In lighting the lamp at dusk, the Christian community also prayed with gratitude in their hearts for the gift of spiritual light.
This was the so-called " lucernarium " - that is, the ritual lighting of the lamp whose flame is the symbol of Christ, " the Sun that never sets ".
www.vatican.vaWenn die christliche Gemeinschaft bei Anbruch des Abends die Lampe anzündete, bat sie auch dankbaren Herzens um das Geschenk des geistlichen Lichtes.
Das war das sogenannte » lucernario «, das heißt das rituelle Anzünden der Lampe, deren Flamme Christus symbolisiert, » die Sonne, die nicht untergeht «.
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