Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for March 13, 2021

Has the holy water ever worked to ward off the virus, Carmen? (Why yes, yes it has. I haven’t caught the virus as you can tell.)

In these times you cannot be too careful.

Numbers 5:17 is set in an interesting context for holy water.

That’s funny! We don’t use holy water but the ritual of misting germ-killing alcohol all over ourselves when returning from the outside world, I do call the Covid-19 Benediction and Blessing … Father, Son, and Holy Spritz … Let us spray!

I’m not sure this is officially-sanctioned use of holy water, especially in a spritzer. OTOH, I have two of those small plastic bottles sold in church gift shops normally used to carry home a small amount of holy water. I use one to hold a nice dry martini (made with inexpensive gin) in my fridge so it’s cold (without ice) when I’m ready to drink it. The fancier bottle holds a martini made with Beefeater’s for special occasions. Hey, that’s MY definition of holy water!

Wrong order, Tía Carmen. Use the hand sanitizer last. That water may be holy, but it probably isn’t sterile.

Years ago my mom got into an elevator and pushed the button but nothing happened. She threw some holy water on the instrument panel. Amazingly, that did Not make it work!

I prefer fish oil… specifically, Holy Mackerel.

Carmen is still worried about the Vampire strain of CoronaVirus.

The formula for holy water; H2Oomg

Our Church has touch-free dispensers for both.