This is firmly in my bullseye: esoteric liturgical nomenclature and a solid pun.
If only the thurifer was a member of a mendicant religious order. (Because if there’s smoke, there’s friar.)
 thurible mistake&10;Sir, - Denis Staunton's account of Mass in Beijing's North Cathedral ("Is the Catholic Church bending its knee to China's communist party?", World, April 5th) includes a description of an altar server "swinging a thurifer as it pumped out thick gusts of incense".&10;I was under the impression that the container is a thurible which is carried by the thurifer, ie the person holding it. But maybe that's the way they do things in China. If so, it must make for a most entertaining celebration of the Eucharist! - Is mise,&10;JOHN KELLY,&10;Co Carlow.](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/22163/2025/ccd7780abd.jpg)
This is firmly in my bullseye: esoteric liturgical nomenclature and a solid pun.
If only the thurifer was a member of a mendicant religious order. (Because if there’s smoke, there’s friar.)