Is holy water still holy if it's tainted with pesticides and herbicides?
This could come straight from The Onion….but it’s not. It’s from NPR, CNN, NYPost, you name it so it’s for real. When I read this I laughed so hard I was wiping the tears from my eyes!
A Roman Catholic church in rural Louisiana came up with the idea of filling a crop dusting plane with holy water ”and letting the sanctified liquid mist an entire community. ”
But I wonder how well they cleaned the tanks before they poured holy water in them?
When I was growing up Mom had a crucifix on the wall. It could slide apart to reveal a little compartment that held a piece of cloth and a vial of holy water. One day I got brave enough to open that vial of holy water…and it was empty. It fascinated me to think that over the course of decades it somehow evaporated out.
Observing members:
0
Composing members:
0
31 Answers
There probably isn’t a lake, puddle or swimming hole in the country that hasn’t been blessed at some time by a priest, pastor, shaman, etc.
All those contaminants inhibit the ability to repel vampires.
If the priest says it’s holy water then it is holy water. Just like the Communion wafer. When the priest says it’s the Body of Christ then it is literally the Body of Christ. Until then it’s just a cracker. Anything is possible if you just pretend hard enough.
Isn’t there some ritual that needs to be performed to make it into holy water?
All you have to do is compensate with Jesus protein.
@Dutchess_III The Priest has to say “Hoc est Enim Corpus Meum” which is supposedly where the word Hocus Pocus was derived from (Hoc est Corpus) This applies to both the bread and wine of the Roman Catholic Eucharist.
The blessing of the priest is what makes it Holy Water, not what’s in it. But I’m sure it has to be water, not some water based liquid such as tea, coffee, soup, etc
I changed my answer. To those who missed it, I said that at my church we use real flesh and blood.
Yes the priest Blesses it to make it Holy.
But did you know that the Holy water itself was in the past rubbing alcohol!
In medieval times it was rubbing alcohol to identify the “reptilians that they thought at that time were living among the human populations…when they blessed themselves with the Holy water ( rubbing alcohol) it would show a mark on the forehead of the “reptilians supposedly.
This was the custom that was prevalent in medieval times with primitive ideas and fears.
I read about this Jesus statue, that was “bleeding” red water, and people started drinking it for religious reasons. That went on for years, until they found out, that it was due to a leaking toilet the floor above.
@Dutchess_III
I assume describing it was Like rubbing alcohol???
I don’t know, its just something that I came across in reading.
No. It’s just water. Plain old water.
@Dutchess_III
NOW it is, who knows what they used in earlier eras?
Clean water wasn’t prevalent in Towns since people urinated in the streets etc
Nothing says it has to be clean water. It can be horse pee, but as long as it’s prayed over by a priest it’s holy.
Yes. And if there was a fish in it, the fish would be holy, too.
Tertullian prescribed in the first or second century that any amount be used, even just three drops, for the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Fresh water was prescribed over salt water.
Water from the street or am unclean source would never be used.
Rubbing alcohol would never be used. The Reptillian theories are twentieth century in origin.
Water would be blessed / consecrated for baptisms, then chrism, or olive oil, for conformation or consecration, symbolizing the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
Does olive oil become essential oils at that point @Yellowdog? :) ~
Most essential oils have grapeseed oil as a base,
Oils used for anointing are supposed to be olive oil, but you can use any oil. Maybe not engine oil, but you get the point. At a baby dedication, I just used baby oil because it is highly unlikely that there is anything harmful in it.
Most anointing oils are scented with Frankincense, Myrrh, rosewood oil, jasper, etc
Its probably not good to use a straight essential oil as someone could have a reaction. I wouldn’t use anything that would be a hazard to the eyes or skin.
Yeah right. How can it be holy if kills Gods creatures? Who do you think created those pests and herbs?
Response moderated (Writing Standards)
Without those pesticides and herbicides we’d have a serious food crisis in this country. People would be literally starving to death.
@Dutchess_III I know that lol. I was being a smart ass with my comment.
Yes, as long as it’s been appropriately blessed by clergy.
@NoMoreY_Aagain “Yeah right. How can it be holy if kills Gods creatures? Who do you think created those pests and herbs?”
Well God’s been killing his own creatures for thousands of years, so…
Answer this question 
Composing members:
0
