5 Prayers Recommended by an Exorcist to Combat Evil
by HHAmbrose
Father Gabriele Amorth claims to have performed over 70,000 exorcisms from 1986 to 2010. The good priest serves as an exorcist for the Diocese of Rome and is the founder and honorary president of the International Association of Exorcists. He has written two books: An Exorcist Tells His Story & An Exorcist: More Stories. And yes, his favorite movie is The Exorcist.
In his book An Exorcist Tells His Story,
Fr. Amorth lists the following prayers to help combat evil; however,
Fr. Amorth and many other priests have stressed that the number one
protection from evil is the Sacrament of Confession and the Sacrament of
the Holy Eucharist. Often times people want esoteric rituals to deliver
them from evil, when in reality what they need is to become right with
God.2
Along with regular Confession and reception of the Holy Eucharist,
these prayers should be coupled with Our Lord’s Prayer and the Prayer to
St. Michael the Archangel.
Prayers of Deliverance
1. Prayer Against Malefice from the Greek Ritual
Kyrie eleison. God, our Lord,
King of ages, All-powerful and All-mighty, You Who made everything and
Who transform everything simply by Your will. You Who in Babylon changed
into dew the flames of the ‘seven-times hotter’ furnace and protected
and saved the three holy children. You are the doctor and the physician
of our soul. You are the salvation of those who turn to You. We beseech
You to make powerless, banish, and drive out every diabolic power,
presence, and machination; every evil influence, malefice, or evil eye
and all evil actions aimed against Your servant [name of person/s].
Where there is envy and malice, give us an abundance of goodness,
endurance, victory, and charity. O Lord, You Who love man, we beg You to
reach out Your powerful hands and Your most high and mighty arms and
send the angel of peace over us, to protect us, body and soul. May he
keep at bay and vanquish every evil power, every poison or malice
invoked against us by corrupt and envious people. Then, under the
protection of Your authority may we sing, in gratitude, ‘The Lord is my
salvation; whom should I fear? I will not fear evil because You are with
me, my God, my strength, my powerful Lord, Lord of peace, Father of all
ages.”
Yes, Lord our God, be merciful to us,
Your image, and save your servant [name of person/s] from every threat
or harm from the evil one, and protect him/her by raising him/her above
all evil. We ask You this through the intercession of our Most Blessed,
glorious Lady, Mary ever Virgin, Mother of God, of the most splendid
archangels and all Your saints. Amen!
2. Anima Christi
Soul of Christ, sanctify me; Body of
Christ, save me; Blood of Christ, inebriate me; Water from the side of
Christ, wash me; Passion of Christ, strengthen me; O good Jesus, hear
me; within Thy wounds, hide me; let me never be separated from Thee;
from the evil one, deliver me; at the hour of my death, call me and bid
me come to Thee, that with Thy saints, I may praise Thee forever and
ever. Amen.
Spirit of our God, Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit, Most Holy Trinity, Immaculate Virgin Mary, angels, archangels,
and saints of heaven, descend upon me. Please purify me, Lord, mold me,
fill me with yourself, use me.
Banish all the forces of evil from me, destroy them, vanish them, so that I can be healthy and do good deeds.
Banish from me all spells, witchcraft,
black magic, malefice, ties, maledictions, and the evil eye; diabolic
infestations, oppressions, possessions; all that is evil and sinful,
jealously, perfidy, envy; physical, psychological, moral, spiritual,
diabolical aliments.
Burn all these evils in hell, that they may never again touch me or any other creature in the entire world.
I command and bid all the power who
molest me – by the power of God all powerful, in the name of Jesus
Christ our Savior, through the intercession of the Immaculate Virgin
Mary – to leave me forever, and to be consigned into the everlasting
hell, where they will be bound by Saint Michael the archangel, Saint
Gabriel, Saint Raphael, our guardian angels, and where they will be
crushed under the heel of the Immaculate Virgin Mary. Amen.
4. Prayer for Inner Healing
Lord Jesus, You came to heal our wounded
and troubled hearts. I beg You to heal the torments that cause anxiety
in my heart; I beg You, in a particular way, to heal all who are the
cause of sin. I beg You to come into my life and heal me of the
psychological harms that struck me in my early years and from the
injuries that they caused through my life.
Lord Jesus, You know my burdens. I lay
them all on Your Good Shepherd’s Heart. I beseech You – by the merits of
the great, open wound in Your heart-to heal the small wounds that are
in mine. Heal the pain of my memories, so that nothing that has happened
to me will cause me to remain in pain and anguish, filled with anxiety.
Heal, O Lord, all those wounds that have
been the cause of all the evil that is rooted in my life. I want to
forgive all those who have offended me. Look to those inner sores that
make me unable to forgive. You Who came to forgive the afflicted of
heart, please, heal my own heart.
Heal, my Lord Jesus, those intimate
wounds that cause me physical illness. I offer You my heart. Accept it,
Lord, purify it and give me the sentiments of Your Divine Heart. Help me
to be meek and humble.
Heal me, O Lord, from the pain caused by
the death of my loved ones, which is oppressing me. Grant me to regain
peace and joy in the knowledge that You are the Resurrection and the
Life. Make me an authentic witness to Your Resurrection, Your victory
over sin and death, Your living presence among us. Amen.
5. Prayer for Deliverance
My Lord, you are all powerful, you are
God, you are Father. We beg you through the intercession and help of the
archangels Michael, Raphael and Gabriel, for the deliverance of our
brothers and sisters who are enslaved by the evil one. All saints of
Heaven, come to our aid.
From anxiety, sadness and obsessions, we beg You. Free us, O Lord.
From hatred, fornication, envy, we beg You, Free us, O Lord.
From thoughts of jealousy, rage, and death, we beg You, Free us, O Lord.
From every thought of suicide and abortion, we beg You, Free us, O Lord.
From every form of sinful sexuality, we beg You, Free us, O Lord.
From every division in our family, and every harmful friendship, we beg You, Free us, O Lord.
From every sort of spell, malefic, witchcraft, and every form of the occult, we beg You,
Free us, O Lord.
From hatred, fornication, envy, we beg You, Free us, O Lord.
From thoughts of jealousy, rage, and death, we beg You, Free us, O Lord.
From every thought of suicide and abortion, we beg You, Free us, O Lord.
From every form of sinful sexuality, we beg You, Free us, O Lord.
From every division in our family, and every harmful friendship, we beg You, Free us, O Lord.
From every sort of spell, malefic, witchcraft, and every form of the occult, we beg You,
Free us, O Lord.
Lord, You Who said, “I leave you peace,
My peace I give you,” grant that, through the intercession of the Virgin
Mary, we may be liberated from every evil spell and enjoy your peace
always. In the name of Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Please remember the best defense against evil is a well-ordered and holy soul. Regular confession and reception of the Holy Eucharist is a person’s greatest refuge. Also remember these prayers for deliverance should be coupled with Our Lord’s Prayer and the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel.