(Incense could also be used, the thurifer walking ahead of the crucifer.) The presiding priest or deacon follows, vested in alb, stole, and white cope. We do not sing a hymn at this point ...

140), the censer expresses the soul’s momentum, the fervor of faith. The thurifer’s fist is the firm grasp one takes on God before undertaking any ascent. One also sees in it Christ’s ...