The Catholic Church, Out of Good Ideas, Sprayed a Louisiana City with Holy Water

[underpants]

In the Catholic Church’s latest frivolous waste of money, a Louisiana priest got a pilot to fly up and spray 100 gallons of holy water over the city of Cow Island as a way to bless the people.

It was so successful, says Rev. Matthew Barzare of St. Anne Church, that he wants to make it an annual tradition. Maybe next year they can spray 300 gallons! (Who knows how he calculated the success rate.)

“Most parishes have a central location, but my area that I have to cover is a good 30 minutes to the next church, and so by plane, we realized, it might be the easiest way to sprinkle people’s fields, rather than me going in a car to different locations,” he said.

Some churches help the homeless over the holidays. Others are donating money to clear medical debt. This guy’s sprinkling some water on the ground from the air — with all the costs associated with that — and pretending he’s making a difference.

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/12/24/the-catholic-church-out-of-good-ideas-sprayed-a-louisiana-city-with-holy-water/

[Leith]

1. How is this different from spreading magic fairy dust?

I agree with The Friendly Atheist - the priest is just pretending that he's doing good.

[catrose]

2. If it were Texas during the summer drought, maybe a good thing

but in the winter I imagine the fields are lying fallow

[pnwmom]

3. Not "the Catholic Church." One individual Priest. nt

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. "success rate" -- seen any vampires roaming the city?

100% success: Dracula and friends have not been reported in the area.

[dalton99a]

5. He could have blessed the clouds from the ground and made them holy