Odd question about Holy Water

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Well, I’m seeking truth, and in the preceding we (collectively) were being scrupulous about pouring holy water down a drain. Obtuse? I’m trying to be logical and consistent with what has been said, above.

Apparently “discussions” in the Jewish Talmud run like this, with many different opinions expressed and considered. Time and insight and charity move towards resolution.

On this general subject, I personally refrain from having any objects “blessed by the anointed hands of a priest” to avoid scrupulosity about throwing out a broken rosary etc. In the event that I come across something that has been blessed, my solution is to abandon it in a church and let somebody smarter than me figure out what to do with it.
 
c1949 said:
It’s hard to accept the premise that someone had so much blessed water. I can’t conceive of a reason for such a thing.
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Vascular dementia is a nasty disease that can cause strange behaviours, there’s no reason to have multiple half used bars of soap in a pot but we found those too.
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Why not keep a little yourself as a momento, even if you are an athiest?
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She’s got some of the small bottles that are shaped like Mary, so I might keep one of those.

Thanks for your replies and kindness everyone.
 
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We pray for God’s blessing on ourselves and on the food. In your words, "there’s a big difference " between a priest’s blessing and God’s blessing
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This question comes up a lot in differentiating between the food that gets blessed by us saying grace over lunch, or even the priest leading us in grace over lunch at the church picnic, vs. food that is specially blessed for pascha baskets etc. The priest’s special blessing reserves the food for holy use. It’s different from just saying grace. Once the priest has given the special blessing, the food is holy and can’t just be tossed out, whereas the picnic leftovers over which grace was said aren’t reserved for holy use and can be thrown out in the trash.

It’s my understanding that the Book of Blessings provides different blessings for the different uses and specifies who can do them. For religious articles like rosaries and holy water, only the priest can bless those and the blessing reserves them for holy use and restricts their disposal.
 
“just saying grace”?

“Can’t be thrown out?” how about the scraps left over? Seriously, I’ve never heard the point discussed. If they can’t be thrown out, what do you do with the scraps, at the end?
 
For food that is specially blessed for holy use, you’re supposed to only make or bring enough that you will not have leftovers. The point of such food is to be part of the ritual, not to chow down. If you end up with more than you can eat before it spoils, you can burn it, bury it, or lay it on the ground in some area people do not go.
I would note this is not a common occurrence to have food blessed this way. It’s a special holiday thing. Latin Catholic churches do not often do it.
The only food item I see Latin Catholic priests blessing in this special way regularly is salt, which does not go bad, and can easily be used up in cooking if need be.
 
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Did you know that if a Jew mistakenly uses a “milk” utensil meant for meat (kosher rules) the way to make it kosher again is to bury it in the ground for 3 days then wash 3 times? My mom had a garden of silverware in our back yard when I was little and was constantly messing up! I’m still not sure how dirt makes it clean again!😂😂😂
 
It’s funny, when you grow up doing it it is no big deal at all. Having not done it for years now, it would be very hard to go back.
 
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