What is the incense made out of?

[mulls]

My buddy loves the incense that the Catholic church uses. What is it made of and where can one get it?


Personally, it reminds me of funerals too much

[iggy]

while i think there are different types of incense, you may want to consider looking at christian stores, a lot of times they have random Catholic stuff like that

[mulls]

to be specific, i'm talking about the stuff that the priest uses around the casket at a funeral with the clickety-clacker.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='mulls' date='Jun 25 2005, 09:44 PM']to be specific, i'm talking about the stuff that the priest uses around the casket at a funeral with the clickety-clacker.
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The censer? This little guy?

[img]http://www.eborg3.com/Graphics/Bible/66-Revelation/Rev08/Censer-04.jpg[/img]

I don't know if there is a specific type for funerals, but there are different kinds. It's made by burning rubbery sap from comes from trees native to the Middle East.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

As for where you can get it:

[url="http://www.monasteryicons.com/cgi-bin/hazel.cgi/hzpi/u/HzSt0112150m0m0m0n140n0U0n0n0n17161115121210/hazel.cgi?action=search&SEARCHTYPE=TEXT&SEARCH_KEY_NOT_SEARCHABLE=-1&SEARCH_SPEC=incense&submit_action_search.x=0&submit_action_search.y=0&submit_action_search=search"]Incense[/url]

[Pio Nono]

JMJ
6/25 - Twelfth Saturday

Or you can have one like this:

[img]http://www.easternchristian.com/media/40-307X.jpg[/img]

[mulls]

thanks buddy.


i formerly vote for the name of 'censer' to be changed to 'clickety-clacker.'

it's always a-clickin' and a-clackin'

[Extra ecclesiam nulla salus]

we have an censer at church its cool...

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='Pio Nono' date='Jun 25 2005, 10:00 PM']JMJ
6/25 - Twelfth Saturday

Or you can have one like this:

[img]http://www.easternchristian.com/media/40-307X.jpg[/img]


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Ooh...ornate...but I don't like the color scheme...

[immaculata]

I :heart: bells and smells.

[jezic]

is it not called a Thurible?

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='jezic' date='Jun 26 2005, 12:07 AM']is it not called a Thurible?
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That is also a term used, yes.

[keighters]

[quote name='mulls' date='Jun 25 2005, 09:01 PM']thanks buddy.
i formerly vote for the name of 'censer' to be changed to 'clickety-clacker.'

it's always a-clickin' and a-clackin'
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hahaha i love it.

I also love that the "clickety-clacks" usually come in three.

[Old_Joe]

The CFR's in the Bronx used a kind of cement block with a little cavity in it in which to place the incense. i thought that was pretty cool.

Edited June 27, 2005 by Old_Joe

[keighters]

CFRs!!! ahhh thats my family. When were you there??


When I was out on mission last summer on a Navajo reservation, the Church there used a clay pot and then a feather to spread the incense around... the did a bunch of stuff like that in order to keep some elements of the Navajo Tradition with the Catholic faith.