When is incense allowed to be used

[FabiusMaximus]

The parishioners here have learned it is futile to ask our pastor not to use incense for a Mass he will celebrate (that just guarantees that particular Mass will definitely have incense) or reduce the amount used (he’ll simply increase it ) I love incense. The more, the better. Let it smoke, baby, let it smoke.

Before anyone thinks Fr. B’s stance is insensitive to those with low or no tolerance for incense, please note that we use incense for roughly 10-15% of our Sunday/HDO Masses, and there is at least one Mass without incense on those Sundays/HDOs (Epiphany excepted). The incense-intolerant have options.

Funerals are a different matter, but in my four years of sacristy service I have only seen one for which incense was omitted (at the insistence of the deceased’s family).

I’ve attended enough Masses with little or no incense, I need to be filled with the smoke!

It’s part of the reason I love the Traditional Latin Mass, I’ve seen it more used there than in the Paul VI Mass.

I’ve been to a couple of Divine Liturgies (of St John Chrysostom), and there the priest loves the incense.

There should be a sign or an indicator at each parish door “INCENSE LOVED HERE”

 

[twf]

I’ve attended enough Masses with little or no incense, I need to be filled with the smoke!

It’s part of the reason I love the Traditional Latin Mass, I’ve seen it more used there than in the Paul VI Mass.

I’ve been to a couple of Divine Liturgies (of St John Chrysostom), and there the priest loves the incense.

There should be a sign or an indicator at each parish door “INCENSE LOVED HERE”

“I’ve been to a couple of Divine Liturgies (of St John Chrysostom), and there the priest loves the incense.”
Incense isn’t optional in the Byzantine rite. The more the better our Eastern brethren would say!

 

[andrewstx]

I remember being a teen in the 70s Episcopal church. Incense was only used twice a year, Christmas and Easter. Many members complained about the incense making them cough.
Later the same people who gripped about coughing would light ciggarets as soon as they made it to the narthex.

 

[OraLabora]

I’ve attended enough Masses with little or no incense, I need to be filled with the smoke!

It’s part of the reason I love the Traditional Latin Mass, I’ve seen it more used there than in the Paul VI Mass.

I’ve been to a couple of Divine Liturgies (of St John Chrysostom), and there the priest loves the incense.

There should be a sign or an indicator at each parish door “INCENSE LOVED HERE”

Come to our abbey (Ordinary Form). Incense every Sunday, solemnity, and major feast.

 

[FabiusMaximus]

Come to our abbey (Ordinary Form). Incense every Sunday, solemnity, and major feast.

What’s the abbey? The next time I’m in Canada I’ll make a stop .

 

[twf]

What’s the abbey? The next time I’m in Canada I’ll make a stop .

Canada is a biiiiiiiiig place- Better make sure you double check the location carefully on Google maps before committing .

I was in Minnesotta for business and when I told a woman I was from Vancouver she looked at me blankly and said “is that near toronto?” I wanted to laugh out loud. It’s a FIVE HOUR PLANE flight (or a 3 day drive) between the two cities. Another woman, also in minnesota, said “oh you’re from Canada- big storm there right now.” Really? Where? Canada is the second biggest country in the world- I can hardly imagine a storm is covering the entire nation. Then my shuttle driver was complaining about the harsh winter they were having that year and commented “the other day it was colder here than it was in Canada!” I had to explain to him that Vancouver, the part of Canada I’m from, rarely sees snow, rarely drops below freezing even in the winter…for me, as a west coast Canadian, Minnesota is a frozen wasteland! Lol