Holy Water in Shampoo Bottle

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I got Holy Water for the first time today, I used some tiny hotel shampoo bottles and some soap residue was inside so there are some bubble at the top now. I am assuming this is ok.

Does anyone have any suggestions on using Holy Water, especially for the sick?
 
No, it is not OK. Holy Water is a blessed sacramental and should be treated as the holy object that it is.

Pour the water out of these containers into the earth (not down the drain!).

Go to a Catholic bookstore or shop online for a proper holy water bottle. The small bottles say “holy water” on them and should not have anything else put in them. Or, you can buy little travel size bottles at a store like Walmart, and write “holy water” on them in permanent marker. These bottles should be new and not have had other substances in them.

Keep the holy water in a respectful place.
 
Lead_Me_Home said:
I got Holy Water for the first time today, I used some tiny hotel shampoo bottles and some soap residue was inside so there are some bubble at the top now. I am assuming this is ok.

Does anyone have any suggestions on using Holy Water, especially for the sick?
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Well don’t let them drink this shampoo-water 😛

Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
 
I’m serious,
i really have to get rid of it?
Respectfully in the Earth, it’s also snowing outside.
 
🙂 I do that, too! I use hotel shampoo bottles. They are ultra portable.

Just recently I did the same thing you did. I went to the holy water container in the back of the church and filled one up. It got sudsy, even though I washed them thoroughly. I had to dump them in the earth. Then I went home and rewashed the container until I was certain it was sud free.

I generally use unused water bottles. I pour the water in a glass to drink, then take the empty bottle to church and get a whole water bottle full. Then I can put it in as many little ones as I want. 🙂
 
i dont mean to ask a dumb question but why would someone that is not a priest or deacon carry around holy water/?
 
reaganjn said:
i dont mean to ask a dumb question but why would someone that is not a priest or deacon carry around holy water/?
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Valid question. It’s a sacramental. See here. Look under the heading Sacred Things on the right. Those are all sacramentals. Read about them. They are important. You can carry around a rosary, right? That’s a sacramental. Anyone can carry holy water around.
 
1ke said:
No, it is not OK. Holy Water is a blessed sacramental and should be treated as the holy object that it is.

Pour the water out of these containers into the earth (not down the drain!).

Go to a Catholic bookstore or shop online for a proper holy water bottle. The small bottles say “holy water” on them and should not have anything else put in them. Or, you can buy little travel size bottles at a store like Walmart, and write “holy water” on them in permanent marker. These bottles should be new and not have had other substances in them.

Keep the holy water in a respectful place.
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That’s not correct. Its perfectly okay to use empty (and properly cleaned out) shampoo bottles. Many people also use empty plastic mineral water and soft drinks bottles. Labels should be scraped off so that they are simply empty bottles.
There is nothing disrespectful about that.
 
We are approaching Theophany, 6 January, when the Great Blessing of Water is held.

I bought a big bottled water container with a sports bottle top that is perfect for sprinking or drinking from.

I will either empty it out–or just maybe put it on the Jordan (as it is called) when the water is blessed.
 
thistle said:
That’s not correct. Its perfectly okay to use empty (and properly cleaned out) shampoo bottles. Many people also use empty plastic mineral water and soft drinks bottles. Labels should be scraped off so that they are simply empty bottles.
There is nothing disrespectful about that.
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It’s disrespectful if it’s sudsy!

Perhaps one could get all the suds out and then use it. But, a hotel shampoo bottle does not seem respectful to me at all.

Holy objects should be set apart as should their containers, IMHO.
 
1ke said:
It’s disrespectful if it’s sudsy!

Perhaps one could get all the suds out and then use it. But, a hotel shampoo bottle does not seem respectful to me at all.

Holy objects should be set apart as should their containers, IMHO.
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EXACTLY! Holy objects are to be set apart as stated in the Code of Canon Law:

“Sacred objects, set aside for divine worship by dedication or blessing, are to be treated with reverence. They are not to be made over to secular or inappropriate use, even though they may belong to private persons.” (CIC 1171)
 
From this traditional Catholic site I see that it is ok to use refurbished bottles for holding Holy Water. Since you can buy plastic Holy Water bottles I’m sure you can make a HOly Water container out of a plastic bottle.

fisheaters.com/holywaterbottle.html

BTW I got more Holy Water today (no suds):).
 
Nowhere_Man said:
EXACTLY! Holy objects are to be set apart as stated in the Code of Canon Law:

“Sacred objects, set aside for divine worship by dedication or blessing, are to be treated with reverence. They are not to be made over to secular or inappropriate use, even though they may belong to private persons.” (CIC 1171)
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The quote above means that once a bottle is marked for holy water that it should not be used for something else like drinking sports drink. However, it does not forbid pre-cycling another clean container and marking it for holy water. Marking one’s own container as holy water does not mean that one is going to treat the actual sacramental (the water) with less reverence than someone who has the money to buy a premade guilded bottle. Removing the orginal labels and writing “holy water” in permanent marker/ink on the container is setting it apart from its previously secular use. Even a commercially made holy water container should be rinsed out prior to filling it with blessed water to remove any residue from the manufacturing process.

We cannot assume that everyone has the money or ability to purchase specially marked holy water containers in an appropriate size. I see poor ladies at my parish who are very devout and they carefully clean out very large plastic bucket size containers that orginally contained foodstuffs. They mark them and then fill them with clean water that is blessed in the container by a priest. This allows them to keep the holy water fonts in their homes properly filled. Here in Texas our air is pretty dry for most of the year, so those with holy water fonts in their homes must refill them daily due to evaporation.

I think that properly cleaning/marking and reusing bottles that would otherwise end up in a landfill is good stewardship of the planet and of our finances even if it is just a small gesture. Every dollar that we save by reusing materials is a dollar that can be spent on charity for others or in caring for our own family. I like to carry holy water with me while traveling and the little hotel size bottle could go into the airplane approved quart sized bag and still last me on a week-long trip. In fact, I would suggest to anyone who wants to reuse the little hotel bottles to use the one that contained mouthwash instead of shampoo since it would be far easier to rinse out the mouthwash bottle with hot water with no risk of bubbles from residue.
 
After the last Easter Vigil Mass, my uncle instructed me to take the opportunity of obtaining Holy Water from the baptismal font. He gave me a used but empty drinking water bottle which we had just bought and used that day, so we didn’t actually clean the bottle before filling it with holy water.

I finally bought two holy water bottles from a Catholic store to transfer the Holy Water into. I did so, although I didn’t rinse the new bottles before doing so. Should I have rinsed the bottles first? Also, is there a proper way of disposing the old drinking water bottle? Thanks, and God bless!
 
sgtpepper said:
After the last Easter Vigil Mass, my uncle instructed me to take the opportunity of obtaining Holy Water from the baptismal font. He gave me a used but empty drinking water bottle which we had just bought and used that day, so we didn’t actually clean the bottle before filling it with holy water.

I finally bought two holy water bottles from a Catholic store to transfer the Holy Water into. I did so, although I didn’t rinse the new bottles before doing so. Should I have rinsed the bottles first? Also, is there a proper way of disposing the old drinking water bottle? Thanks, and God bless!
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You are allowed to drink Holy Water so, I don’t think there was any problem here. A holy water bottles is just a plastic bottle with a cross on it anyway. People stick their dirty hands in the font every time they enter the church too so, don’t sweat it. You can just throw the bottle away if you want.
 
I use an empty spray cologne bottle and squirt down my teenage son’s room when he’s really annoying.
 
UponTheAltar said:
You are allowed to drink Holy Water so, I don’t think there was any problem here. A holy water bottles is just a plastic bottle with a cross on it anyway. People stick their dirty hands in the font every time they enter the church too so, don’t sweat it. You can just throw the bottle away if you want.
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Thanks! 🙂
 
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