Having written a post a few weeks ago in praise of the documentary, The Frankincense Trail, and having seen two of the episodes, I turned on the television ready for the last one.
It was just as enjoyable as before and Kate as charming and tactful as she always is. When the end of her journey drew nigh and the midnight mass was about to start, the excitement in the church could almost be felt.
The Patriarch arrived with much pomp in magnificent splendour and proceeded to put the incense, that Kate had carried for so many miles with her, into the thurible and then started the Mass in earnest having blessed the altar.
How pleased Kate must have been to feel that her journey had such a successful ending.
And now, I at least know where frankincense comes from!
Polly
2 comments:
Many thanks to Polly. I cannot wait to use "thurible" in conversation. An incense burner is also a "censer" Can you write a sentence with both words?
I liked the way the programme was structured so that it took you along the route travelled by people involved with the incense. It gave me a strong sense of what it might have been like living hundreds of years ago in that part of the world.
Veronica
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