Containers for holding Holy Water

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Greetings! I’m wondering if there are any rules or standards for bottles or containers to hold Holy Water.

I personally use a very fancy glass bottle that had contained real maple syrup, since it reminded me very much of the cruets my priest used while I was growing up and I wanted something dignified to hold the Holy Water. I thoroughly washed the container several times to ensure there would be no common particles of food remaining, rinsing it with distilled water so there would be no spots or rings when the water dried. I then baked it in my oven for a few hours at 450 degrees F and allowed it to cool overnight inside the oven. From what I’d read, this would make it as close to new as possible.

So you can imagine how annoyed I felt when I learned that my Adoration Chapel uses an old dish-washing detergent container to bring over Holy Water from the church next door. It just doesn’t seem … dignified.
 
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I mean, currently mine’s in a mini jam jar. I’m not sure “dignified” would be the term I’d use for that cute little plaid lid. But it was there and my last container is sitting in a burned up apartment along with the rest of my stuff and I am not going in there to get it.

Previously I used a little fragrance bottle (the cheap kind you get at walmart). One of these, with the label removed:
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I think my eventual goal is to get a glass skull bottle though.
 
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I mean, currently mine’s in a mini jam jar. I’m not sure “dignified” would be the term I’d use for that cute little plaid lid.
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I think yours is perfectly fine; considering your circumstances AND it’s new.
 
Mines just a little plastic one from the Vatican (flexes). 😂 no, seriously we bought two little bottles on our honeymoon, and still have most of one left. It lives in my small bathroom where I will sit and pray when I’m worried then I’ll Dab a little on my forehead before I come out. I call it my prayer closet. It sounds weird but it helps me calm down and reflect. As long as you treat the water with respect I don’t think it matters what the container is like
 
I’ve blessed jugs full of water, just plain plastic jugs. I know of a priest who uses 44 gallon trash cans for the annual Epiphany Water blessing.

So no, no regulations. Use whatever works.

-Fr ACEGC
 
I’ve seen used anti freeze containers used before. I actually love seeing things like that as it reminds me that God and His grace is In the every day and should be integrated into the common things of life, elevating them
 
I’ve seen a sacristy with a big plastic jug with “Holy Water” written on it in sharpie.
 
I’m assuming then that if you were blessing some water for someone to use at home, they could use ordinary tap water? Last time I did that I bought a 64-oz p bottle of spring water from Wal-Mart, rather than use the tap water where I was living. That water was so hard you had to stretch a nylon across the faucet to strain out the bigger pieces.

Also, if you’re blessing salt, is ordinary table salt acceptable? For some reason I thought blessed salt should be kosher salt.
 
Also, from my days in prepping, I would STRONGLY recommend against reusing any jug or jar that had contained any dairy (milk, chocolate milk, etc.) This is because the milk solids tend to bind with the plastic, and no matter how thoroughly you wash the jug you can’t get all the milk solids out; and any water you store in there will soon become “non-potable” (undrinkable, i.e., polluted).
 
Yes, but have you ever blessed pink salt? I think I confused a priest with that.
 
I don’t recall if I have, but I don’t see why you couldn’t.
 
Personally I thought it was a great idea. Since I don’t normally buy pink salt, it removes any risk of confusion. But I admit people don’t always look at it and realize it’s salt and not pink rocks (it was of course rock salt).
 
Here’s my 4oz container

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I have several of those cute little “Holy Water” bottles as shown, however I have my Lourdes water and my Knock water in reused bottled-water bottles because we were told to use a screw-top bottle in order to fly home with it, as the cute holy water bottles and the ones shaped like Mary etc. tend to leak when depressurized.
 
I was surprised when a priest informed me that I could add tap water to the small volume of remaining holy water in a bottle in order to replenish my supply. I didn’t need to get a whole new volume of holy water from church. I wonder if there is a limit to how many times one can do that (diluting the last of the holy water…).
 
I’ve said this on a few threads before, but the best holy water bottle I’ve ever had was a free medication bottle from the pharmacy. The lid seals tight (nice if I travel) and the amber color blocks light that might contribute to growths that others have talked about. Mine lasts all year if I don’t use it up before then.

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