| Ambry 
The three small
"houses" on the wall behind our baptismal font is called the
"Ambry." Every Catholic Church has one. It is the cabinet
where the holy oils are stored. Three oils are kept in the Ambry: oil of
the sick, oil of catechumens, and sacred chrism which is used for
baptisms, confirmations, priestly ordination and consecration of altars.
Oils for the whole diocese are blessed by the bishop at the Chrism Mass
on Holy Thursday. |
