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The perpetual or Wednesday lamp
Who among us has not lit a candle at least once
in front of a statue of the Virgin or a Saint?
In the Pious Union of the Transit of San Giuseppe for decades
there is the initiative of the "perpetual or Wednesday lamp" in honor of Saint Joseph. The symbolic meaning of the lamp is closely connected to the symbolism of light. Christ himself defines himself as the synthesis of light: He is "the light of the world, the one that illuminates every man who enters life".
In the custom of the "Lamp of St. Joseph", the faithful who join this initiative of the Pious Union want to express an act of trust in the goodness of God and in the intercession of St. Joseph and testify to the vigilance of their faith through the symbol of light. In the Gospel, Jesus uses parables to explain how the lamp lit in the house is an image of the person who watches, who is ready to carry out the suggestions of the Spirit without fear and anxiety caused by darkness. It seems beautiful to us to point out how in the parable of the lost coin (Lk 15,8f) - where God's love for the lost is represented, a Love that seeks and forgives - the woman lights up the whole house with a lamp; in the same way the Lord with his light
he is willing to seek and embrace the sinner reached in the deepest darkness of his sin. Another parable is that of the foolish virgins and the wise virgins with their oil lamps:
it is a call to be vigilant so that with the eyes of faith we can be able to notice Jesus passing through our lives.
Another note on the lit lamp is given by the image of the Apocalypse, when it compares the church to a lamp that illuminates the path of the community. Too often we forget that Saint Joseph was declared by the pontifical magisterium "Patron of the universal Church", this Church which is "light of the people", is "mother and teacher" of all humanity. The lamp in honor of Saint Joseph, Patron Saint of the dying, can also be defined as a "flower that does not wither" for the dearly departed. There are people who have paid a fee for the "perpetual lamp" to burn perpetually in front of the statue of Saint Joseph. Other people wish to have a lamp lit in St. Joseph for every Wednesday of the year or just one Wednesday within a month, or, every day for an entire month.
