The Eucharistic Offering

Why, on occasion, are the people incensed within the context of the eucharistic liturgy? What does this action imply?

Immediately following the procession, the Altar Table is incensed reminding us of the sacrifice of Christ, his offering of himself to the Father; during the offertory, incense is also used as the offering of bread, wine, and alms are presented on the altar; and the people are incensed as a sign of their own self-offering to God in the context of the Eucharistic Liturgy - "And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls, and our bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and living sacrifice unto thee." Those who believe gather week by week to make their offering to God and through their offering they become the Body of Christ.

Walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself for us,
a (fragrant) offering and sacrifice to God.
Ephesians 5:2