Comments on: The Eucharistic Prayer: Offering http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/2009/11/18/the-eucharistic-prayer-offering/ The Kingdom of God is Within You Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:22:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark G. http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/2009/11/18/the-eucharistic-prayer-offering/comment-page-1/#comment-1380 Mark G. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:13:58 +0000 http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/?p=1839#comment-1380 Yes, that is key - catechesis on the change. Even when doing something that is perfectly permissible &, frankly, should have been done all along - this, too, can be an insurmountable cataclysmic upheaval to some. Yes, that is key – catechesis on the change. Even when doing something that is perfectly permissible &, frankly, should have been done all along – this, too, can be an insurmountable cataclysmic upheaval to some.

]]> By: Fr. Christian Mathis http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/2009/11/18/the-eucharistic-prayer-offering/comment-page-1/#comment-1340 Fr. Christian Mathis Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:57:04 +0000 http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/?p=1839#comment-1340 I too enjoy the incense, and it is certainly something we could bring up at a future liturgical commission meeting for the reasons you suggest. My own thought is that we could go somewhere between two times a year and every week....and work on pointing out the reasons during homilies! I too enjoy the incense, and it is certainly something we could bring up at a future liturgical commission meeting for the reasons you suggest. My own thought is that we could go somewhere between two times a year and every week….and work on pointing out the reasons during homilies!

]]> By: Mark G. http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/2009/11/18/the-eucharistic-prayer-offering/comment-page-1/#comment-1326 Mark G. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:32:55 +0000 http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/?p=1839#comment-1326 A bit of advice, Father: Find the thurible! At the old Mass, we gloriously smoke the place up every weekend. But It's a rarely seen & smelt happening at St. Thomas, I'm afraid. Easter & Christmas just aren't enough. Why not every weekend? The reason I bring it up here is that during the Offertory when the priest incenses the altar & the gifts, then the acting sub-deacon incenses the priest, the rest of the servers are incensed, then, finally, the congregation. Why? Because the whole people of God are part of the offering to the Father, of course. Of course, they are even without being incensed, but it really drives the point home in a sacramental way. Now, the last I saw it it was on a stand in the sacristy... A bit of advice, Father: Find the thurible!

At the old Mass, we gloriously smoke the place up every weekend. But It’s a rarely seen & smelt happening at St. Thomas, I’m afraid. Easter & Christmas just aren’t enough. Why not every weekend?

The reason I bring it up here is that during the Offertory when the priest incenses the altar & the gifts, then the acting sub-deacon incenses the priest, the rest of the servers are incensed, then, finally, the congregation. Why? Because the whole people of God are part of the offering to the Father, of course. Of course, they are even without being incensed, but it really drives the point home in a sacramental way.

Now, the last I saw it it was on a stand in the sacristy…

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