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In the Revelation of John, incense symbolises the prayers of the saints in heaven – the "golden bowl full of incense" are "the prayers of the saints" (Revelation 5:8, cf. Revelation 8:3) which infuse upwards towards the altar of God. A thurible, a type of censer, is used to contain incense as it is burned. [6]
Every morning and evening the sacred incense was burned (Ex 30:7, 8; 2 Chronicles 13:11). Once a year, on the Day of Atonement , coals from the altar were taken in a censer, or fire holder, together with two handfuls of incense, into the Holy of Holies , where the incense was made to smoke before the mercy seat of the ark of the testimony ...
The incense offering (Hebrew: קְטֹרֶת, romanized: qəṭoreth), a blend of aromatic substances that exhale perfume during combustion, usually consisting of spices and gums burnt as an act of worship, occupied a prominent position in the sacrificial legislation of the ancient Hebrews.
Dhunachi is a Bengali incense burner [1] (commonly used in conjunction with Indian frankincense or dhuno (Bengali: ধুনো) for traditional ceremonies) used for one of the stages during arti (ritualised worship). It is often used following the arti with the pradip (a lamp with an odd number of wicks). [2]
Incense in the Eastern Orthodox Church is burned at essentially every worship service usually multiple times. This is always done by burning granulated incense on a hot coal inside a censer. The censer is essentially two metal bowls suspended by chains and which can be raised and lowered to allow more or less smoke out.
Two servers swing thuribles towards the congregation during a funeral. The Roman Missal, as revised in 1969, allows the use of incense at any Mass: in the entrance procession; at the beginning of Mass to incense the cross and the altar; at the Gospel procession and proclamation; after the bread and the chalice have been placed upon the altar, to incense the offerings, the cross, and the altar ...
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We burn incense for Thee. Accept our thanksgiving As a fragrant offering. Thou illume mortals by the sun, Thou love us, God, as your children, Thou satiate us with blessed meal And create for us a city on Zion. Thou, oh God, visit the sinners And nourish them with Thy flesh. Oh God, let our voices Enter Thy dwelling, And let our tender sense