Incense Training Video Guide - Catholic Why and How

greetings thoroughfares i want to thank you for your willingness to serve at mass as a thoroughfare every time we use incense we remind the people that what is happening here around the lord's altar is deeply sacred incense has been used by almost all of the major religions because it symbolizes the sacredness of what we do in prayer for us our jewish brothers and sisters used incense inside the temple and they would light it around the holy of holies they would for incense to remember that our prayer goes up to god like incense so when you uh put the incense in here and the smoke rises up um it is like our prayers going up into heaven in fact the bible even says that in psalm 141 verse 2 let my prayer be like incense and so here at saint thomas more we'll be using the incense mostly at the masses that are like really important like christmas and easter and other holy days of obligation besides the ordinary times of sunday so that's why we'll be using incense my hope and prayer is that the people will see you and your service and that you will help make the mass a more sacred and prayerful experience for everybody and that the incense reminds us that jesus christ is truly here at the altar and that he is truly the holiest of holies and that the incense reminds us that we are in sacred space so thanks so much for your service incense is used at mass six different times the entrance procession beginning of mass proclamation of gospels the offertory eucharistic prayer and recession procession before we get started there are some terminology that i'll be using throughout the course of this training so the item on the far left that is the third bowl a metal sensor on a chain for burning incense the sensor which is located in the third bowl is a metal container in which incense is burned and the small item on the bottom right is called the boat a small container with a spoon that holds the unburned incense the altar server who's mainly handling the third bowl is known as a third fur and if there's an additional second altar server they are the boat bearer that holds the boat [Music] before mass all the servers are to arrive 20 minutes before second make sure the cross candle and the third bowl stands are all placed behind the back wall by the credence table third there should be an extra charcoal and lighter on the credence table and fourth sacristan will put the durable at the sink ready for the therapy to put in the charcoal it is the third first duty to prepare the variable for mass the therable will be placed by the sink the thirfer uses tongs to get the charcoal and place it in the thermal basket [Music] he or she then uses a butane lighter to light up the charcoal along the edges and center until the edges of the charcoal becomes white [Music] [Music] then add incense in the boat up to the line [Music] to hold the variable insert the ring into your thumb and grasp the chain with your dominant hand with your arm in an l-shaped position slightly position the thermal away from your body you don't want to swing the hot turbo to hit the owl and swinging the thermal slightly with your wrist the third ball should be swinging slightly when you stand still or when you walk hold the boat with your non-dominant hand and place it over your heart [Music] the third ball can also be swung out a person or an object for when you instance a priest the congregation or the altar to do this hold the chain with your non-dominant hand and insert your thumb into the ring then with your dominant hand pick up the chain towards the end giving the chain enough slack to form a u-shape this allows the durable to hit the chain when you swing to achieve the clink clink sound when you swing your non-dominant hand with the thumb in the ring is held close to your heart when you swing two times to the center to the left and to the right when mass is ready to start the liturgical team gathered the sacristy for a prayer before heading out thank you dear lord for our time together thank you for our mass thank you for the eucharist thank you for these beautiful servers to christ our lord we pray amen father son and holy spirit amen the therapeur leads the procession to the back of the church he or she is followed by the cross candles lecters and priests when the priest gives a sign to the choir to start the music hand him the boat lift up the thermal lid for him to add incense the priest blesses the sensor and close the lid and hand the boat back to the therapeur the therapher leads the procession gently swinging the their bow with a dominant hand with the other left hand holding the boat over the chest followed by the order of the cross candles lecters deacon and priests at the sanctuary step the thirfer turns left and stands to left choir side note the candles are not placed on the sanctuary by the altar in high mass all bowed together notice how servers go in separate directions the cross and candle alter server processes to the right side to place the cross and candles behind the wall after the bow the thirfer allows a priest up the sanctuary and stand on the choir side of the altar ready to hand the thurible to the priest the priest will reach for the theriable and proceeds to incense the altar and the statue of mary notice how the therapher and deacon always turn to focus their attention to the items being incensed and bow when the priest bows after the priest's instances alter he hands the durable back and the therapher uses the ramp to bring back the durable and boat to its stance in the back wall behind the credence table and take a seat as the lector stands up to read the second reading right after the response oriole of psalms therefore and candle bears also get up go behind the back wall to prepare the third ball during the second reading the third checks the charcoal to make sure it's still lit and adds more charcoal if necessary all altar servers stands ready behind the wall until the end of the second reading when they hear the letter reads the word of the lord and the congregation responds thanks be to god at this time the therapy followed by the candle bearers processed together to the front of the altar and go up the sanctuary steps the candle bearers stand in front to the left and to the right side of the altar facing the cross the third fur walks towards the front of the priest if the priest remains sitting genuflect and hand the priest a boat and open the sensor lid for the priest to add incense to the sensor close the sensor lid and receive the boat back from the priest stand up holding the their ball and swinging gently as the priest or deacon walks to the front of the altar to pick up the gospel candle bears turns towards the gospel facing each other as a priest or deacon presents the book when the priest or deacon turns towards amble the candle bearers lead the priest or deacon to the anvil and stand to the left and to the right side of the anvil facing the gospel try not to block the visual field of the priest or deacon proclaiming the gospel before proclaiming the gospel the priest or deacon turns around the thirfer hands the third bowl the priest or deacon instances the gospel and hands the theriable back to the therapeur therefore remain standing behind the priest or deacon and swing the durable gently during the proclamation of the gospel at the end of the gospel proclamation before the homily durfer and candle bears return to their bowl and candles to stand at the back wall and take their seats [Music] after the prayer of the faithful the altar servers set up the altar and receive the offertory the thirfer adds new charcoal to the sensor and walks up the sanctuary steps with a third bowl and boat when the altar servers with the water and wine crewettes walk down the thurfer walks up and stands on the side of the altar [Music] hand the boat to the priest and open the sensor lid for the priests to add incense to the sensor [Music] the priest instances the cross the gifts and the altar the therefore gives attention to the cross and altar as a priest instances them again notice that the therefore always turns their attention to the islands being incensed and battles with the priests after instances [Music] after the priest instances the altar and the cross he needs to be incensed too he can either give the thurible to the therefore or to the deacon if one is present for the third fur place the boat on the brown wooden flower stand left hand holds a chain by the ring and place the hand close to the chest right hand holds a change five inches from the sensor three sets of two swings center towards the priest left side of the priest and right side of the priest afterwards bowed to the priests the third fir then walks towards the front of the altar and raised both hands up to invite the congregation to stand notice that while the thirfer is instancing the congregation the other alter servers proceeds with the hand washing for the priest bow then do three sets of two swings in sensing the center section left section and right section then bow again if there is a deacon the priest will be incensed by the deacon that therefore it just stands and wait for the deacon to finish and takes a terrible bat once the therapy receives back the theraple they walk to the credence table and stand at this time another server will join the therefore at the credence table to hold the boat at the song twos holy holy holy lord of host hosanna in the highest the thirfer and beau bear walk to the front steps of the altar and kneels on the first step directly in front of the cross the boat bearer kneels to the third first right side please pay special attention to this important step as it corresponds with the bell ring when the priest's hands come together over the gifts at the epiclysis first ringing of the bells thurfer opens the sensor lid and the boat bearer scoops two spoons of incense into the sensor and closes the lid at the elevation of the hose the thirfer swings the thermal two swings in the center two swings on the left and two swings on the right side corresponding to the three ringing of the bells at the elevation of the precious blood the thirfer swings the theriable two swings in the center two swings on the left side and two swings on the right side corresponding to the three ringing of the bells continue kneeling unto the end of the euchre spur at the great amen the third fur and boat bear stand walk to the back wall behind the creedence table and put the theriable and boat on the stand and return to your seats when the priest gives the final blessing therefore puts two spoons of incense in the sensor the therapy then leads the crossbar and candles to the front of the altar to line up with the priests [Music] bow and the recession is in the same order therefore boat bearer cross bearer candle bearers deacon and priest the procession stops at the back of the church so all can bow to the cross before heading to the sacristy after mass bring the theriable and bolt back to the sacristy place the thermal inside the sink on the right side and the boat on the counter the sacristan will let it burn out and empty it if you have any questions or need some more clarification please contact the altar server coordinator or the priest [Music] ah [Music] you

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Length: 17min 33sec (1053 seconds)

Published: Fri Dec 24 2021