chrism

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During the service, Charles will be anointed with holy Chrism oil, made using olives from the Mount of Olives and consecrated in Jerusalem.

From Reuters • May 4, 2023

She didn’t make it out alive, but a co-worker told son Chris Chrism that his mother was trying to protect others when the storm struck, WHAS-TV reported.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2021

Afterwards the Holy Father read some Collects, and blessed the Water that was in the Cistern before him, into which he poured Holy Oil, and Holy Chrism.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

Chrism and the oil of catechumens also are mentioned by many ancient Fathers.

From The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome by Baggs, Charles Michael

He anointed the thumb and fore-finger of each of their hands, and marked a cross on their heads with Chrism.

From The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Emmerich, Anna Catherine