THE ORDER OF BLESSING WATER.
On Sundays, and whenever need arises, the salt and clean water being prepared, in the Church or in the Sacristy, the Priest, vested in surplice and violet stole, first says:
OUR help is in the name of the Lord.
R. Who hath made heaven and earth.
THE EXORCISM OF THE SALT.
I EXORCISE thee, O creature of salt, by the living God, ✠ by the true God, ✠ by the holy God, ✠ by the God who commanded thee to be cast into the water by Eliseus the Prophet, that the barrenness of the same might be healed; that thou become salt for the preservation of them that believe, and be to all who take thee salvation of soul and body; and from the place wherein thou shalt be sprinkled let every delusion and wickedness of the devil, and all unclean spirits, fly and depart when adjured by Him who shall come to judge the living and the dead, and the world by fire.
R. Amen.
Let us pray.
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