what is the baptised water?the so called holy water?

Question

where does this water come from and what makes it HOLY?

Answer 1

Holy Water comes from the tap, after which it is blessed with salt, incense, and the breath of a priest (who breathes over it 6 times: 3 in the shape of a cross, and 3 in the shape of the Greek letter psi), as well as having the Holy Mother Spirit invoked into it. Some traditions also add minute drops of Holy Oils into it. I know some priests who also add tiny drops of water they have collected from sacred sites around the world such as Lourdes in France, the Chalice Well at Glastonbury, and the Ganges River.

Answer 2

It's not water from a special source. Often tap water is used from the "sacristy" or room in a church where ritual vestments and objects are maintained and handled prior to services.

What makes it "holy" is that a minster or priest has blessed it by saying specific words over it, thereby making it eligible for use in the ritual of baptism. (Note that making something holy is NOT the same thing as performing magic!)

See the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer or a Catholic Missal as an example of the specific prayers which are used to bless common water so that it becomes holy.

You should note that only "sacramental christians" (Roman and Othodox Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopalian, etc.) believe the water itself becomes "holy", while other Protestant groups, such as Baptists, believe the act of baptism itself is what transforms the individual and not the water or its properties, therefore no specific blessings or prayers are used to make the water holy, etc.

Also. . .for certain sacramental christians (Lutheran, Episcopal, etc). . .the water is mostly "holy" because it is being dedicated for the specific sacrament of baptism and, once used for this purpose, the water will be disposed of (again, in the sacristy). . .so it does not usually have alternative uses outside baptism.

For the Catholic (Roman and Orthodox), however, it can be used for personal purification (going into church) and, at least in theory, warding off vampires, evil spirits, and for the rite of exorcism.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

Water isn't baptized. But holy water is specially blessed by the priest. It comes from an ordinary tap, just like any other water. That's why it's free. The Catholic Church actually learned something when Martin Luther quit.

Answer 4

Holy Water is a sacramental.

Sacramentals are sacred signs that help us live holy lives. Although they do not produce sanctifying grace

Sacramentals include blessings of persons, meals, objects (including water), and places.

The priest blesses the congregation during Mass.

Christians bless their meals. "Bless us, O Lord and these thy gifts, ..."

Priests bless water, animals, ships, homes, and even automobiles. "God bless this home and all those who enter here."

With love in Christ.

Answer 5

i dont know much about religions out there but my ex was catholic and he said its just tap water purified and blessed and thats why its holy but its just water to me try finding it in the bible but i doubt its going to speak about holy water

Answer 6

It comes from the tap and is just blessed by the priest or preacher.

Answer 7

It's just water that was blessed by a priest. That's it.

Answer 8

There is NO holy-water...that made up religion by man..NOT God!

NO where is that found in scriptures

Answer 9

Tradition of Men not of God! Where in the Holy ?Bible do you find such a tradition?

Answer 10

It's just water that has been purified through prayer.