That may refer just to the ministers candles, not those of the congregation, kneeling with candles and bowing at the consecration sounds hazardous!During Mass the candles are held lighted during the gospel, and from the Sanctus to the end of the Communion.
If the procession is not made, strictly, the candles should not be blessed. They are blessed and distributed primarily in order to be held during- the procession. Indeed, in many countries the candles are given back to the church afterwards. But in England it is not unusual to bless and distribute candles at Candlemas, even when there is no procession. People keep them for use at sick calls, or to burn around the bed of a dying person.
(And I decided to go to Mass again to focus on God rather than music.)
The procession being ended ... . The Mass continues ... . During Mass, all may hold lighted candles while the Gospel is read, and during the Canon.
But OK. More power to you.
I'm in the dark as to why this would be about power.
Anyway, I have never seen that at the Presentation of the Lord the candles are lit again, after they have been extinguished after the Collect.
…you should at least acknowledge that this will mean that the Latin NO will remain at best a curiosity for academics and monasteries.
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