holy water use

[FireDragon76]

I have some holy water I obtained years ago when I used to be an Orthodox catechumen. Several bottles in fact. I had heard Orthodox drank holy water but I am not sure if it is used for sprinkling on objects or a house.

Last Sunday morning we had some problems in our apartment that I believe may have possibly been of a spiritual nature. For the sake of propriety I do not want to go into the details on an open forum, but it may have been happening every Sunday morning before church for a few weeks. I took some holy water and sprinkled it around the house and I also drank some. I also immediately ordered a holy water sprinkler off Amazon and it arrived the next day and I repeated the sprinkling, and I put up a large icon my Lutheran pastor gave me a few months ago but I never bothered to take out of the bag he gave it to me in, it is an old icon of the Resurrection, and I have a candle lit near it (previously I had an icon there but no lit candle and I hadn't payed much attention to it).

At first I wondered if the changed vibe in the apartment wasn't suggestion, but it became harder to dismiss as the hours went on, and I realized it was an experience of the presence of God and that lasted for several hours even up until I fell asleep. In fact when I went to bed I almost had such an intense feeling of joy I couldn't fall asleep right away.

How should Orthodox holy water be used? I know Orthodox Christians drink it, but is it also OK to sprinkle it?

 

[ArmyMatt]

you are fine to sprinkle it, drink it, anoint with it, etc

 

[FireDragon76]

thanks for the advice

 

[ArmyMatt]

no probs, whatever works for you when it comes to holy water use. just make sure you pray as you are using it.

 

[FireDragon76]

Do you have any recommended prayers for use with Holy Water?

 

[ArmyMatt]

just Lord have mercy on me or Lord heal me or what have you

 

[~Anastasia~]

I think I've always just prayed extemporaneous prayers with Holy Water.







There's always "The power of Christ compels you!" <--- that was just a joke!

 

[Orthodoxjay1]

Lord have mercy works, and as far as Holy water goes, you can drink it, sprinkle it, etc. and the cool thing about Orthodox holy water it lasts literally years. Hope that helps

 

[Antony in Tx]

"...and the cool thing about Orthodox holy water it lasts literally FOREVER."

fixed it for ya!

 

[Orthodoxjay1]

"...and the cool thing about Orthodox holy water it lasts literally FOREVER."

fixed it for ya!