I asked my best friend who is catholic and she didnt know.
2007-09-25 03:12:20 · 23 answers · asked by Aisha M 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ St. Patrick's Day
Then taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing over them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. (Luke 9:16)
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."
For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, sections 1667 and following: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt2sect2chpt4.htm#art1
With love in Christ.
2007-09-25 18:25:02 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Holy Tap
2007-09-25 10:18:36 · answer #2 · answered by roger69 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Catholic church gets their water from the Archdiocese in Seattle, that is where the water is blessed and then given out to all of the Catholic Churches in WA.
2007-09-25 10:25:18 · answer #3 · answered by melora r 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Holy water is taken from natural under ground springs which flow to the surface of the ground. Pagans have been getting their holy water from the same source for centuries before christianity.
2007-09-25 11:46:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Its not from a religious well or anything!!
Its just regular water, that has been blessed, making it 'holy'
or, taken from a spring at a site believed to have religious conatations...Though this has not been blessed, but more is found in a place such as lourdes, where the virgin was said to have appeared...
2007-09-25 10:19:15 · answer #5 · answered by KB 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I thought holy water was just water blessed by a priest, but I tasted it once and it was oily.
2007-09-25 10:21:45 · answer #6 · answered by neoaltro1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always wondered this myself and asked a catholic friend who works at her church. She said it comes from the tap, and basically the priest just blesses it. :S
2007-09-25 10:18:25 · answer #7 · answered by tink 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The priest adds a small amount of salt and blesses it. That's all there is to it.
It is then a sacramental- a blessed item that helps remind us of our call to holiness.
2007-09-26 00:00:01 · answer #8 · answered by Mommy_to_seven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anywhere, any old tap will do. But then it gets blessed and it becomes holy water.
2007-09-25 10:15:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am Ortodox..
As i know..The Holly spirit is begged to come and make holly the water..
Even if i believe that the water can cure etc...I don;t believe that God is going to forgive me..because i all the time have the feeling that i live the way He doesn't like...i don't know why..many said i am a fine woman..and my husband doesn't deserve..me ..and i think that He insults me because I deserve...
i heard that even among monks there was a saint monk who used to be their cook and they laughd at him..the other monks.and he was a saint..
2007-09-27 10:16:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋