Holy Water at Home

We've installed a holy water dispenser at the back of the church. We invite you to take a bottle home with you this Sunday, along with the sheet of prayers and instructions for use. Please consider a donation of $1.50 to cover the cost of the bottle..

Holy water is one of the Church’s quiet gifts for ordinary Christian living. It reminds us that the grace of God is not confined to Sunday mornings and church buildings, but stretches out into kitchens and bedrooms, hospitals and highways, joys and sorrows. In a world so often marked by fear and distraction, holy water is a small, tangible reminder that we belong to Christ through the waters of Baptism and live daily under the sign of the cross.

Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582) once said, “I have found by experience that there is nothing from which the devils fly more quickly than from holy water. They also fly from the cross, but they return almost immediately. Certainly, the power of holy water must be great; for my part, my soul feels particular comfort in taking it, and very generally a refreshment and interior delight which I cannot express.”

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