I got some great spiritual use out of a holy water bottle, even if it didn’t have holy water in it.
A group of goth kids had fallen under the sway of an older teen with aspersions of being a Satanist and a sort-of vampire wannabee. And he kept goading them to do bad things to themselves and others, which I found to be annoying and distasteful.
At one point, I decided to put a kink in his hose, so I showed his followers the small plastic bottle labeled “Holy Water” and gave a background that it had been blessed by a strong young Priest, and how it was good at dispelling evil.
Well, the blowhard took this as a challenge, so said that the evil of his Satanic lord was stronger than holy water, and yada yada. Basically inviting me to splash him with it.
So I did.
He even acted like it hurt for a second or two before boldly showing his followers that he was undamaged, and laughing.
And then the capsicum oil kicked in.
As an old country fellow once observed, “It smorts!”
Well, after about 10 seconds of agony, he ran off into the nigh, screaming, leaving his followers wondering what the heck they just saw.
Hopefully they might have learned a lesson about good v. evil. For his part, I bet he got a *devilish* rash.
Great story!