Cleansing Prayers

All,

This is an important post because not everything is for our senses. Not everything we see, hear, smell are for us to receive. I am sharing a key prayer I use as often as I can. I am heavily in my community and talk to many so I feel the need to utilize this prayer at least twice a week.

Cleansing the Faculties and Senses

The laity can say this prayer over themselves or their spouses or children (who are still minors), thus invoking their natural law authority.

Lord Jesus, I ask you to pour out over me (him/her) your precious blood.  May it pour out over my (his/her) mind, washing away all evil and darkness from my thoughts, memories, dreams, imagination, and all faculties of the mind.  May your precious blood cleanse all my senses, washing away all evil.

With the thumb, the individual traces the sign of the Cross on his/her own following parts of the body, preferably using blessed oil or holy water.  The laity may also pray this prayer over their spouses or children (who are still minors), invoking their natural law authority over them.

Signing the brow: I sign the brow + that I (you) may accept the Cross of the Lord.

Signing each ear:  I sign the ears + that I (you) may hearken to the divine precepts.

Signing each eye:  I sign the eyes + that I (you) may see the grandeur of God.

Signing each nostril:  I sign the nostrils + that I (you) may perceive the sweet fragrance of Christ.

Signing the mouth: I sign the mouth + that I (you) may utter the words of life.

Signing of the chest:  I sign the chest + that I (you) may believe in God.

Signing each shoulder: I sign the shoulders + that I (you) may take up the yoke of His service.

Then trace the sign of the Cross before the entire body, without touching it, saying:

I sign my (your) entire being in the name of the Father +, and of the Son+, and of the Holy + Spirit, that I (you) may have life everlasting and may live forever and ever.

R. Amen

Lord drive away from Your servant (handmaid) all the work of the Devil.  Breathe into me (him/her) Your spirit of peace, so that being protected by Your Spirit, I (he/she) may grow in faith, hope and charity.  Protect and cleanse our souls.  For You are the all-powerful Lord, and we glorify You with Your Son, and Your most holy life-giving Spirit now and forever.

(adapted from Cabading, pp. 47-48,54)

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Please see the general brief prayer.

🌸 With Childlike Faith,

Connie Hill

Founder, God’s Toddler

APA 7th Edition Reference:

Catholic Exorcism Ministry. (n.d.). Cleansing the faculties and senses. https://www.catholicexorcism.org/laity-prayers/cleansing-the-faculties-and-senses