After a few requests, I finally got the boss to teach me how to operate the thurible and incense in general. He was a surprisingly good teacher and walked me through the whole process twice. At one point, he did what I do with the altar servers and said, "I'll be the thurifer, you are the priest" and demonstrated how to stand at the altar with the thurible and incense boat at the procession to await the presider's arrival.
As I came around the altar I leaned down to mime kissing it, and he said, "No, no, the priest incenses it before he kisses it."
I quipped with a twinkle in my eye, "See, I didn't know that. That's why they won't let me be a priest."
He had a real little chortle at that comment, which was a pleasant surprise to me. Glad to know that I work with one fellow who can take a women's ordination joke in the spirit in which it was intended.
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