So in a strange turn of events, the subject of Holy Water came up IRL recently and it got me thinking. I'm a few million miles away from my Catholic upbringing, and never really learned about Protestant practices. So questions, I guess, for my erudite frens:
Is Holy Water a Catholic only thing? If so, how do I obtain it from a truly Godly source? I know the local Catholic church I have passing familiarity with is... Questionable in it's Heart. And I have a feeling buying it from Lourdes is tantamount to blasphemy.
Any advice would be helpful; this idea just popped into my timeline and I feel compelled to pursue it. 100% serious and sincere.
P.s. Think Mirror? Vampires. Etc.
Thanks in advance, yours in Christ.
I have received holy water from a Methodist minister. One day after communion he told me and my wife that God told him to bless our house, and at our invitation he came over and blessed some water and used that as he prayed in different parts of the house.
Also, before meeting this minister or even being a regular churchgoer at all, a psychic told me to get holy water from a Catholic church and use it to ward off a ghost. (For what it's worth, this psychic never charged me one cent for anything... she said my child was asking for help from a ghost that was attacking him.) And it worked. Although I'm not sensitive compared to other people who claim to see or feel ghosts, I felt a noticeable increase in temperature when I used it in the (abnormally cold) areas of the home. And it calmed my very young child enormously as well.
The Catholic church may be led by the devil, but that does not mean that no one in the church is good. You could say the same about the US being led today by the devil... and yet here we are, holding the line.