Is Holy Water Not Holy Enough That It Needs To Be Sanitized?
Nov 12, 2009 Author: godvertiser | Filed under: Church
In the Catholic faith, it is customary to enter the church and then dip your fingers in the Holy Water made available up front and then make the sign of the cross. It is a reminder of the baptism that one has made into the church body.
Even though the Holy Water is not meant to be injested, some churches are taking the fears of the times into consideration. Here, the pesky old H1N1 fears have taken hold today.
Check out this invention: sanitized Holy Water dispensers . . .
But can HOLY water be sanitized? Does sanitization change the nature of the Holy Water — as transubstantiation does in the Catholic tradition to the bread and wine of the Eucharist?
Necessary? Profound? Irrelevant? Just curious, what’s your reaction to this?
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4 Responses for "Is Holy Water Not Holy Enough That It Needs To Be Sanitized?"
Well,
I think its a good precaution. Consider that fact that many people are paranoid about the Swine Flu.
Personally, I’m not sure if I would use it…but people are different
Funny. People will do anything to make a profit.
Check out the Wikipedia entry on Holy Water:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_water
Apparently, it can be diluted up to 50%, after which it is no longer holy.
@Michael Holmes – Yes, you can’t argue against precaution. I’m not of the Catholic faith, but do people injest Holy Water found at the front of church entrances? If not, why succumb to such paranoia? The issue is interesting theologically since Roman tradition believes in actual transubstantiation upon consecration of the bread and wine used in Holy Eucharist. If you take that view, is filtration, sanitization, or manipulation of *holy* water something that can be taken casually?
@Ken – 50%? I guess majority rules in case of holiness.
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