The same holds true for his relationship with God.” The second time incense is used during Mass is before the proclamation of the Gospel. “The words of the Lord are holy,” explained Father ...

During religious ceremonies, the people inhaling the most smoke—the officiants burning the incense—are probably the only ones who feel its effects, he adds. Incensole acetate may lead to new ...

Billowing clouds of incense at Mass and the inability to receive Communion ... people who develop headaches or breathing problems during religious ceremonies when incense is used during the ...

then affixes the five grains of incense. The Easter candle is lighted each day during Mass throughout the Paschal season until Ascension Thursday.

But some remember practicing Latin Mass exclusively during their childhoods and are happy to reconnect. Curt Burns, 77, and his wife Mary, 72, said they were reintroduced to the Latin Mass during ...

Chicago Tribune photographer Brian Cassella captures the scene ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s installation in Vatican City.