Perfume-tasting Host?

[jmj]

[quote name='lilac_angel' post='1569234' date='Jun 11 2008, 11:26 PM']That is interesting!!

I just found this on some page.

"Perfumed Oil

The odor of your ointments is fragrant; your name is like perfume poured out. Therefore do the maidens love you. Draw me! We will run after you! Song of Solomon 1:3.

The anointing oil, as opposed to the oil for the lamps, was perfumed and fragrant. [b]The oil is still representative of the Holy Spirit but the perfume and fragrance of the anointing oil is specifically symbolic of Christ; He was anointed with perfume for burial[/b]. There are two instances in the New Testament where Jesus Christ was perfumed, A woman came with an alabaster jar of ointment perfume of pure nard, very costly and precious; and she broke the jar and poured the perfume over His head. Mark 14:3. A similar incident is in Luke 7:37 where His feet were anointed with perfumed ointment. This ointment is a different Greek word than that used for anointing oil, this was an embalming, burial ointment and so was heavily perfumed for obvious reasons!

The Hebrew word for anoint is 'mashach' and means 'to smear with oil' and the Hebrew word for Messiah is 'Mashiach' and means Anointed One! [b]Christ (Christos) is the Greek word for Anointed. HE is our Anointing and only HE can impart His fragrance to us through our close relationship with Him.[/b] [i][...and The Eucharist creates a very close relationship![/i]] When you hug someone who has perfume on, it rubs off on you and you too become fragrant with that perfume. [b]Christ is the Head of His Body, we are simply members of His Body and anointed by our association and contact with Him who is our Head and Anointing.[/b]"

"[b]When we are close and intimate with Him, His fragrance, the anointing which is upon Him, will permeate our lives and will rub onto us (which is how the anointing oil was put on, it was rubbed or smeared on). We then are also ‘perfumed’ and anointed by our association and relationship with Him (Christ’s ones or Christians)."[/b]

[url="http://unveiling.org/Articles/anoint2.htm"]http://unveiling.org/Articles/anoint2.htm[/url]

Pretty neato occurrence/coincidence, if nothing else.[/quote]

That's quite cool!

[Augustine of Hippo]

[quote name='lilac_angel' post='1568615' date='Jun 11 2008, 05:03 PM']I was receiving Communion last Sunday and noticed that it tasted like it had perfume on it. After my husband and I knelt down after receiving, I asked him if his tasted "in any way perfumed," and he said no. I had not been wearing perfume, just for the record.

Has this been known to happen before? More importantly, could I see this is a possible "sign" from God?

I had been a bit weak in faith for quite some time, due in part to feeling overpowered by the disbelief of others and too many questions flying around my head, and I'm wondering if God may have been saying "hi" to me, like one of my convert friends suggested, to encourage me to perservere.

It was not an unpleasant taste - just a bit perfumish. So it wasn't like "YUMMY" or "this is the best thing I've ever tasted," but it caught my attention in a gentle way. It certainly tasted different and distinct from my other receiving experiences, even though I went to Mass as I always did, with all of the factors the same.

Any thoughts?[/quote]


I was raised a Catholic, but was only confirmed a few years ago at the age of 33. The reason I mention this is that for a year after, I would smell the oil of Chrism in odd places; at work, in my car, even outdoors on a cold autumn evening once. I could not explain why I smelled it, but I can tell you I truly smelled it and knew what the smell was instantly, and it reminded me of my confirmation.

[lilac_angel]

[quote name='Augustine of Hippo' post='15' date='Jun 12 2008, 04:10 PM']I was raised a Catholic, but was only confirmed a few years ago at the age of 33. The reason I mention this is that for a year after, I would smell the oil of Chrism in odd places; at work, in my car, even outdoors on a cold autumn evening once. I could not explain why I smelled it, but I can tell you I truly smelled it and knew what the smell was instantly, and it reminded me of my confirmation.[/quote]


So cool!! I definitely think Christ was at work there. It's quite a distinct smell.

[lilac_angel]

[quote name='jmj' post='1569638' date='Jun 12 2008, 12:08 PM'] That's quite cool![/quote]

Indeed.

[Steve S.]

On 6/11/2008 at 6:03 PM, lilac_angel said:

I was receiving Communion last Sunday and noticed that it tasted like it had perfume on it. After my husband and I knelt down after receiving, I asked him if his tasted "in any way perfumed," and he said no. I had not been wearing perfume, just for the record.

Has this been known to happen before? More importantly, could I see this is a possible "sign" from God?

I had been a bit weak in faith for quite some time, due in part to feeling overpowered by the disbelief of others and too many questions flying around my head, and I'm wondering if God may have been saying "hi" to me, like one of my convert friends suggested, to encourage me to perservere.

It was not an unpleasant taste - just a bit perfumish. So it wasn't like "YUMMY" or "this is the best thing I've ever tasted," but it caught my attention in a gentle way. It certainly tasted different and distinct from my other receiving experiences, even though I went to Mass as I always did, with all of the factors the same.

Any thoughts?

 

4 minutes ago, Steve S. said:

 

The exact same thing happened to me today. First time ever. A mild fragrance,hard to describe.