Jorge Bergoglio ain't Pope and Vatican II was a grave error

 I remember when I was stuck in Lost Angeles watching the Monsignor bless water before a baptism.  It was a ritual he also did every year so that the faithful could have holy water for their homes or personal use.

I didn't realize how lucky I was to have a faithful priest doing the blessing.

Consequently, most Catholic churches for the past fifty years have welcomed the faithful with the ecclesiastical equivalent of birdbaths. You dip your hand into dihydrogen monoxide with germs. And while there’s nothing wrong with playing in water, as children are wont to do, it doesn’t carry any of the demon-dispelling, passion-quelling, venial-sin-remitting power that the Church attributes to the potent sacramental of holy water. No wonder people raised on such ersatz came up with ideas like putting sand in the stoops for Lent, or leaving them empty during Coronatide.

The more I examine the Second Vatican Council, the more I am convinced that it was not the Holy Spirit who drove that council, but the prince of this world.  Because by every measure, Vatican II has done nothing but damage the Church in every single way possible.  Such as changing the prayers so that instead of blessing water, thus making it holy, they instead bless the people using the water.  If you're not actually blessing the water, it ain't holy water.  So why the change?  

I dunno, who would benefit if priests stopped actually blessing water?  Who in this world would gain the most if there were no holy water to be had?  Huh.

Vatican II was evil.  By it's works you shall know it.