Censing Deacon
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17/9/06 In Mass when censing priest, deacon and subdeacon. When the priest is censed three times and the acting deacon is also a priest I have censed him twice. I have now been told I should cense him, as deacon, three times as he is also a priest. |
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Quintin Butcher - 18/9/06 |
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I have been taught BISHOP is censed 3x3
times, a PRIEST 2x3 times, Servers and Choir 2x2 times and congregation
1 centre ,1left and 1 right |
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Fr. Ray - 19/9/06 |
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If a priest is acting as a deacon then he should be censed as a deacon. The same logic applies at the end of the Gospel. When the deacon (even if he is a priest) has finished reading he censes the celebrant (from inside the sanctuary upon his return, and not from somewhere else where the Gospel procession may be). If there is no deacon and the celebrant reads the Gospel he reads it as part of his diaconal duty and should never be censed by the MC or thurifer. |
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Fr. Graham Colby - 17/10/06 |
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If you wish to follow the Tridentine Roman use consult eg Fortescue/O'Connell or Ritual Notes. The deacon & subdeacon, even if actually priests, are treated liturgically throughout as deacon & subdeacon. There is no such thing as a ductus triplex, or triple swing of the thurible in the Roman rite, tridentine or modern. |