"Unusual" Prayer Candles

[bearer]

My wife picked up a couple new prayer candles the other day, and I’m not sure if they’re legitimate.

The first is “Oración al Justo Juez”, which is translated as “Holy Judge Jesus”. It features a scene of Our Lord crucified with a wall of flames in the background, and various objects from His Passion in the foreground (rooster, snake, lantern, skull, bag of silver coins, hammer and nail, sword, spear, sponge on a hyssop branch).

The next is a Holy Spirit candle. There is a white dove descending to a chalic with a host above it. What struck me as odd are two black doves with olive branches in their beaks on each side of the chalice.

Anyone familiar with these?

 

[I_Thirst]

I don’t see any problems with these at all.

 

[Mrs_V]

They both sound okay to me. I have bought and burned candles exactly like those before. There are candles sold that should be avoided such as la santa muerte or those for superstious things like ‘luck’ or ‘love’. These candes are related to santaria. Sadly they are often sold next to the catholic prayer candles.

 

[domandcarols]

I have or have had candles just like that… I hope there’s nothing wrong with them. xD

 

[amerrychase]

The Justo Juez candle, at least, seems to be common in santeria type circles. It’s more commonly translated as the just judge, rather than holy judge. Try a search for that if you care to. I can’t find anything similar to the Holy Spirit candle.