On the basis of age-old custom, water is one of the signs that the Church often uses in blessing the faithful. Holy water reminds the faithful of Christ, who is given to us as the supreme divine ...

Any priest may confer the blessings of the Church ... He then says the proper prayer or as many as are given. * Lastly he sprinkles the object with holy water, and if called for, incenses it ...

Some sprinkle holy water in each room. Following a series of prayers, they chalk the symbols ... you have prepared for them in your Father’s house, where you live for ever and ever.