Incense free Mass?

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There is a real difference between eastern and western incense. The dear folks at my church went looking for the least allergenic stuff, and it was Gloria P Blend, from an eastern source.

I used to just have fits from the incense growing up, but this Gloria stuff gives me no trouble at all.
 
EvelynEVF said:
There is a real difference between eastern and western incense.
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This is true. I immediately start to cough when incense is used in a Latin church, but I had no problems with the incense at Divine Liturgy in Eastern church, and the Eastern Catholic Divine Liturgy uses a lot more incense than the Latin Rite Mass.
 
EvelynEVF said:
There is a real difference between eastern and western incense. The dear folks at my church went looking for the least allergenic stuff, and it was Gloria P Blend, from an eastern source.

I used to just have fits from the incense growing up, but this Gloria stuff gives me no trouble at all.
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The incense we use in our parish – a Three Kings blend – seems to bother a lot of people. I love its odor and it doesn’t bother me in the least. Some incense, the more flowery stuff, leave me feeling nauseated. That’s my idiosyncrasy, I don’t like strong flowery odors be it incense, air freshener, perfume, or flowers.

I’ve used a supposedly hypoallergenic incense while away doing a course. I cannot remember the brand but it looked like small gold nuggets. While it didn’t seem to bother anyone (no coughing, no having to leave the LOH) it was too flowery for me and I wouldn’t pick it for parish use. ’

I like incense that smells like CHURCH not like “covering the smell of pot/hash in the university dorm room”. 😃
 
Generally, the incense doesn’t bother me. Only when I was recovering from pneumonia did I have a problem with it. My pregnant daughter-in-law is at that point in her pregnancy that smells bother her.

Both she & I solved our issue by sitting in the back. You’re farthest away from the source, and if you have to leave, you won’t feel like all eyes are on you.
 
I don’t know the ritual behind incense, but expect it relates to the days of sacrificial offering so I’m surprised to see that there are churches where incense is rarely used.

Unfortunately, I am allergic to the incense chosen by our pastor. Because my wife is the parish secretary, I know he changed from what was used by the previous pastor.

I prefer to sit near the sanctuary during Mass, but whenever our pastor is incensing, I have to sit close to the back of the nave.
 
I love incense (unless it’s a cheap kind that stinks). I’m glad to see it’s making a comeback in many places. Using it really helps us connect the liturgy with the liturgy referenced in the Apocalypse. There have been occasions when the incense was a bit too strong for me- but that was usually because it was cheap incense that stunk or was being used in a room that was too small. In most cases, you can sit at the back of the church- and you can come in after the priest is far enough away with the incense so it doesn’t bother you. If it’s still too bad, you should either find another Mass to go to, or take allergy medicine before you go to Mass.
bpbasilphx said:
In any case, there are only two odors in the hereafter: burning incense in heaven and burning sulphur in hell. Which one do you want to get accustomed to?
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Well said.
 
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