| Clouds of incense led the procession with the thurifer swinging full circles and figure eights. |
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| Often during Mass the thurifer swings the censer to incense the congregation, and sometimes that makes me so mad. |
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| The thurifer helps to engage all of our senses in prayer, heightening the solemnity of the liturgy. |
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| The thurifer processes directly in front of the crucifer and behind the verger, if the verger is processing. |
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| It was, and still is, customary for the thurifer then to incense the people in parochial churches. |
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| Perhaps it is for the thurifer alone to bow to them, out of silent respect for the mystery of Christ present in his body gathered. |
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| In procession, the thurifer swings the thurible at full length from his right hand. |
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| The thurifer carries the thurible and boat when incense is used at the Eucharist or other celebrations. |
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| The procession is led by the crucifer, lucifers and thurifer followed by the priest bearing the Blessed Sacrament. |
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| If necessary the number may be reduced to only two torchbearers and thurifer, or even just the thurifer alone. |
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| There is not a thurifer in the country who has not at some time created the world's finest incense only to mislay the formula and then forget how they made it. |
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| The celebrant and thurifer must have been trained by baton-twirling majorettes, as they were of the school that likes to rotate the thurible through 360 degrees! |
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