This year and last, the Diocese of Savannah Chrism Mass has returned to an older way of blessing the oils of the sick and catechumens and consecrating the Sacred Chrism.
Most places, including the Vatican on Holy Thursday, bless the oils of the sick and catechumens and consecrate the Chrism all three in a row after the priests have renewed their priestly promises.
For the past two years, I think we have returned to an earlier tradition or, yet another option in the Bugnini Mass, of the following:
The oil of the sick was blessed during the Eucharistic prayer, toward the end of it but before the Per Ipsum, and our bishop used the Roman Canon.
Then after the Prayer after Holy Communion, the oil of catechumens was blessed and finally the Sacred Chrism, then the Final Blessing and Dismissal occurred.
Does anyone know the significance of this format. It's symbolism is lost on me and quite frankly, to me it makes no sense.
Anyone know????
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