It seems to me you did not read what was written, in the fifth paragraph, "Candles are lighted before an image of our Lord and before the saints. Catholics practice this not to honor the image itself but the one it truly represents. The lighted candle symbolizes a prayer offering where we present our petitions to the Lord and ask the saints to pray with us and to pray for us during our most dire need. This light, as it is kept burning, also shows our desire to remain in God’s presence as we go through our daily duties at home and in the workplace. "
‘deckles’ should reads FECKLESS ... so your admitting that catholiciism teaches you to pray to those the heira4rchy has told you are saints, dead saints? And you have in previous posts said you pray to Mary for her intercession ... the catechism title her a mediatrix, IIRC. [The Bible, BTW, states categorically that there is only ONE MEDIATOR between man and God, the Man Christ Jesus.