Holy Water and Blessings

[BintuluChuchGuy]

Hi everyone,hope you are having a Blessed Easter!

I would like to ask,can a lay person,regardless of age,bless the house with holy water?Does the person has permission?or is it only the priest can bless?

God bless you.

 

[ohioszo]

Hi everyone,hope you are having a Blessed Easter!

I would like to ask,can a lay person,regardless of age,bless the house with holy water?Does the person has permission?or is it only the priest can bless?

God bless you.

You can bless your house with holy water, of course. One can also burn a little palm during a storm. Your parish Priests like invitation to visit your home, too … and, I guess sometimes we (I) forgot to ask for blessings when they do visit!

 

[Joe_5859]

Hi everyone,hope you are having a Blessed Easter!

I would like to ask,can a lay person,regardless of age,bless the house with holy water?Does the person has permission?or is it only the priest can bless?

God bless you.

To the best of my knowledge, there’s nothing that would prevent one from doing this. It would seem a tad silly to “forbid” lay people from sprinkling holy water around their house.

Now, that sort of blessing is different from the blessing the priest would give, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do it.

Sprinkle away!

 

[plato3]

There are some modern day visionaries that are urging the blessing of homes and vehicles Etc. by the sprinkling of holy water. Also, there is blessed salt, that is mentioned. We keep a little spray bottle of holy water in home and car and bless often. Remember, a deacon can bless your home also. A priest receives this faculty when he is ordained a deacon.