Blessing of Holy Water - English
The priest, vested in surplice and purple stole, says:
P: Our help is in the name of the Lord.
All: Who made heaven and earth.
Creature of salt, I exorcise you by the living + God, by the true + God, by the holy + God, who through Eliseus the prophet commanded you to be cast into the water and to cure its unfruitfulness. Be made a salt purified for the health of those who believe. Be health of soul and body for all who receive you. May every apparition, wickedness, and cunning of the devil, every unclean spirit depart from wherever you are sprinkled, adjured by him who is to come to judge the living and the dead and the world by fire.
R. Amen
Let us pray,
Almighty everlasting God, humbly we implore your boundless kindness mercifully to bless + this creature of salt which you have given for mankind's use. May it be health of mind and body for all who use it. May whatever is touched or sprinkled with it be free of all uncleanness and every attack of spiritual evil. Through Christ our Lord.
R. Amen
He then exorcises and blesses the water, saying:
Creature of water, I exorcise you in the name of God + the Father almighty, and in the name of Jesus Christ, his Son, our Lord, and in the power of the Holy + Spirit, that you may be water purified to escape all the strength of the enemy and able to root out and displace the enemy himself with his apostate angels, through the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is to come to judge the living and the dead and the world by fire.
R. Amen
Let us pray,
O God, for man's salvation you have established the greatest mysteries in the substance of water, be favorable to our petitions and pour out the power of your blessing + upon this element prepared by many purifications. May this your creature, which serves your mysteries, receive the efficacy of divine grace to expel devils and banish disease. In the homes of the faithful and in all other places may anything sprinkled with this water be free from every uncleanness and safe from harm. Let no pestilent spirit or corrupting air dwell therein. May all the hidden snares of the enemy depart. By the sprinkling of this water may anything hostile to the safety and peace of those who dwell therein be banished. And may the well being sought by the invocation of your holy name be protected from all attack. Through Christ our Lord.
R. Amen
He now puts salt into the water in the form of a cross saying:
May this salt and water be mingled together in the name of the Father, and of the Son + and of the Holy Spirit.
V. The Lord be with you
R. And with your spirit.
Let us pray,
O God, author of unconquered strength and King of an unconquerable empire, forever the glorious conqueror, you restrain the power of the devil, overcome the cruelty of the roaring enemy, attack all hostile wickedness with power. Fearful and humble, we beg and beseech you, Lord, look upon this creature of salt and water with kindness, honor it and make it holy with the dew of your goodness. Where it is sprinkled, may every infection of the unclean spirit cease through the invocation of your holy name, may the terror of the poisonous serpent be driven out, and may the presence of the Holy Spirit be everywhere with us who ask your mercy. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever, and ever.
R. Amen
V. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
R. Who made Heaven and earth.
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with your spirit.
Let us pray,
O God, by whose word all things are made holy, pour forth your blessing upon + this creature (these creatures). Grant that whoever makes use of it (them) in accordance with your law and your will and with thanksgiving may receive, through the invocation of your holy name, health of body and protection of soul from your providence. Through Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.
(Parish Ritual, 265-268)