"Why Holy Water?" An Explanation

[mdgspencer]

see catholicexchange.com/why-holy-water

 

[Dodge_pursuit]

Cool. I keep a small font in my place too.

 

[esieffe]

The article had some posts at the bottom. One person asked if you poured a small amount of Holy Water into say a gallon of unblessed water. By mixing the two and prayfully asking to have the rest of the water blessed, the entire gallon becomes Holy Water.

Have others heard the same?
Thanks,
E

Great article by the way.

 

[svid2]

The article had some posts at the bottom. One person asked if you poured a small amount of Holy Water into say a gallon of unblessed water. By mixing the two and prayfully asking to have the rest of the water blessed, the entire gallon becomes Holy Water.

Have others heard the same?
Thanks,
E

Great article by the way.

Pax Christi!

While I’ve wondered about dilution,
I’ve never heard one way or the other.

Is there a limit to this? A spoonful of holy water (with prayer) poured into the Nile? Or a swimming pool full of plain water?

God bless.

 

[Dodge_pursuit]

I’ve heard many unofficial opinions both ways about this, including some priests who told people who kept bottles of blessed water at home that they could “dilute” their water.

The closest thing I can recall to an official answer was a talk Fr. Corapi was giving about sacramentals. When asked this exact question, he responded that it simply did not work that way according to church practice. I think he too used some exaggeration to make the point, like a river or reservoir.