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When I converted, dh bought me a sacred heart holy water stoop, made of plaster I think. It lost a lot of water through evaporation, and dh thought it was making the wall it hung on damp - so when I saw some glass ones at a good price, I bought a replacement. Now I don't know what to do with the plaster one - I thought of using it above my kitchen sink to hold my hand soap - but then I wondered if that would scandalise people or not? It was never blessed, but it is an image of Jesus and while I mean it nicely, to still enjoy it and thik about Jesus, that might seem a bit odd. The soap/holy water, goes in a sort of bowl at Jesus' feet, not as part of His body, or anything. So...what do you think?
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hmmm I don't have any idea.. so I went and looked up up sacrilege
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Sacred objects are desecrated by sacrilege whenever something sacred is used for an unworthy purpose. This includes the Mass and the sacraments, along with sacramentals; sacred vessels and church furnishings; and ecclesiastical property. Desecration in each of these areas includes the deliberate invalid reception of the sacraments, simulation of Mass, grave irreverence to the Eucharist; gravely profane use of sacred vessels or vestments; and the unlawful seizure of sacred things or ecclesiastical property.
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the holy water font isn't the sacramental, and I know the chalise and plates (what are those called?) for the Eucharist are sacred vessels.. but where a holy water font falls, I don't know.. I would not think so.. but would probably err on the side of caution and not do so.
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You could always use it as a small receptacle for small flowers, like the ones that tend to grow in one's yard, pansies, etc--placed at the feet of Our Lord?
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Or, wouldn't it be lovely next to a child's bed as a Rosary holder?
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Jennifer, either you have a great deal calmer children than I have or you have some magical way of attaching it to the wall so that you wouldn't be worried constantly about it being knocked off the wall  
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Topic: Do you think this is sacriligious?
