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I like to think of myself as a fairly avid follower of things liturgical, so I was surprised when, a few weeks ago, I came across a liturgical accoutrement that I had never encountered before. This was not some obscure item from the Middle Ages or a particular article used in the Syro-Malabar Rite. What I had come across was a STYLUS PASCHALIS or stylus.<\/p>\n

During the Blessing of the Paschal Candle during the Easter Vigil, the rubrics say:<\/p>\n

After the blessing of the new fire, one of the ministers brings the paschal candle to the Priest, who cuts a cross into the candle with a stylus. Then he makes the Greek letter Alpha above the cross, the letter Omega below, and the four numerals of the current year between the arms of the cross, saying meanwhile:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Christ yesterday and today<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    (he cuts a vertical line);<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. the Beginning and the End<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      (he cuts a horizontal line);<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. the Alpha<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        (he cuts the letter Alpha above the vertical line);<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. and the Omega<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          (he cuts the letter Omega below the vertical line).<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. All time belongs to him<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            (he cuts the first numeral of the current year in the upper left corner of the cross);<\/p>\n

              \n
            1. and all the ages<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              (he cuts the second numeral of the current year in the upper right corner of the cross).<\/p>\n

                \n
              1. To him be glory and power<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                (he cuts the third numeral of the current year in the lower left corner of the cross);<\/p>\n

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                1. through every age and for ever. Amen.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  (he cuts the fourth numeral of the current year in the lower right corner of the cross).<\/p>\n

                  The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night <\/em># 12 In The Roman Missal: Renewed by Decree of the Most Holy Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, Promulgated by Authority of Pope Paul VI and Revised at the Direction of Pope John Paul II<\/em>, Third Typical Edition (Washington D.C.: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2011), 345.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

                  I had never seen a special implement for this and had used a nice ball point pen, one of the nails with the grains of incense and even my finger to trace out the cross on the candle.\u00a0 Also I have never actually seen a celebrant carving the cross and letters into the candle, they are painted on, already engraved in the wax or even applied with a transfer. So the stylus is used in a symbolic way to trace out the design on the candle.<\/p>\n

                  So I was surprised to see it advertised on the website<\/a> of Watts & Co in London. It cost me about $70 to buy it and have it shipped to Ireland. I consider this to be bargain basement as Watts & Co. are famously expensive \u2013 although they produce very beautiful vestments, I fear that the value of the life insurance policy that the Archdiocese of Newark has on me would not cover the price of a cope from this company!<\/p>\n

                  \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

                  My stylus is made of pewter and looks somewhat like a blunt letter opener. It comes in a nice cardboard box and has the words of the blessing engraved on it: Christus heri et hodie, Principium et finis, Alpha et Omega. Eius sunt tempora.<\/em><\/p>\n

                  \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

                  I am sure that PrayTell readers will tell me that they have always used an authentic stylus and that some church goods store they know stocks twenty different brands.\u00a0 But I was happy to come across this one and I hope that next year I will be able to use it with gusto when hopefully our churches will be open again and we will be able to celebrate the Paschal Vigil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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