Kadzidło jest zaproszeniem do spalania się dla Boga --
Katedra Swiętego Jakuba w Santiago de Compostela: Podczas uroczystej celebracji Mszy św. używa się pięknego znaku okadzania. Ktoś zupełnie nieświadomy znaczenia tego symbolu stwierdził, że jest to czynność poprzez którą odpędza się złe duchy. Nic bardziej błędnego. A jeśli jest w tym jakaś racja, to tylko taka, że tam, gdzie obecny jest Bóg, diabeł boi się przebywać. Używanie kadzidła podczas Mszy św. jest bowiem znakiem, poprzez który Kościół pragnie oznaczyć żywą i prawdziwą obecność Boga.
Botafumeiro has been done as a prayer to the Almighty God for CENTURIES!!! As a matter of fact, in XIII century they had an accident - the incense assembly broke off and flew out off cathedral through the window in front of the crown head (Google!)...
So, what does incense symbolize?
Incense has been used in Christian liturgy from its earliest centuries. In fact, it was a part of the Jewish tradition that came before it, a use that was commanded by God himself and recorded in Sacred Scripture.
INCENSE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
God commanded Moses to make an Altar of Incense for worship in the Tabernacle:
You shall make an altar to burn incense upon; of acacia wood shall you make it . . . And Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it; every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it, and when Aaron sets up the lamps in the evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. (Exodus 30:1-10)
Botafumeiro = the amazing incense prayer
Catedral of St James is the reputed burial place of Saint James the Great, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ.
After 34 days of pilgrimage on Camino de Santiago we participated in a mass for pilgrims. Right after Communion the Botafumeiro type of prayers have been commenced by the Catedral's ashes - a rather unique worship experience. We loved it; we went back for several other masses with Botafumeiro - here is our video report and an account of this type of worship...
Catholic Coptic Incense Prayer:
O King of peace,
give us your peace and pardon our sins.
Dismiss the enemies of the Church
and protect her so that she never fail.
Emmanuel our God is in our midst
in the glory of the Father and of the Holy Spirit.
May he bless us and purify our hearts
and cure the sicknesses of our soul and body.
We adore you, O Christ,
with your good Father and the Holy Spirit
because you have come and you have saved us.
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