CHRISM

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT HEARD OF CHRISM, IT’S THE THURSDAY TO CONSIDER ITS EFFICACY - NOW OR NEVER. CHRISM, THE UNGUENT OF OIL AND BALM IS USED (AND HAS BEEN SINCE BIBLICAL TIMES) FOR SACRED, SACRAMENTAL ANOINTING. IT SYMBOLIZES HEALING, ENLIGHTENMENT AND STRENGTH. THESE THREE BENEFICES HAVE LITERALLY BEEN IN SHORT SUPPLY AS HUMANITY HAS MARCHED THROUGH THE CENTURIES. DITTO FOR TODAY. OUR SOCIETY'S VENEER SUFFERS FROM THE SCROFULOUS CONDITION OF WISHY-WASHY MORALITY. MOST PEOPLE COULD BENEFIT FROM AN OIL OF HEALING, ENLIGHTENMENT AND STRENGTH, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWERS OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX AND CATHOLIC CHURCHES WHO APPLY CHRISM. THIS NEED IS NOT NEW BECAUSE WOUNDS, IGNORANCE AND WEAKNESS IN HUMAN BEINGS, TEND TO RUN DEEP.