Mother and St. Michael.

It took several days of messing around to come up with a solution. I also keep the containers for vases in case there’s any good flowers lying around.

God bless.
Anathama Sit
 
Brant said:
Hey everyone! I was wondering anyone has ever used these during prayer? I purchased a Sacred Heart and a St. Michael one today. If you do use them, how do you? I was thinking I would just pray and the light the candle after my prayer or during? Also, which ones do you use? Thanks guys and gals! 🙂
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I use the ones purchased at church (we sell them around all saints day) because they are dependable and safe. The ones in the grocery store I use for decoration and don’t light because they are cheaper, some have lead wicks, the wax has air bubbles and according to our fire chief they are not safe to burn.
 
CountrySteve said:
i recently just bought a Scared Heart Candle and am curious as to whats the proper way of using them God bless
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Hi!
We do not know of any “proper way”, as we just improvise all these years with the candles.
Hope you enjoy your Sacred Heart Candle.🙂
 
Anathama_Sit said:
Greetings Brant,

I use them to light my home altar. I light one and then pray for my intentions and let them burn out. I save the containers because every now and then I have a friends who give me candles, the tapers, and I use the containers again to burn the tapers in. I use the little tea candles, the little round circles with a bit of a wick in them to start it off. I burn it a little and when it is mostly melted, I’ll place the taper inside. That way the taper does not move around or lean to one side.

I meant to add that I like the scented ones as well. I usually always have a candle lit to our Blessed Mother and St. Michael.

It took several days of messing around to come up with a solution. I also keep the containers for vases in case there’s any good flowers lying around.

God bless.
Anathama Sit
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Hello!
That is a neat idea for the left over glass candles!👍
Maybe I will put some silk flowers in some of them for my autumn table. Thanks!
 
Desertmesa said:
Hello!
That is a neat idea for the left over glass candles!👍
Maybe I will put some silk flowers in some of them for my autumn table. Thanks!
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Greetings Desertmesa,

Anything to oblige. I am very fond of flowers and arranging them and so I always have a steady supply of the left over containers. I am a bit uncoordinated and end up breaking several of them and so it is good that these containers are economically priced.

God bless you.
Anathama Sit
 
Thank you everyone for the replies! It is nice to learn how others use them. I bought mine at Walmart, for I think 1.45 or 1.55 a piece. The Sacred Heart is pink, the St. Michael is red and they are glass. Do you think it would be ok if I lit it before I prayed, and while I prayed I left it burning, and then blew it out at the end of prayer? I think it would last longer that way. 🙂
 
Brant said:
Thank you everyone for the replies! It is nice to learn how others use them. I bought mine at Walmart, for I think 1.45 or 1.55 a piece. The Sacred Heart is pink, the St. Michael is red and they are glass. Do you think it would be ok if I lit it before I prayed, and while I prayed I left it burning, and then blew it out at the end of prayer? I think it would last longer that way. 🙂
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Greetings Brant,

I am sure that would be okay. Pray, light, and blow away my friend.

God bless.
Anathama Sit
 
Brant said:
Thank you everyone for the replies! It is nice to learn how others use them. I bought mine at Walmart, for I think 1.45 or 1.55 a piece. The Sacred Heart is pink, the St. Michael is red and they are glass. Do you think it would be ok if I lit it before I prayed, and while I prayed I left it burning, and then blew it out at the end of prayer? I think it would last longer that way. 🙂
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thats what i always do
 
Hi Brant! Sometime’s I light our candles for only a few minutes, or less too. Enjoy. God Bless!

Anathama Sit…Your post also reminded me to add one, or two of these kind of candles to the “Home Altar”. Also, like the idea of putting tapers, and tea light candle’s into the old glass candles. Great idea. Thanks. God Bless you too.
Thanks Country Steve! God Bless you!
 
God bless you all! Thank you for all the replies. I enjoy hearing everyone elses thoughts and uses for the candles. 👍
 
Brant said:
God bless you all! Thank you for all the replies. I enjoy hearing everyone elses thoughts and uses for the candles. 👍
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Greetings Brant,

Good idea for a thread. Thanks for posting.

God bless you.
Anathama Sit
 
I have looked at a few different Catholic stores online but neither carry these. 😦
 
whenever i bought my Sacred Heart Candle it was the only one in the store and ive never seen them in the store i was in before
 
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