Is it okay to bring incense to adoration?

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VetA said:
i dont agree with mark much but indeed he was quite charitable, you asked, he gave you the charity of responding to your question, i like incense as much as the next trad but i do agree with mark that it would be rude to bring incense when other people are there. dont fall in to this trap of calling everything that is not what you want to hear ‘uncharitable’ charity does not mean being nice good sir, it means giving and loving, he showed you love by giving you the knowledge that you requested. Jesus was not being very nice when he ransacked the money changing tables in the temple, he was being loving and giving by letting them know it was wrong to do that stuff i the house of God
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You are absolutely right in what you say, as was Mark. How charitable, by today’s standards, did Jesus appear to be when he pronounced the seven-fold condemnation of the Pharisees? He excoriated them! Yet, it was through love that He did this, so as to identify their sin - not only for them, but for all who had ears for hearing.
 
Is there benediction offered with any frequency nearby? That is the normative way to experience what you want to experience. I wonder if maybe your desire isn’t being met liturgically?
 
Chatter163 said:
Why is the priest wearing a chasuable during Adoration? :confused:
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Nice catch. I wanted to see how long it took for someone to point that out! 🙂

Actually, exposition was held directly following mass, in a similar way that some parishes do on corpus christi, therefore, the chasuable (although, he could change into one if he wanted).
VetA said:
its Benediction before Adoration
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Not quite. A chasuable isn’t worn for anything but mass, but sometimes if things follow mass, the priest will not change.
 
corsair said:
At our OF parish, before Adoration we have Mass. So incense is used when the Monstrance is brought out and the O salutaris Hostia is sung.

I would think that bringing your own Incense would be improper but I can’t give any documentation for my belief. Would bet that Benedictgal could though.
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Could I just rephrase your opening sentence. After Mass we have Adoration. Not that the Host used for Adoration has come from the Mass previously offered. But in order of propriety, the Mass is first. In your parish incense is used no doubt by the priest in a ritual of Adoration for the exposed Eucharist. But as was said it is the priest who is the No.1 protector and Adorer of the Eucharist and it is in his hands to allow or disallow what can be done during Adoration. Of course the priest is under the Bishop’s jurisdiction and all under Canon Law. But I bet too that Benedictgal will have the proper response.
 
I agree that no one should bring anything flammable into Adoration or to Benediction unless it is approved in advance.

I had a thought that might seem a little ridiculous, but I’ll throw it out and let you all chew on it.

In some of the Eastern religions, people offer incense to their “god” when they come to pray.

If I were the OP, I would be very careful because by bringing incense to a public place, you might act as a stumbling block to someone who thinks that you are worshipping in an idolatrous fashion.

We have many Asian Catholics in our parish, and I can’t help but think that they might be upset seeing someone do something that they associate with idol worship and heathen practices.

Think about dancing before the Lord. If someone KNEW that NO ONE else would be in the Adoration Chapel at a certain time, then I can see why they might wish to offer a dance to the Lord, in private, where only He can see. I think that would be a lovely way for someone to pray (preferably someone to whom dance actually means something, e.g., a professional ballet dancer).

But how many of you would be uncomfortable if someone started dancing in front of you and other people during a Benediction or Adoration time? I would be very uncomfortable, and I love dance (I can’t dance myself, but I love watching others dance).

If you are the only person at Adoration, and you KNOW that no one else will be there, and you have cleared it with your church office, then I can see burning incense to the Lord during your prayers.

I don’t know about the rest of you, but our 24/7 Adoration Chapel ALWAYS has someone in it, and often, there’s a crowd. In the last six years, I’ve only been alone in the Chapel once, and only for a few minutes, because sure enough, someone showed up, and then more people showed up. It’s really a popular place around town!
 
My instinct tells me this would be a wrong thing to do. There are set times in a Church for the use of incense it doesn’t to seem right for people to just start bringing along their own incense and doing what they want. You can have to much of a good thing.

It also raises a warning that perhaps you are getting to attached to externals and to focused on yourself and on having a “spiritual experience”.

Incense isn’t really meant to be a prayer aid, its not supposed to be about you at all, it is a offering to God.
 
My church never uses incense, I’ve not scene it used outside the EF mass at another parish. I’ve never seen it used at any scheduled adoration, including when he does it for special exhibitions as well as after mass for the regularly scheduled adoration once a week or the benedictions…😦
 
FirstCalled said:
My church never uses incense, I’ve not scene it used outside the EF mass at another parish. I’ve never seen it used at any scheduled adoration, including when he does it for special exhibitions as well as after mass for the regularly scheduled adoration once a week or the benedictions…😦
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Maybe there’s someone at your parish who’s severely allergic to it. 😦
 
I am on staff at a parish. Our Facilities Dept (and diocese for the matter) would have a problem with it. We had to post a sign in every office, meeting room and classroom saying not candles may be lit because the diocese’s insurance carrier required it. Personal fire lighting in the Chapel or Sanctuary would be frowned upon.
 
Catholicben said:
Nice catch. I wanted to see how long it took for someone to point that out! 🙂

Actually, exposition was held directly following mass, in a similar way that some parishes do on corpus christi, therefore, the chasuable (although, he could change into one if he wanted).

Not quite. A chasuable isn’t worn for anything but mass, but sometimes if things follow mass, the priest will not change.
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indeed, that is what the priest at the parish i go to does (3rd sunday of the month) the benediction is RIGHT after mass, so the priest does not process out until after benediction is done
 
FirstCalled said:
My church never uses incense, I’ve not scene it used outside the EF mass at another parish. I’ve never seen it used at any scheduled adoration, including when he does it for special exhibitions as well as after mass for the regularly scheduled adoration once a week or the benedictions…😦
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i believe it HAS to be used at certain Masses
 
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