| Prayers for Protection and Peace | |||
| Notes | |||
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The following material may be used where it would be pastorally helpful to pray with those suffering from a sense of disturbance or unrest. | ||
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These pastoral prayers may be used by any minister as appropriate. The ministry of exorcism and deliverance may only be exercised by priests authorized by the bishop, who normally requires that permission be obtained from him for each specific exercise of such a ministry. | ||
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On occasions when exorcism and deliverance are administered, it is for the bishop to determine the nature of the rite and what form of words should be used. | ||
| Prayers for Protection and Peace | |||
| For a person or persons | |||
| May the Lord hear you in the day
of trouble, the name of the God of Jacob defend you; |
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| Send you help from his
sanctuary and strengthen you out of Zion; |
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| Remember all your
offerings and accept your burnt sacrifice; |
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| Grant you your heart's
desire and fulfil all your mind. Psalm 20.1-4 |
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| Amen. | |||
| Our Lord Jesus Christ, present with us now in his risen power, enter into your body and spirit, take from you all that harms and hinders you, and fill you with his healing and his peace. |
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| Amen. | |||
| Christ be with you: Christ
within you; Christ before you: Christ behind you; Christ on your right: Christ on your left; Christ above you: Christ beneath you; Christ around you: now and ever. |
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| Bind unto yourself the
name, the strong name of the Trinity; by invocation of the same, the Three in One and One in Three. Of whom all nature hath creation, Eternal Father, Spirit, Word: praise the Lord of your salvation, salvation is of Christ the Lord. |
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| Amen. | |||
| Almighty God, heavenly
Father, breathe your Holy Spirit into the heart of this your servant N and inspire him/her with love for goodness and truth. May he/she, fearing only you, have no other fear; knowing your compassion, be ever mindful of your love; and serving you faithfully unto death, live eternally with you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| Amen. | |||
| For a place | |||
| Visit, Lord, we pray, this
place and drive far from it all the snares of the enemy. Let your holy angels dwell here to keep us in peace, and may your blessing be upon it evermore; through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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| Amen. | |||
| Christaraksha - an Indian Prayer | |||
| This prayer may be used in any of the following forms | |||
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For a person before sleep | ||
| May the cross of the Son of
God, which is mightier than all the hosts of Satan and more glorious than all the hosts of heaven, abide with you in your going out and in your coming in. By day and by night, at morning and at evening, at all times and in all places may it protect and defend you. From the wrath of evildoers, from the assaults of evil spirits, from foes visible and invisible, from the snares of the devil, from all passions that beguile the soul and body: may it guard, protect and deliver you. |
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| Amen. | |||
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As a blessing | ||
| May the risen and ascended
Christ, mightier than the hordes of hell, more glorious than the heavenly hosts, be with you in all your ways. |
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| Amen. | |||
| May the cross of the Son of
God protect you by day and by night, at morning and at evening, at all times and in all places. |
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| Amen. | |||
| May Christ Jesus guard and
deliver you from the snares of the devil, from the assaults of evil spirits, from the wrath of the wicked, from all base passions and from the fear of the known and unknown. |
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| Amen. | |||
| And the blessing of God
almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be upon you and remain with you always. |
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| Amen. | |||
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For individuals to say before sleep | ||
| May the cross of the Son of
God, which is mightier than all the hosts of Satan, and more glorious than all the hosts of heaven, abide with me in my going out and my coming in. By day and by night, at morning and at evening, at all times and in all places may it protect and defend me. From the wrath of evildoers, from the assaults of evil spirits, from foes visible and invisible, from the snares of the devil, from all passions that beguile the soul and body: may it guard, protect and deliver me. Amen. |
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| Psalm responsories | |||
| Based on Psalm 91 | |||
| Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High, | |||
| and abides under the shadow of the Almighty, | |||
| Shall say to the Lord, 'My refuge and my stronghold, | |||
| my God, in whom I put my trust.' | |||
| For he shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler | |||
| and from the deadly pestilence. | |||
| He shall cover you with his
wings and you shall be safe under his feathers; |
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| his faithfulness shall be my shield and buckler. | |||
| You shall not be afraid of any terror by night, | |||
| nor of the arrow that flies by day; | |||
| Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, | |||
| nor of the sickness that destroys at noonday. | |||
| Because you have made the Lord your refuge | |||
| and the Most High my stronghold, | |||
| There shall no evil happen to you, | |||
| neither shall any plague come near my tent. | |||
| For he shall give his angels charge over you, | |||
| to keep me in all my ways. | |||
| Based on Psalm 121 | |||
| We lift up our eyes to the hills; | |||
| from where is our help to come? | |||
| Our help comes from the Lord, | |||
| the maker of heaven and earth. | |||
| He will not suffer your foot to stumble; | |||
| he who watches over you will not sleep. | |||
| Behold, he who keeps watch over Israel | |||
| shall neither slumber nor sleep. | |||
| The Lord himself watches over you; | |||
| the Lord is your shade at your right hand, | |||
| So that the sun shall not strike you by day, | |||
| neither the moon by night. | |||
| The Lord shall keep you from all evil; | |||
| it is he who shall keep your soul. | |||
| The Lord shall keep watch over
your going out and your coming in, |
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| from this time forth for evermore. | |||