Need a Quick answer on Incense

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At what part of the funeral does the priest incense the Casket? It has been 30 years since I have served a funeral and I cannot remember when the Casket is incensed. This is for a Novus Ordo Funeral Mass. Or mass of christian burial…
 
It can be done either at the offertory or the final commendation, or sometimes both. You can ask the priest without feeling foolish since there’s so much variation.

I’ve cantored hundreds of funerals and have found that every priest does it differently.

Betsy
 
“FINAL COMMENDATION
170. Following the prayer after communion, the priest goes to a place near the coffin. The assisting ministers carry the censer and holy water, if these are to be used.
A member or a friend of the family may speak in remembrance of the deceased before the final commendation begins.”

From Order of Christian Funerals in The Rites Volume One, Liturgical Press, 1990, ISBN: 0-8146-6015-0, pages 981-982.

The priest prays a prayer.

“173. The coffin may now be sprinkled with holy water and incensed, or this may take place during or after the song of farewell. …”.
 
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