Consecrating oil?

[annamaureen]

When you use oil for blessings, is there a special kind you have to get, like from the church? Or can you just use pure olive oil from the grocery store and consecrate it at home?

[Saguaro]

You can use the same virgin olive oil from the grocery store that you cook with.

[pam]

Agree with Saguaro.

[Vort]

Doesn't even have to be virgin olive oil. (Biting my lip to keep from making further comments about the virgin olives that were sacrificed...oh, darn.)

[Wingnut]

Echoing Vort's comment, has anyone else ever wondered why there is virgin olive oil and also extra virgin olive oil? How much more virgin can it get?

[Saguaro]

Doesn't even have to be virgin olive oil. (Biting my lip to keep from making further comments about the virgin olives that were sacrificed...oh, darn.)

You're right, there's no stipulation that it has to be virgin, but, in the Family Guidebook under ordinances it states "One man (or more) who holds the Melchizedek Priesthood consecrates pure olive oil for its holy purpose of anointing the sick or afflicted"

So it should be pure, the definition of virgin as relating to olive oil is "Virgin means the oil was produced by the use of physical means and no chemical treatment." So in my mind virgin olive oil should be pure as it has no chemical treatment.

[annamaureen]

Okay, thanks!

[pam]

Echoing Vort's comment, has anyone else ever wondered why there is virgin olive oil and also extra virgin olive oil? How much more virgin can it get?

Did you really want an answer to that because there is one.

[Prodigal_Son]

Posting from Jerusalem:

EXTRA VIRGIN: The olives are placed in a burlap-type bag and placed under the millstone. They are crushed (as raw olives are very hard). The oil that oozes from them is the Extra Virgin Oil. This comes out with a red tint (think Atonement symbolism), and is the sweetest and purest.

VIRGIN: After the Extra Virgin oil, the olives are placed into wicker baskets stacked 4 or 5 high and then manually/physically pressed. The oil from this first pressing is the Virgin oil.

Hope that helps add some background and improve your appreciation for God's constant use of symbols and types.

[Zelph]

If Pure Olive Oil is supposed to be used many of those using Consecrated Olive Oil are doing it wrong.

Many of the brands in stores are blends. Rapeseed/Canola oil, Sunflower oil and others are used to blend and still labeled Extra Virgin or Virgin Olive Oil. Check carefully that you are using actual 100% Olive Oil. California Olive Ranch is one of the pure oils, not a blend. If you do some searching online you can find the California Olive Oil Council webpage which will give more information on the subject. Yes, it is California Oil specific but the information is good and will help in choosing Pure oil for your use - consecration or cooking.

Pure Olive Oil is also much better for cooking, salads, dipping bread and the like. Some excellent flavor in various oils, depending on where they are grown. One sure sign you are not using the higher quality pure oil is that it comes in a clear bottle or container - Olive Oil degrades in light which is why it is usually put into dark bottles. And no, no refrigeration needed.

For some who will say it does not matter. If it does not, why is pure oil specified?

[Guest]

22 hours ago, Zelph said:

If Pure Olive Oil is supposed to be used many of those using Consecrated Olive Oil are doing it wrong.

Many of the brands in stores are blends. Rapeseed/Canola oil, Sunflower oil and others are used to blend and still labeled Extra Virgin or Virgin Olive Oil. Check carefully that you are using actual 100% Olive Oil. California Olive Ranch is one of the pure oils, not a blend. If you do some searching online you can find the California Olive Oil Council webpage which will give more information on the subject. Yes, it is California Oil specific but the information is good and will help in choosing Pure oil for your use - consecration or cooking.

Pure Olive Oil is also much better for cooking, salads, dipping bread and the like. Some excellent flavor in various oils, depending on where they are grown. One sure sign you are not using the higher quality pure oil is that it comes in a clear bottle or container - Olive Oil degrades in light which is why it is usually put into dark bottles. And no, no refrigeration needed.

For some who will say it does not matter. If it does not, why is pure oil specified?

1) Straining at the gnat and swallowing the camel.
2) No they aren't.  Test after test has been done and over 98% of oils were perfectly fine.  You've grabbed hold of an urban myth that has been propagated by people who want to charge an arm and a leg for something they themselves only paid pennies for.