The four candles represent Peace, Faith, Love, and Hope. Peace, Faith, and Love's flames diminish and go out as they feel they are no longer needed. When a child finds the three candles unlit and cries, Hope says it can relight the other candles while it still burns. The child uses the candle of Hope to rekindle Peace, Faith, and Love. The message is that Hope should never go out from our lives and we can maintain Hope, Faith, Peace, and Love.