Incense (from the Latin incendere, meaning “to burn”) signifies prayer, sacrifice and reverence for people and objects. This fragrant smoke symbolises the prayer of the assembly rising up to God.

yesterday expressed concern that the health of altar servers is being put at risk from smoke rising from the incense burner known as a thurible. A spokeswoman for the Dublin diocese said although ...

Ah, incense ... ascending smoke, is typical of the good Christian’s prayer, which, enkindled in the heart by the fire of God’s love and exhaling the odor of Christ, rises up a pleasing ...

Catholics inherited their use of incense from ... This holy smoke is a visual and olfactory signal of the congregation’s offerings of supplication and praise rising up to God.

a small piece was put into a church incense burner - or thurible - and lit. Mr Bullimore swung it into action on its long chains, releasing the pungent smoke. Many of the ingredients, such as ...