P: Our help is in the name of the Lord.

All: Who made heaven and earth.

Exorcism of the water:

God's creature, water, I cast out the demon from you in the name of God the Father

almighty, in the name of Jesus Christ, His Son, our Lord, and in the power of the

Holy Spirit. May you be a purified water, empowered to drive afar all power of the

enemy, in fact, to root out and banish the enemy himself, along with his fallen

angels. We ask this through the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is coming to

judge both the living and the dead and the world by fire.

All: Amen.

Let us pray.

O God, who for man's welfare established the most wonderful mysteries in the

substance of water, hearken to our prayer, and pour forth your blessing on this

element now being prepared with various purifying rites. May this creature of yours,

when used in your mysteries and endowed with your grace, serve to cast out demons

and to banish disease. May everything that this water sprinkles in the homes and

gatherings of the faithful be delivered from all that is unclean and hurtful; let no

breath of contagion hover there, no taint of corruption; let all the wiles of the lurking

enemy come to nothing. By the sprinkling of this water may everything opposed to

the safety and peace of the occupants of these homes be banished, so that in calling

on your holy name they may know the well-being they desire, and be protected from

every peril; through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

Now the priest pours the salt into the water in the form of a cross, saying:

May this salt and water be mixed together; in the name of the Father, and of the Son,

and of the Holy Spirit.

All: Amen.

P: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

Let us pray.

God, source of irresistible might and king of an invincible realm, the ever-glorious

conqueror; who restrain the force of the adversary, silencing the uproar of his rage,

and valiantly subduing his wickedness; in awe and humility we beg you, Lord, to

regard with favor this creature thing of salt and water, to let the light of your

kindness shine upon it, and to hallow it with the dew of your mercy; so that wherever

it is sprinkled and your holy name is invoked, every assault of the unclean spirit may

be baffled, and all dread of the serpent's venom be cast out. To us who entreat your

mercy grant that the Holy Spirit may be with us wherever we may be; through Christ

our Lord.

All: Amen.