28/08/2024
Just to be clear about holy water in the Catholic Church and some of you looking for a way to distract yourself from the issue at hand, learn this. . .
When a priest blesses your holy water outside mass, following the ritual, he will instruct you with the following words:
"The blessing of this water reminds us of Christ, the living water, and of the sacrament of baptism, in which we were born of water and the Holy Spirit. Whenever, therefore, we are sprinkled with this holy water or use it in blessing ourselves on entering the church or at home, we thank God for his priceless gift to us and we ask for his help to keep us faithful to the sacrament we have received in faith."
Did you see anywhere that he promises you that the water will give you a long life, or money, or a visa to America, or make you pass exams or kill your human enemies?
Below is the prayer which he says over the water. If you pay attention, you will see it is all about our baptism and salvation:
Blessed are you, Lord, all-powerful God,
who in Christ, the living water of salvation,
blessed and transformed us.
Grant that, when we are sprinkled with this water or make use of it,
we will be refreshed inwardly by the power of the Holy Spirit
and continue to walk in the new life we received at baptism.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.