Adding water to holy water
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Tis_Bearself
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Most priests would tell you to not do this. For one thing, if you keep topping up the bottle instead of emptying the bottle and rinsing it, then you are likely to get algae or mold or bacteria growing in it after a while. Also, fresh holy water is readily available at many if not most churches, and it is free, so it’s not a case of needing to keep making your own.
When I went to Lourdes and got Lourdes water I asked why one couldn’t simply take a bottle of it home, put one drop in your bathtub of regular water, and then bathe in it and get the same benefits as having to wait in the very long line to be dunked in the bathtubs by the volunteers who do this with pilgrims all day. The priest did not give me an explanation, he simply shook his head and said “No, just no.” (So I waited in line for the baths…)
When I went to Lourdes and got Lourdes water I asked why one couldn’t simply take a bottle of it home, put one drop in your bathtub of regular water, and then bathe in it and get the same benefits as having to wait in the very long line to be dunked in the bathtubs by the volunteers who do this with pilgrims all day. The priest did not give me an explanation, he simply shook his head and said “No, just no.” (So I waited in line for the baths…)
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HeDa
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If there isn’t a container in your church where you can fill your bottle with Holy water then ask the priest or deacon to bless some after Mass. It only takes a couple of minutes. I have a bunch of ladies coming into the sacristy to fill their bottles and the priest or deacon bless new water several times/year. They gladly do it!
Tis_Bearself
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At Lourdes you can bathe in the water from the spring, for healing. They have a special group of Catholic volunteers and a whole process for getting you into a locker room, getting you undressed, into a bathing garment, dunked in a bath by the helpers, dried, dressed and on your way.
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dochawk
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My understanding is that when you add a lesser volume of water to Holy Water, the entire volume is Holy Water.
In a theology class decades ago, contraptions were described from parishes in Poland in which a float similar to that in a toilet tank was used to automatically add water as the level went down
as the priests just couldn’t keep up . . .
In a theology class decades ago, contraptions were described from parishes in Poland in which a float similar to that in a toilet tank was used to automatically add water as the level went down
as the priests just couldn’t keep up . . .
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HopkinsReb
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Is the conversion of the added water instantaneous? If so, it seems like any CMFR would generate unlimited Holy Water. The only way it wouldn’t is if you were to somehow add the holy water to a greater volume of regular water.My understanding is that when you add a lesser volume of water to Holy Water, the entire volume is Holy Water.
In a theology class decades ago, contraptions were described from parishes in Poland in which a float similar to that in a toilet tank was used to automatically add water as the level went down
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dochawk
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We’ve already reached the limits of my knowledge of the topic 
But I am curious, and hope someone that knows more can jump in . . .
from what I understand (whether it be right or wrong), you would be correct . . . but by the time we add flow rates and some mixing device (blender blades?), I’ll be getting squeamish . . . . hmm, Theological Engineering???
But I am curious, and hope someone that knows more can jump in . . .
from what I understand (whether it be right or wrong), you would be correct . . . but by the time we add flow rates and some mixing device (blender blades?
), I’ll be getting squeamish . . . . hmm, Theological Engineering???
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HopkinsReb
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It’s gone.
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thistle
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You cannot keep doing it forever.
The maximum topping up is 49% so Holy Water must always be at least 51% of the whole.
No you don’t need to add blessed salt at all as that does not impact the 51/49 ratio.
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