Danichan was mixing soap with water and making bubble tornadoes during his bath time when he asked me a question.
“ How is holy water made, Amma?”
This question brought back a heart warming memory from over three decades ago.
We had a little bottle of holy water in our living room showcase. Vallyaunty must have brought it during her annual home visits. During exam time, we would dab it on our forehead as if it would miraculously give us to the powers to perform well.
Curious to know how this special water was made I posed the same question that Dani had to Deechechi.
Deechechi was quick to reply.“ It’s no big deal. There is church in Rome with a huge tower. People crowd outside the church with baskets full of stuff they want to be blessed. This would include liters of ordinary water in bottles. The Pope would then come out for a minute and make the sign of cross and say Bless all the stuff below and voila you have holy water".
This was before the era where you could google to check the veracity of any answers. Also, I believed everything that Deechechi said and I had no doubts. I passed on to Danichan the same procedure to make holy water that Deechechi shared with me years ago.
Daniel paused for a second and said “ We’ll, I have a better way of making it. You add some Dove shampoo and conditioner to a mug of water to make it cleaner and cleanliness is next to godliness which makes it holy.. and even better if you freeze it overnight you get holy ice! Can we please make holy ice Amma?
As this included transporting a mug of holy water downstairs to the living room I said no.
PS: Deechechi was indeed right! Wiki page has three DIY ways to make holy water and the process is essentially the same as what Deechechi told me years ago ( although the prayer is longer and you need to add salt to the water!)
