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| Thurifer leading procession Altar Servers Mass 2008 |
The Thurifer is the server who carries the thurible and will incense the priest and people. Below the thurifer is seen swinging the thurible during the Gospel after the Deacon has incensed the Gospel.
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| Thurifer standing behind Deacon during 150th Anniversary Mass October 2010 |
CCC 1154 The liturgy of the Word is an integral part of sacramental celebrations. To nourish the faith of believers, the signs which accompany the Word of God should be emphasized: the book of the Word (a lectionary or a book of the Gospels), its veneration (procession, incense, candles), the place of its proclamation (lectern or ambo), its audible and intelligible reading, the minister's homily which extends its proclamation, and the responses of the assembly (acclamations, meditation psalms, litanies, and profession of faith).Giant Thurible
One of the largest thurible needs a team of servers to swing it to incense the altar. See video below of the thurible in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela or open video in separate page
