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 ...

Later that night, during Midnight Mass at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Leonardtown, Von Goetz reportedly poured whiskey into the church's holy water ... with a whiskey bottle but was ...

Many Catholic parishes will give their parishioners a piece of chalk, a small bottle of holy water, and the words for the house blessing so that each family can bless its home. Epiphany ...