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I know in the Eastern churches you drink Holy Water, do any of you know if it is premissible in the Latin Rite ?
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all I know is I got kicked out of a Latin church for doing so when I was a kid.
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David,
Well, did you try to drink it out of the holy water fonts that people stick their fingers in?
Also, doesn't all Latin holy water have salt in it? Would that make a difference in terms of the custom of drinking holy water?
Alexis
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Let me explain my self here, in my youth my uncle (High Church anglican priest) had me drink holy water at his churches a few times .. but nope not out of the finger fonts, haha . I was at the church in question between services and took a little sip from a small pouring cup near the font. No doubt I was wrong to do so and that it probably dehydrated me .. alas I knew no better. I was chased out of the church by an older gentleman whom until that moment had been out of sight.
I now add water blessed at Theophany when I am cooking for my family.
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In the Latin rite, it is OK to drink holy water. But drink it fresh!
The small amount of salt that is put into it, is meant to stop it going green too quickly. The amount will vary depending on the priest blessing the water.
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During a funeral at a Roman Catholic Church in San Antonio recently a shabily dressed old fellow was observed washing his face and hands in the large holy water font. I thought that next he was going to pull out a mirror and razor and shave.
I pray that the Lord take care of this man for years to come!
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Also, doesn't all Latin holy water have salt in it? I haven't seen this done since the Roman Ritual was revised. The exorcism of the salt and its inclusion in the holy water being blessed is no longer done from what I've been told. BOB
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During a funeral at a Roman Catholic Church in San Antonio recently a shabily dressed old fellow was observed washing his face and hands in the large holy water font. I thought that next he was going to pull out a mirror and razor and shave.
I pray that the Lord take care of this man for years to come! Dear Father Silouan, Christ is Risen! While it may be strange here, it is pretty much normal to see folks taking holy running water from shrines in Greece into their hands and 'washing' their face and hands in it. In Christ, Alice
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Like at Lourdes, right Alice? And I read somewhere that there is a spiritual significance to adding salt to holy water. Here's a little blurb below from http://www.guardianangel.in/ga/72-A-Angel-The-Symbolism-of-Holy-Water.htmlThe Meaning of the Salt
(The use of salt is optional in today's liturgy and blessing.)
Why meaning of salt. Just as water is used for cleansing and for quenching fire, so salt is used to preserve from decay. Therefore the Church combines them in this sacramental, to express the various reasons why it is used -- to help to wash away the stains of sin, to quench the fire of our passions. Moreover, salt is regarded as a symbol of wisdom. Our Lord called His Apostles "the salt of the earth," because by them the knowledge of the Gospel was to be spread over the world. The custom of using salt is a very ancient one. Alexis
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It absolutely may be done and with no special permission: the prayer of the blessing (more like exorcism) of salt and its addition to the blessed water has since the issuance of the 1970 Roman Missal been in place directly after the prayer of blessing of water.
However, it is optional. I do not know why priests don't do it. We did it at my home parish, and at First Masses of Thanksgiving which I've MC'd.
It's a simple problem that priests don't use the option, but it is there, no searching required.
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JON: Christ is Risen!! Indeed He is Risen!! I had to chuckle. So many priests that I've met in the intervening years have been trained to see anything that is "optional" as something to be omitted. So there's the answer. BOB
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Honestly, what ISN'T optional in the New Rites? The Institution Narrative is basically all I can pin down.  Alexis
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Also, doesn't all Latin holy water have salt in it? I haven't seen this done since the Roman Ritual was revised. The exorcism of the salt and its inclusion in the holy water being blessed is no longer done from what I've been told. BOB It is done by a number of Latin priests here in B'ham.
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We drink the Holy Water each year after it is blessed. So Refreshing 
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