Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Sligo)
ovanför porten in
innanför
Behållare med vigt vatten utanför
Church of the Immaculate Conception (Ballymote)
Hus bakom Dublin Castle
(Dublin Castle såg ut som... en vanlig borg. Titta på länken ovan för bilder på det.)
Staty vid en av ingångarna till Dublin Castle.
Härlig gubbe, inte sant!
Två statyer vid Knock, helgedomen (Knock, orten),
en av Europas viktigaste pilgrimsställen
Vyn jag lovade! Någonstans mellan Cootehall och Sligo.
ovanför porten in
innanför
Behållare med vigt vatten utanför
Church of the Immaculate Conception (Ballymote)
Hus bakom Dublin Castle
(Dublin Castle såg ut som... en vanlig borg. Titta på länken ovan för bilder på det.)
Staty vid en av ingångarna till Dublin Castle.Härlig gubbe, inte sant!
Två statyer vid Knock, helgedomen (Knock, orten),en av Europas viktigaste pilgrimsställen
Vyn jag lovade! Någonstans mellan Cootehall och Sligo.
Mina favoriter är utan tvekan Gubben vid Dublin Castle och behållaren med vigt vatten. I den sistnämnda blir det en sån rolig blandning mellan det heliga och det vardagliga. Heligt vatten --- om vilket mycket kunde skrivas! Det är en väldigt intressant företeelse; en som man ju för övrigt kan se paralleller med i vattnets roll inom, exempelvis men inte bara!, hinduismen. --- och den lätt rostiga behållaren med slitna bokstäver.
I am curious about the rusty tap ( i love that it is rusty and the letters are barely legible) containing holy water actually -- was it you think used for ablution before entering the church, or as a source of drinking water or merely gathered in your fingers and sprinked over your head as a benediction? perhaps all three.. and what was the source of the water?
SvaraRaderaNot, I think, for ablution nor as benediction the way you describe. ---I really don't know, mind you; merely guessing. But the reason I'm putting my money on something else, is that there were small (... containers aren't really the most fitting word, although they were that... can't think of an alternative so I'll go with that) containers on both sides just inside the entrance of the church. The holy water in these containers were used in the ways you describe. Wouldn't think they'd use holy water simply for drinking either.
SvaraRaderaWhat I'd guess it's used for, is for (re)filling bottles or some such that you'd bring with you. Possibly giving your hands a good rinse as well, as the water in the other containers were still; not running. So wouldn't be good for that purpose. I don't know; to take water to bring with you just was the first thing I thought of.
No obvious source of water as far as I can recall. I imagined one of the women who took care of the church would fill it early morning with a hose. :) Whereafter the priest would come and bless it. But I, really, have no idea.