Christ is Risen!
Its not a thurible, its a “theemeeato” and it should always have twelve bells on it representing the 12 Apostles. Inside...Imperial Rose incense (the best!).
“LORD, I Have Cried Out Unto You: hear me! Hear me, O Lord!
Lord, I Have Cried Out Unto You: hear me! Receive the voice of my prayer!
When I call upon You, hear me, O Lord!
Let my prayer arise in Your sight as incense,
And let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.
Hear me, O Lord!”
Today at daily Mass, we had a nutty fundamentalist Protestant stand up and yell that with all the candles and things, we were going directly to Hell for worshipping idols. The priest kept on with the Mass and the man left after being politely requested to do so by some parishioners. And we weren’t even using the real idol-worshipping stuff, the incense!
Redhead:
The chains are strung with bells, and the priest deliberately used the censer in such a way as to sweep incense far and wide and to ring those bells to call our attention to what he is doing:
Rumor has it that because the Byzantine and Orthodox Divine Liturgies were so long, people would occasionally fall asleep. To remedy this, the bells were strung onto the chains, to "call" their attention back to the sacred liturgy. Any truth to this?
Kolokotronis wrote:
When I call upon You, hear me, O Lord!
Let my prayer arise in Your sight as incense,
And let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.
Psalm 141:1-2. It is part of the Ramsho (evening) prayers of the Maronite Divine Office.
**and it should always have twelve bells on it representing the 12 Apostles. **
This I never knew. Thanks.