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Holy Water	Mary	Saturday, February 22, 2014
Question: Hello, When taking water to be blessed by a priest does he have to say a special (particular) prayer to bless the water? What if he doesn't and instead pray a small prayer like a hail mary? Thank you.
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r), LTh, DD Dear Mary: The Church has a designated prayer for the blessing of water. There is no priest with integrity that would bless anything with a mere Hail Mary. The Blessing of Water outside of Mass that is in the official Book of Blessings can be found here. At the very least the priest should pray the blessing prayer out of this ritutal. There is also the extraordinary form (pre-Vatican II) that a priest may also use. It is here. 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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Holy Water

Mary

Saturday, February 22, 2014

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Hello,

When taking water to be blessed by a priest does he have to say a special (particular) prayer to bless the water? What if he doesn't and instead pray a small prayer like a hail mary?

Thank you.

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r), LTh, DD

Dear Mary:

The Church has a designated prayer for the blessing of water. There is no priest with integrity that would bless anything with a mere Hail Mary.

The Blessing of Water outside of Mass that is in the official Book of Blessings can be found here. At the very least the priest should pray the blessing prayer out of this ritutal.

There is also the extraordinary form (pre-Vatican II) that a priest may also use. It is here.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

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