Deliverance & Spiritual Protection

Longer Form of the Binding Prayer

The expanded form of the binding prayer, prayed when a longer and more deliberate act is called for.

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In the name of Jesus Christ, and by the power of His Cross and His Blood, I ask You, Lord, to bind all evil spirits, forces and powers of the earth, the air, the fire and the water; of the netherworld and of the nature spirits. I ask You to bind their influence over me, my family, my home, my work and all that You have given into my care. I ask You to bind their interference, their retaliation and their communication with one another. I ask You, Lord, to break every curse, every spell, every hex, every occult bond, and every claim the enemy asserts over us, whether from my own sin, the sin of my ancestors, or the malice of others. Seal us in Your Precious Blood, fill every place emptied of evil with Your Holy Spirit, and send Your holy angels to stand guard. Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Angels, cover us with your mantle. St. Michael, defend us in battle. Amen.

Fr. Chad Ripperger, Deliverance Prayers: For Use by the Laity

About the prayer

Its distinctive feature is the closing petition: after asking that evil be bound and broken, it asks that the emptied place be filled with the Holy Spirit — a direct application of the Lord's warning in Luke 11:24-26 about the house left swept and empty. Spiritual writers from the desert fathers onward insist that deliverance is incomplete unless it is followed by the positive occupation of the soul by grace.

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