My question is simple - How do you use it? I have heard people say that having it in your house keeps demons away. How is that done? Can/should you eat it? What else do I need to know?
Oh...ha! I turned to this title, thinking it an article and hoping to learn soimething for myself. :-)
The Church honors God's many gifts with special blessings, employing them (like holy water and blessed candles) in her most sacred rituals. Blessed salt is a sacramental which disposes us to make even better use of Grace. It was once used in the baptismal rite, and can still be blessed at the opening rite of mass. Salt is a preservative, by which recall Jesus' commission that we be "the salt of the earth," seasoning others with a savory (pun on the word salvific) Christianity. Blessed salt can be added when blessing holy water. I have used it in house blessings, prayerfully throwing a pinch here and there to ward off Satan's future attacks, as exorcists use this sacramental to protect souls from Satan's malice. And yes, I've used it on food, like when I'm coming down with a cold or taking just a pinch when I catch myself spiritually slacking.
Salt is cited in the Bible as a source of blessing, as when the prophet Elisha threw salt into the poisoned springs of the town Jericho, declaring them then purified (2 Kings 2:19-21). I think it is superstitious NOT to take advantage of blessings. Parents would do well to bless their children when they're off to school and when they return; families would do well to bless themsleves with a holy water font in the home, to wear scapulars and blessed medals, and pray the rosary--what Padre Pio referred to as "the weapon". There's no reason I can think of not to use blessed salt respectfully, or any of the Church's sacramentals, as a way of bringing into focus God's desire that we become a source of purification and preservation for our neighbor's wellbeing.
Awesome, thanks! My first passion is cooking... this gives me a TON of inspiration! I'll plan to order some fromt eh Association of the Miraculous Medal and use it all ways recommended.
Oh...ha! I turned to this title, thinking it an article and hoping to learn soimething for myself. :-)
The Church honors God's many gifts with special blessings, employing them (like holy water and blessed candles) in her most sacred rituals. Blessed salt is a sacramental which disposes us to make even better use of Grace. It was once used in the baptismal rite, and can still be blessed at the opening rite of mass. Salt is a preservative, by which recall Jesus' commission that we be "the salt of the earth," seasoning others with a savory (pun on the word salvific) Christianity. Blessed salt can be added when blessing holy water. I have used it in house blessings, prayerfully throwing a pinch here and there to ward off Satan's future attacks, as exorcists use this sacramental to protect souls from Satan's malice. And yes, I've used it on food, like when I'm coming down with a cold or taking just a pinch when I catch myself spiritually slacking.
Salt is cited in the Bible as a source of blessing, as when the prophet Elisha threw salt into the poisoned springs of the town Jericho, declaring them then purified (2 Kings 2:19-21). I think it is superstitious NOT to take advantage of blessings. Parents would do well to bless their children when they're off to school and when they return; families would do well to bless themsleves with a holy water font in the home, to wear scapulars and blessed medals, and pray the rosary--what Padre Pio referred to as "the weapon". There's no reason I can think of not to use blessed salt respectfully, or any of the Church's sacramentals, as a way of bringing into focus God's desire that we become a source of purification and preservation for our neighbor's wellbeing.