Has anyone attended a Chrism Mass?

[Beer Snob-50]

All the priest from the diosese attend and renew their vows to the Bishop. They then bless the oil used for baptisms, confirmation, and annointing of the sick.

A beautiful ceremony.

[DemBones DemBones]

1. No, it's a long drive to the Cathedral for us, so

we just look at all the photos in the archdiocesan newspaper. I take it you have attended before, so are you going on Thursday?

Once, when I was serving as Eucharistic minister, I was standing off to the side of the altar waiting for our priest to be ready for me to assist. It was a Sunday when he was going to anoint all the sick and elderly who stayed after Mass to receive that sacrament so there was a container with chrism on the little table where the altar boys keep the wine and water cruets, little towels for the Lavabo, etc. I noticed the chrism was there but didn't pay much attention.

Then the altar boy standing next to me whispered, "Look, it's Holy Kryptonite!"

Sure enough, the chrism was pale green. . . I have never noticed that it was green when I've received the Anointing of the Sick so I don't know if that's standard or not. Maybe that batch was made from especially high quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

:shrug:

After years of teaching, I can usually keep a straight face when teenagers make smart-ass remarks but it required a little effort that day!

[Beer Snob-50]

2. Our diocense (sp) had it last night

I took my CCD class that is making their confirmation to it.

I was surprised that they used olive oil for this. I guess I never gave it a thought before.