When they use Chrism to consecrate a Chalice in Mass, do they wash the Chrism out first? How about altars?

[PazzoGrande]

Because if not, the Chrism will mix with the Precious Blood. So do they wash it out after the Bishop would have anointed it?

When I watch consecration of altars, they don’t appear to wash the chrism off before the Mass resumes. Isn’t there a risk of it staining the altar cloths? Do they ever wash it out afterward? I imagine it would get sticky and would attract dust, because isn’t chrism just oil with incense melted into it?

 

[superamazingman]

Because if not, the Chrism will mix with the Precious Blood. So do they wash it out after the Bishop would have anointed it?

When I watch consecration of altars, they don’t appear to wash the chrism off before the Mass resumes. Isn’t there a risk of it staining the altar cloths? Do they ever wash it out afterward? I imagine it would get sticky and would attract dust, because isn’t chrism just oil with incense melted into it?

Seems like a good reason to consecrate it out side of Mass. Yet another example where the EF is better in a practical way…

 

[Phemie]

Because if not, the Chrism will mix with the Precious Blood. So do they wash it out after the Bishop would have anointed it?

When I watch consecration of altars, they don’t appear to wash the chrism off before the Mass resumes. Isn’t there a risk of it staining the altar cloths? Do they ever wash it out afterward? I imagine it would get sticky and would attract dust, because isn’t chrism just oil with incense melted into it?

All the blessed oils are olive oil. The Sacred Chrism usually has balsam in it, but in recent years I’ve noticed variations. A few years ago the Sacred Chrism we received from the diocese contained dark brown sediment and it had a powerful vanilla smell.