A JetBlue passenger from Florida went viral after blessing her flights with holy water and oil prior to takeoff.
On February 15, as she boarded a flight to Punta Cana, she dipped her fingers into a bottle of holy water, drawing the sign of the cross on the aircraft’s exterior near the door, and praying, “In Jesus’ name we pray…Amen!” Gospel music plays in the background of the video, which has been viewed over 6 million times.
She then repeats the ritual on her return flight to Orlando on February 20. In a follow-up, she explained that she receives the blessed oil from her church, where her stepfather serves as a pastor. “He prays over the oil and passes it out to the congregation.” She says she keeps bottles of the oil at home and in her purse. She was scared to fly after recent airline incidents, and said “God kept us safe. God kept us covered, and the devil is a liar.”
@desireesalter In Jesus name we pray… AMEN!! #JetBlue #airlines #flights #noweapon #thedevilisaliar #pastorkid #church #Prayer #churchtiktok #PuntaCana #blessed #covered ♬ original sound – Dontay Pitt
Sometimes airline employees take a similar approach, by the way. Pakistan International Airlines is perhaps best known for sacrificing a goat as part of its maintenance procedures (as well as flying with more passengers than seats (and making customers stand for 1700 miles). But then more than 30% of the airline’s pilots were found to have fake licenses.
One thing I’ll never understand is why True Believers are so afraid of dying. Isn’t the whole point to get the Earth part over and ascend to heaven to be with God for eternity? Why resist or delay that process?
Given that driving on the roads is massively more risky that flying what does she do when she drives? Has an exorcism performed?
Aer Lingus (EI) has a blessing of its fleet every year. A priest is escorted onto the tarmac, says a prayer over the assembled aircraft for safe travels and then sprinkles holy water on each. It’s a long-standing tradition going back to its early days. And judging by their safety record, it works!
So her God will spare her life because she sprinkled some holy water but will let two planes collide and kill a bunch of innocent people. Ok, got it.
Good for her. I say do whatever helps you get by. I hope there is a Jesus and that he smiled. I don’t want people to judge me and I only want the best for others.
And the plane didn’t catch on fire? The Exorcist lied about holy water burning evil things, I guess, because there’s very little as evil as a B6 plane.
Holy water is effective when riding a Greyhound bus or when flying on American Airlines. Holy water brings forth miraculous passenger cures attributed to Jetbridge Jesus. Read more in Gary’s previous article. https://viewfromthewing.com/outrage-as-airline-ceo-demands-tough-penalties-for-miracle-flight-scammers-passengers-fake-disabilities-for-airport-perks/
There are probably a few airlines out there where sprinkling holy water would make their planes burst into flame. Exactly which airlines would be an interesting exercise for the reader.
LAX Tom, I am a “true believer” and I’m absolutely confident that I’ll go to Heaven with my Lord and Savior and have eternal life more wonderful than I can possibly imagine here on earth. In the meantime, two points: I’ve got work to do, which is to shine Jesus’ light into the dark places in this world. I do a lousy job of it, but a much better job than I used to. The second point is that I’m not at all afraid of dying, but I am terrified of the pain that will inevitably come between now and my last breath. One way or another, my body will be broken and battered. That’s usually painful. I’m not trying to be clever, just trying to answer your question.
@LAX Tom @J.J. — I’m with you both, 100%.
@Joseph — Ah, an idealist. Peace be with you, brother.
@Denver Refugee — I believe you are referring to United. ‘Facts.’
God bless all these airline executives with their multi million dollar parachutes who care deeply about our safety,well being and the 100% of the passenger experience/satisfaction.
Now that they are blessed we are all safe and delighted flying.
Say Hallelujah
As an atheist, I’m always fascinated by people sporting “Coexist” or “Love Trumps Hate” bumper stickers, and who will stand up to demand respect of non-Christian religions (i.e., Islam), but who (with no apparent self-awareness of the irony) jump at the first chance to dump on conservative Christians.
@Thing 1 — Nah, you’re wrong.
I’m no fan of ‘as an (member of x group)’ comments, because you may be an outlier, even as a member of whatever group you claim to represent.
I say ‘dump’ on whomever you want, especially if it’s conservative Christians in the US, specifically because for the most part the leaders within that group tend to demagogue and abuse their power against vulnerable groups so often, which is in stark contrast to their leader’s actual message of love, compassion, and helping the less fortunate. Some of the least Christ-like people I know are the most vocal about their ‘faith.’
You (and they) really missed the mark here. Nice try, though.
@Machta. If you only fear the pain in transition at the end of your earthly life, I’d recommend flying. Death from plane crashes are usually quick.
There does exist hypocrisy among the believers. If I said to my religious friend how happy I was that his wife had died a quick and painless death early in her life, allowing her sooner access to her savior, I’d lose that friend.
Nice spontaneous video recorded on the spur of the moment by a total stranger.
“Allah Huakbr”…oh wait “wrong” religion…never mind…hahaha! I would like to see the scene if that happened.
On a more serious note, I actually don’t have a problem if someone does did what she did in front of me. It didn’t seem to take too much time or inconvenience others.
@Jacobin777 — Niiice! Since you warmed ’em up, I’ll do my tight-five:
So, why they always shoutin’ about Ackbar? “Who’s Ackbar!!” And folks all upset over hummus? But, it’s delicious! Try it with some pita bread. Yum!
@1990….hummus+pita breat….mmmm…I like hummus+pita bread!
Yes, who’s “Ackbar”…LOL!
@Jacobin777 — Finally, someone gets it! Also, I thought Admiral Ackbar was the guy from Star Wars. You know, the ‘It’s a trap!!’ fellow. I believe he was of Mon Calamari decent.
@ 1990
Yes, The Admiral was a military commander in the Rebel Alliance.
@1990. You missed my point. Dump on people if you want but then don’t go around saying “respect other’s opinions” or “Love Trumps Hate” or get mad when people dump on Muslims (or any other group that you favor), or dump on you.
I’m not so much anti-dumping. I’m anti-hypocrisy.