Got some Holy Water!

[Not David]

I went to Church for Epiphany and they gave me a big bottle with Holy Water. How do I exactly use it?

 

[Anthony2019]

At the epiphany service yesterday, I received a piece of chalk which was blessed by the priest for us to take home and mark the entrance of our front doors.

 

[Not David]

At the epiphany service yesterday, I received a piece of chalk which was blessed by the priest for us to take home and mark the entrance of our front doors.

Oh yeah, Epiphany in the West is about the Magi worshipping Chirst.

 

[Phronema]

How do I exactly use it?

Very exciting, Glory to God!

I was taught to drink some everyday in the morning along with my morning prayers. Also it's worth mentioning that before you run out you can refill the bottle to replenish your Holy Water throughout the year.

I hope you enjoyed the Divine Liturgy this morning.

 

[splish- splash]

I went to Church for Epiphany and they gave me a big bottle with Holy Water. How do I exactly use it?

Now that is one issue I find confusing. I remember our old Pastor would occasionally give us consecrated ribena juice and it was meant to be taken as the blood of Jesus that brought healing and deliverance to every area of one's life. The strange thing though was, I'd find myself slowly starting to depend on the actual ribena rather than God. So it kind of got me wondering if there was something I wasn't doing right somewhere...

 

[Phronema]

Now that is one issue which I find confusing. I remember our old Pastor would occasionally give us consecrated ribena juice and it was meant to be taken as the blood of Jesus that brought healing and deliverance to every area of one's life. The strange thing though was, I'd find myself slowly starting to depend on the actual ribena rather than God. So it kind of got me wondering if there was something I wasn't doing right somewhere...

I think your instinct was correct. In Orthodoxy Holy Water wouldn't become a replacement for the Holy Eucharist or prayer, but used in concert with them.

 

[Not David]

Very exciting, Glory to God!

I was taught to drink some everyday in the morning along with my morning prayers. Also it's worth mentioning that before you run out you can refill the bottle to replenish your Holy Water throughout the year.

I hope you enjoyed the Divine Liturgy this morning.

Thank you!

 

[Not David]

Now that is one issue which I find confusing. I remember our old Pastor would occasionally give us consecrated ribena juice and it was meant to be taken as the blood of Jesus that brought healing and deliverance to every area of one's life. The strange thing though was, I'd find myself slowly starting to depend on the actual ribena rather than God. So it kind of got me wondering if there was something I wasn't doing right somewhere...

Yes, the problem is not Holy Water but how you treat Holy Water.

 

[Curtis.Hilliker]

I wonder if I had some kind of special relic if it would help my health...

 

[ArmyMatt]

to the OP, drink a little every morning and anoint yourself as you need it.

 

[Not David]

to the OP, drink a little every morning and anoint yourself as you need it.

Thanks. When will I need to anoint myself or should I ask that to my priest?

 

[ArmyMatt]

Thanks. When will I need to anoint myself or should I ask that to my priest?

you can ask your priest if you like, but generally folks will anoint an area that is aching or whatever.

 

[AMM]

you can ask your priest if you like, but generally folks will anoint an area that is aching or whatever.

Didn’t know that. I’ll have to do that - I’ve been dealing with some bad aches lately (what can I say, I’m getting old! Haha). Thanks

(And as an aside, if anyone is on the Old Calendar: Christ is born!)

 

[splish- splash]

Yes, the problem is not Holy Water but how you treat Holy Water.

Yeh.. this is why I dont use tangible things like ribena etc any more. I'd rather recite God's word through and through.

 

[Billy UK]

Now that is one issue I find confusing. I remember our old Pastor would occasionally give us consecrated ribena juice and it was meant to be taken as the blood of Jesus that brought healing and deliverance to every area of one's life. The strange thing though was, I'd find myself slowly starting to depend on the actual ribena rather than God. So it kind of got me wondering if there was something I wasn't doing right somewhere...

We got to be careful to put faith in the creator and not the creations.

2 Kings 18:3-4 (AMP)

3 Hezekiah did right in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with everything that David his father (ancestor) had done. 4 He removed the high places [of pagan worship], broke down the images (memorial stones) and cut down the Asherim. He also crushed to pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the Israelites had burned incense to it; and it was called Nehushtan [a bronze sculpture].

 

[splish- splash]

We got to be careful to put faith in the creator and not the creations.

2 Kings 18:3-4 (AMP)

3 Hezekiah did right in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with everything that David his father (ancestor) had done. 4 He removed the high places [of pagan worship], broke down the images (memorial stones) and cut down the Asherim. He also crushed to pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the Israelites had burned incense to it; and it was called

I totally agree

 

[prodromos]

I went to Church for Epiphany and they gave me a big bottle with Holy Water. How do I exactly use it?

You load up a supersoaker and use it as a weapon against the demon possessed

 

[Not David]

Does Holy Water aid one resist temptations?

 

[ArmyMatt]

it certainly can

 

[Jude1:3Contendforthefaith]

Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.
• Acts 19:11


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