Can You Give Babies Holy Water?

[havok579257]

If your babies been baptized, can you take their hand, dunk it in the holy water and use his thier hand to make sign of the cross or is there a certain age to use holy water?

[cappie]

There is no prohibition on any age for anyone to use holy water to make the sign of the cross. Sacramentals such as holy water, are used by almost every Catholic. Sacramentals, by their very voluntariness, their apparent status as extras, can supply the externals that make the Catholic way of life singular and outstanding. What is the difference between correct use of the sacramental and superstition? It has to do with an inner attitude, for superstition is second cousin to magic. The superstitious person says, "If I sprinkle holy water here, say these prayers and cross myself, I will make God or His saints do this for me." But the person using a sacramental properly says. "I want to be closer to God—to be constantly and effectively reminded of the power of His love and glory, of His protection, forgiveness and mercy.