Saints Margaret of Scotland and Gertrude: “‘The victor will thus be dressed in white"

... and I will never erase his name from the book of life but will acknowledge his name in the presence of my Father and of his angels.' "

-- Rv 3:1-6, 14-22

The white garment symbolizes that the person baptized has "put on Christ," has risen with Christ. The candle, lit from the Easter candle, signifies that Christ has enlightened the neophyte. In him the baptized are "the light of the world." The newly baptized is now, in the only Son, a child of God entitled to say the prayer of the children of God: "Our Father."

-- CCC 1243

The name one receives is a name for eternity. In the kingdom, the mysterious and unique character of each person marked with God's name will shine forth in splendor. "To him who conquers . . . I will give a white stone, with a new name written on the stone which no one knows except him who receives it." "Then I looked, and Lo, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him a hundred and forty- four thousand who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads."

-- CCC 2159

Image: St. Margaret of Scotland.