~ Incense ~ Lighting charcoal for Eucharistic adoration. Reel by: @fathersimonteller ⬅️ follow! Why do Catholics use incense in worship? At Mass and other liturgical services we see priests and altar servers swinging censers, sending clouds of incense wafting through the air. In Catholic liturgy, everything symbolizes a theological truth. So, what does incense symbolize? Incense has been used in Christian liturgy from its earliest centuries. In fact, it was a part of the Jewish tradition that ca