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• n  a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam

• For centuries, the form has been the same: an application of the holy oils (chrism) on the recipient's forehead and the words "I mark you with the sign of the cross and I confirm .
• The words and acts of the ritual tend to support this view: when the bishop anoints the forehead with chrism, a mixture of olive oil and balm, he also administers a ceremonial slap .

• chrisom
• sacramental oil
• holy oil

News & Articles

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• Dublin Archbishop says church sex abuse past cannot be ignored in Easter homily
  Dublin's Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said in a homily at the Holy Thursday Chrism Mass in Dublin's Pro-Cathedral that there could be no over looking or rewriting of the church’s past.
  June 28, 2013 - Irish Central