CLEANSE YOUR HOME NOW!

Please read this article carefully and consider cleansing your home with holy water, Blessed Salt and other Sacramentals

Experts urge use of BLESSED SALT, HOLY WATER and otherSACRAMENTALS in 'cleansing' of homes

Father Gabriele Amorth is the official exorcist for the city of Rome. In Father Gabriele Amorth's book, among other items of great interest, is Father Amorth's strong suggestion that we bless our homes. This will protect those who reside in it from sickness, ill fortune, and harassment by evil spirits, who Father Amorth believes are especially rampant in our time.

Such spirits can enter through unholy books, through objects linked to the occult, through sin that has been practiced in a home, and as a simple matter of course. Life on earth is a constant obstacle course, and when we brush against a negative influence, it can cause what's called an "infestation": the attachment to a person, place, or thing of negative energy. Use of the sacramentals along with ardent prayer can dispel it.

"In addition to holy water, some use incense or exorcized salt," writes Father Amorth

"In the absence of guidelines, we have total freedom in dealing with infestations. I want to reiterate that, while I will only mention my own personal experiences, the phenomenon of infestation does not require an exorcist. For instance, I found that a Mass, which any priest can celebrate, is very effective in these situations, and so are prayers recited on the infested location by a group of the faithful."

Father Amorth lists a number of ways that especially strong spirits can manifest: if a home was used for fortunetelling or a seance, as a place of immoral sexual behavior (especially prostitution or homosexuality), or as the residence or meeting place of criminals, drug users, or those of a Masonic-like influence.

But many other actions can cause the attachment of unhealthy spirits. At times, they afflict vicinities in a way that has no ready explanation. It is a test of life, but we have the tools -- the weapons -- to blunt them. When a curse is mild, Father Amorth says that simply sprinkling an object with holy water will cleanse it. When the infestation is strong, an object should be burned or put in the trash headed for incineration (after it's sprinkled with holy water ). As Father Amorth (who has consulted Pope John Paul II on exorcism) points out, this is not, as many modernists would have us believe, a superstition. The use of anointed oil and other objects has its foundation in Scripture.

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As another expert, Father John Hampsch, pointed out that this is especially true of blessed salt. Father Hampsch, a psychologist and renowned Claretian priest, points out that as a Catholic sacramental, salt blessed by the liturgical prayer of a priest may be used by itself or mixed with holy water (reminiscent of Elisha's miracle). "In whichever form," he notes, "it is intended to be an instrument of grace to preserve one from the corruption of evil occurring as sin, sickness, and demonic influence. The blessing promised by God on food and water, as well as the prevention of miscarriages and agricultural catastrophes (Exodus 23:25-26), was extended by God through Elisha in Jericho (Kings 2:20-21), when he was inspired to put salt into the contaminated water. This first miracle of Elisha is the primary Scriptural basis for the sacramental use of blessed salttoday, as the Roman Ritual indicates. Hence sacramentals like blessed salt, holy water, medals, and so forth are not to be used superstitiously as having self-contained power, but as 'focus points' funneling one's faith toward Jesus. Thus used non-superstitiously, modest amounts of saltmay be sprinkled in one's bedroom, or across thresholds to prevent burglary, in cars for safety, and so on."

As for prayer, Father Amorth of Rome suggests this one:

"O Father, come and visit our home (shop, office, and so forth) and protect us from the lures of the enemy; may Your holy angels come to guard our peace and may your blessing remain with us forever. In Christ Our Lord, Amen.

"Lord Jesus Christ, Who said to Your apostles, 'In whatever home you enter, greet it, saying, 'Peace be in this home,' let this same peace, we pray, abide in this place. We beseech You to sanctify it by the merits of our trusting prayer!

"Pour Your blessings on it, and make it a place of peace. May salvation enter our abode as it entered the house of Zacchaeus, when You graced it with Your presence.

"Entrust Your angels to guard it and banish from it every evil power.

"Grant that all who live in it may please You with their good works, and so receive from You, when their time comes, the reward of Your heavenly home. We ask this through Christ, Our Lord, Amen."

Once we rid evil, we experience a new joy -- and the realization, says Father Amorth, "that whenever God allows evil to happen, it is always for a greater good."