Traditional 1962 Book of Blessings Holy Water

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So I need some help folks. To start I am part of a wonderful parish with amazing Priests and Deacons… Regardless I have a slight problem. I consider myself quite a traditional Catholic and I like to use Holy water as a sacramental frequently before prayers to “clean myself” so to speak and for it’s many other varied uses (keeping away the demons and such 😉 ) anyway when I ask my parish priest to bless my water for me that’s just what he does using the new rite of blessings and essentially makes blessed water for me; Not the water that is blessed and excorcised with salt that is just the same. It seems like a very rushed and “I have more important things to do” prayer… I want to ask my parish priest to do the blessing in the traditional fashion however I feel as if he may reject me or feel hurt as if I don’t think his blessing was enough. Of course I don’t feel that way because I trust him to consecrate the Eucharist. I just prefer the old ways of doing things, I suppose it gives me more faith in the sacramentals.

Tl;dr: Can anyone offer a suggestion on how to politely ask the priest to use the old rite for blessing holy water? Thank you in advance.

In Christ,

Gary
 
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by the way do you guys think that the

“holy water”

I get has all the same purported benefits
 
Gc333 said:
by the way do you guys think that the

“holy water”

I get has all the same purported benefits
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To be totally honest, I think you are dangerously close to being superstitious.
 
If I wanted holy water to blessed via the old rite, I might find an elderly priest in a nursing home and have them do it.

They may enjoy a visit.
 
The Gospel Readings for yesterday and today comes to mind.

Gospel Mk 7:1-13

When the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem
gathered around Jesus,
they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals
with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.
(For the Pharisees and, in fact, all Jews,
do not eat without carefully washing their hands,
keeping the tradition of the elders.
And on coming from the marketplace
they do not eat without purifying themselves.
And there are many other things that they have traditionally observed,
the purification of cups and jugs and kettles and beds.)
So the Pharisees and scribes questioned him,
“Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders
but instead eat a meal with unclean hands?”
He responded,
"Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites,
as it is written:

This people honors me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me;
In vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines human precepts.

You disregard God’s commandment but cling to human tradition."
He went on to say,
“How well you have set aside the commandment of God
in order to uphold your tradition!
For Moses said,
Honor your father and your mother,
and Whoever curses father or mother shall die.
Yet you say,
‘If someone says to father or mother,
“Any support you might have had from me is qorban”’
(meaning, dedicated to God),
you allow him to do nothing more for his father or mother.
You nullify the word of God
in favor of your tradition that you have handed on.
And you do many such things.”

Gospel Mk 7:14-23
Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them,
“Hear me, all of you, and understand.
Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person;
but the things that come out from within are what defile.”

When he got home away from the crowd
his disciples questioned him about the parable.
He said to them,
“Are even you likewise without understanding?
Do you not realize that everything
that goes into a person from outside cannot defile,
since it enters not the heart but the stomach
and passes out into the latrine?”
(Thus he declared all foods clean.)
“But what comes out of the man, that is what defiles him.
From within the man, from his heart,
come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder,
adultery, greed, malice, deceit,
licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly.
All these evils come from within and they defile.”

Jim
 
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Thank you I appreciate you quoting the gospel however we as catholics have certain traditions and I am free to choose between the two types of Holy Water if I can find the right person to do it. I like the one with salt because bacteria growth is stopped which is a huge problem for me with regular holy water… I also like the fact that traditionally the salt and water are exorcised and just like we are free to choose EF over OF we can choose the water that inhibits bacteria growth,
 
So I see from these prayers the Priest actually isn’t blessing the water, he is blessing the people who are sprinkled with the water. Huh, never knew that.

Is there a form in the OF which actually blesses the water? Or does the priest have to give a general blessing to the water?
 
This rite no-doubt provides Holy Water.

2 The exorcism of salt follows: God’s creature, salt, I cast out the demon from you by the living + God, by the true + God, by the holy + God, by God who ordered you to be thrown into the water- spring by Eliseus to heal it of its barrenness. May you be a purified salt, a means of health for those who believe, a medicine for body and soul for all who make use of you. May all evil fancies of the foul fiend, his malice and cunning, be driven afar from the place where you are sprinkled. And let every unclean spirit be repulsed by Him who is coming to judge both the living and the dead and the world by fire.

All: Amen.
Let us pray.
Almighty everlasting God, we humbly appeal to your mercy and goodness to graciously bless + this creature, salt, which you have given for mankind’s use. May all who use it find in it a remedy for body and mind. And may everything that it touches or sprinkles be freed from uncleanness and any influence of the evil spirit; through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.
Exorcism of the water:

God’s creature, water, I cast out the demon from you in the name of God + the Father almighty, in the name of Jesus + Christ, His Son, our Lord, and in the power of the Holy + Spirit. May you be a purified water, empowered to drive afar all power of the enemy, in fact, to root out and banish the enemy himself, along with his fallen angels. We ask this through the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is coming to judge both the living and the dead and the world by fire.

All: Amen.
Let us pray.
O God, who for man’s welfare established the most wonderful mysteries in the substance of water, hearken to our prayer, and pour forth your blessing + on this element now being prepared with various purifying rites. May this creature of yours, when used in your mysteries and endowed with your grace, serve to cast out demons and to banish disease. May everything that this water sprinkles in the homes and gatherings of the faithful be delivered from all that is unclean and hurtful; let no breath of contagion hover there, no taint of corruption; let all the wiles of the lurking enemy come to nothing. By the sprinkling of this water may everything opposed to the safety and peace of the occupants of these homes be banished, so that in calling on your holy name they may know the well-being they desire, and be protected from every peril; through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

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continuing…
3 Now the priest pours the salt into the water in the form of a cross, saying:

May this salt and water be mixed together; in the name of the Father, and of the Son, + and of the Holy Spirit.

All: Amen.
P: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

Let us pray.
God, source of irresistible might and king of an invincible realm, the ever-glorious conqueror; who restrain the force of the adversary, silencing the uproar of his rage, and valiantly subduing his wickedness; in awe and humility we beg you, Lord, to regard with favor this creature thing of salt and water, to let the light of your kindness shine upon it, and to hallow it with the dew of your mercy; so that wherever it is sprinkled and your holy name is invoked, every assault of the unclean spirit may be baffled, and all dread of the serpent’s venom be cast out. To us who entreat your mercy grant that the Holy Spirit may be with us wherever we may be; through Christ our Lord. All: Amen.
 
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The Epiphany blessing uses the same blessing I quoted above. The difference is that there are some prayers for Epiphany which precede the blessing.
Epiphany is also a really efficacious day to get incense blessed.
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And gold.

And myrrh!
 
I don’t find anything about blessing water on Epiphany in the Book of Blessings or the Roman Missal.

Maybe it’s somewhere, I just don’t see it.

Anyway, even in the traditional form, the actual exorcisms and blessings are the same for Epiphany. The rite itself isn’t even printed. It just says “turn to the page for providing Holy Water” after some Epiphany-themed prayers.
 
My wife was able to attend an Epiphany Mass this year where a FSSP blessed Epiphany water, obviously in the old rite. She took a gallon jug of spring water and it was blessed. I use a lot of Holy Water but that should cover us for a while.
 
exnihilo said:
My wife was able to attend an Epiphany Mass this year where a FSSP blessed Epiphany water, obviously in the old rite. She took a gallon jug of spring water and it was blessed. I use a lot of Holy Water but that should cover us for a while.
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I wish more people would do that. If someone wants a gallon of Holy Water, then by all means, bring it. For some reason, people are too “shy” (if that’s the word) about taking what they perceive to be “too much” Holy Water. I’m happy to bless as much of it as anyone brings. It makes no difference to me because it’s not as if it’s any more effort on my part to bless 20 gallons as opposed to 5 (the capacity of our holder).
 
Father,

Thank you so much for writing this down. I think I will take it and print it out to show my Parish Priest. I hope he reacts positively.

In Christ,

Gary
 
Gc333 said:
Father,

Thank you so much for writing this down. I think I will take it and print it out to show my Parish Priest. I hope he reacts positively.

In Christ,

Gary
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Good luck!

If he’s open minded enough to just read the text, it will be clear to him the differences and the obvious efficacy of using the traditional blessing.

I did not type out the ritual. I did a copy-and-paste from here
http://www.sanctamissa.org/en/resou...48-blessings-for-special-days-and-feasts.html

You might want to visit that site to see if you can provide him with a more user-friendly format of the text. Also, I didn’t print some of the rubrics.

Even better, a copy of “The Roman Ritual” makes a wonderful gift for a priest. If he’s willing to have one, you might want to give him a copy so he has the entire Ritual available. The books come in 2 versions. There is a 1-volume version that has most of what a priest needs and there’s a 3 volume version that has just about everything (but it’s more expensive, naturally).
 
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