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Samenvatting
- You can drink holy water, and it is not a sin; the Catholic Church has no rule for or against it.
- Holy water is water blessed with the Church’s prayer, used for the sign of the cross, for sprinkling and for blessing homes, as a reminder of baptism.
- Many Orthodox Christians drink holy water as a custom, often each morning with blessed bread after their prayers.
- Water from church fonts is not safe to drink: studies in Seville and Austria found heavy bacterial contamination, with kinds that can cause infection in the busiest churches.
- As plain good sense, not church teaching: if you want holy water to drink, bring clean drinking water in a clean bottle and ask a priest to bless it.
- Lourdes water is spring water, not holy water, unless a priest blesses it.
- Holy water points to the living water Jesus offers to everyone who is thirsty.
Bibliografie (Klik om te tonen)
- The Holy Bible, King James Version (public domain), via BibleGateway: Numbers 5:17, 24; John 4:13–14; 7:37; Revelation 22:17; and BibleGateway’s KJV phrase search for “holy water.” https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=”holy water”&version=KJV
- Jurado V, Ortiz-Martinez A, Gonzalez-delValle M, Hermosin B, Saiz-Jimenez C. “Holy water fonts are reservoirs of pathogenic bacteria.” Environmental Microbiology 4, no. 10 (2002): 617–620. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12366757/
- Kirschner AK, Atteneder M, Schmidhuber A, Knetsch S, Farnleitner AH, Sommer R. “Holy springs and holy water: underestimated sources of illness?” Journal of Water and Health 10, no. 3 (2012): 349–357. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22960479/
- Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 1667–1676 (sacramentals) and 2110–2128 (superstition). Holy See. https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P58.HTM en https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P7E.HTM
- Fr Caleb La Rue, “Ask the Register: can one consume holy water?” Southern Nebraska Register, Diocese of Lincoln, 31 May 2024. https://www.lincolndiocese.org/news/diocesan-news/17862-ask-the-register-can-one-consume-holy-water
- St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral, London, “The Blessing of the Waters (Hagiasmós).” https://www.standrewsgreekorthodoxcathedral.co.uk/sacraments-and-lifecyle-events/the-blessings-of-the-water/
- Orthodox Church in America, The Orthodox Faith, vol. II, “Epiphany.” https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/worship/the-church-year/epiphany
- Orthodox Christian Information Center, “The Proper Understanding and Use of Antidoron.” http://orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/antidoron.aspx
- Pravmir, “All You Need to Know about Holy Water,” 20 January 2019. https://www.pravmir.com/all-you-need-to-know-about-holy-water/
- Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, “The Water of Lourdes,” “Drinking the water and washing in it,” “Visit the Miraculous Museum” and “Antonia Raco, 72nd Lourdes miracle” (2025). https://www.lourdes-france.com/en/the-water-of-lourdes/
- Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, “The miracles of Lourdes.” https://www.lourdes-france.org/en/the-miracles-of-lourdes/
- Henri Leclercq, “Holy Water,” The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 7 (1910), on New Advent. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07432a.htm
- Fr Edward McNamara, “Blessing of Water Outside Mass,” quoting the Book of Blessings, nos. 1388–1399, EWTN, 13 February 2018. https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/blessing-of-water-outside-mass-4887
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