OK, I am going to be traveling in a commercial airplane (first time) out of the country (also first time) and I was wondering if I should be able to get Holy Water form my priest and use it to bless the plane my classmates and I are flying in. I looked and I think I should be able to, but is there a speciffic blessing the Church has for this type of thing? Thanks to anyone who knows. Please be serious.
2007-05-20 18:48:37 · 7 answers · asked by Jimmy R 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You might want to just have a rosary blessed by a priest and take that with you.
2007-05-20 18:55:50 · answer #1 · answered by puppylove 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You can word the blessing however you want. The real "soul" of the prayer is not so much the words that come out of your mouth, it's the meaning of those words as they come from the heart.
Having said that, if you are more comfortable with a structured prayer, I'm sure your priest can give you a blessing to say on the plane.
2007-05-21 08:23:33 · answer #2 · answered by Daver 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could get it blessed. The priest should know what to do for the plane.
2007-05-21 01:53:14 · answer #3 · answered by Will C 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
http://www.catholicculture.org/lit/Prayers/view.cfm?id=728
this link should cover what you need. talk to your parish priest and he will go through it with you. i am not sure if you will be allowed to take holy water aboard due to all the new restrictions but it could likely be done before the flight.
http://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?s=45
this should also help. enjoy your trip adn god bless.
2007-05-21 01:58:07 · answer #4 · answered by fenian1916 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Blessings don't work.
In that last tornado that ripped apart a swath of Kansas, all the churches were destroyed. The tavern remained, though. I'm sure that "magic words" were said to protect the churches, but obviously they didn't work.
2007-05-21 01:53:02 · answer #5 · answered by nondescript 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
the priest should already know what to do. but you would look weird having a ceremony on something so common.
but hey, whatever floats your boat
2007-05-21 01:56:57 · answer #6 · answered by lnfrared Loaf 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you should save it! in case it crashes in the desert and you need something to drink.
2007-05-21 01:53:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋