Question Regarding Blessed Salt

Started by drummerboy, January 28, 2025, 04:55:22 PM

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drummerboy

So I've heard of the custom of adding blessed (exorcised) salt to food, to bless and drive away any evil from it and keep us from harm, etc.  However, I've also heard this could be inappropriate, since leftovers might be disposed in the waste, and now blessed food is being sacrilegiously treated.  Wouldn't adding the salt to food change the substance of the matter to the point its not longer blessed?  Such as breaking up a consecrated Host in water, or a rosary into small pieces, for disposal?
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Michael Wilson

I have also heard that this was a frequent practice for blessed salt; so if you are adding it to the food on your plate and you eat what's on your plate, it should take care of any problems.
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