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re-use blessed bottle	Omar	Monday, July 23, 2012
Question: Hello Brother, A priest told me that once a bottle containing holy water is blessed, that bottle can not be thrown away when the water runs out because once it's blessed the blessing stays there. So if the water runs out, and I was to refill the bottle with regular water, would that water become holy water because the bottle is already blessed? Thanks and God Bless.
Question Answered by Dear Omar: Yes, a bottle that contained Holy Water is blessed because of the Holy Water within it. If the bottle needs to be disposed of, it needs to be broken up so that it no longer resembles a bottle. When that happens the bottle is no longer blessed and thus may be thrown away. The bottle itself is not the source of the blessing, thus it cannot create Holy Water anymore that we who are blessed each time we go to Mass, can create blessed objects out of everything we touch. A Sacramental can only be created by a priest who transforms the object (in this case ordinary water) to a blessed sacramental. You will need to collect more holy water from your priest or holy water container at your parish to fill your bottle. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below: Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum. Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum

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re-use blessed bottle

Omar

Monday, July 23, 2012

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Hello Brother, A priest told me that once a bottle containing holy water is blessed, that bottle can not be thrown away when the water runs out because once it's blessed the blessing stays there. So if the water runs out, and I was to refill the bottle with regular water, would that water become holy water because the bottle is already blessed? Thanks and God Bless.

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Dear Omar:

Yes, a bottle that contained Holy Water is blessed because of the Holy Water within it. If the bottle needs to be disposed of, it needs to be broken up so that it no longer resembles a bottle. When that happens the bottle is no longer blessed and thus may be thrown away.

The bottle itself is not the source of the blessing, thus it cannot create Holy Water anymore that we who are blessed each time we go to Mass, can create blessed objects out of everything we touch.

A Sacramental can only be created by a priest who transforms the object (in this case ordinary water) to a blessed sacramental. You will need to collect more holy water from your priest or holy water container at your parish to fill your bottle.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

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Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum
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