Blessing of Oil - English

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

R: Who made heaven and earth.

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Exorcism

Thou creature of oil, I purge thee of evil, through God + the Father almighty Who made heaven and earth, the sea and all contained therein!  Let the adversary’s power, the devil’s legions, and all Satan’s attacks and phantoms be dispelled and driven afar from this oil.  May it be to all who use it strength for body and soul, in the name of God, + the Father almighty, and of the Son, + our Lord, Jesus Christ, and of the Holy + Spirit, the Paraclete, and in the love of the selfsame Christ Jesus, our Lord, Who shall come to judge the living and the dead, and the world by fire.

All: Amen.

V: O Lord, hear my prayer.

R: And let my cry come unto thee.

V: The Lord be with you.

R: And with thy spirit.

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Let us pray.

Lord God Almighty! Before thee angelic hosts stand in awe, and we acknowledge their heavenly service!  Deign to regard, to bless + and sanctify + this creature of oil which thou hast brought forth from the sap of olives.  Thou hast ordained it for anointing the sick, that being restored to health they may give thanks to thee, the living and true God.  Grant we beseech thee, that they who will use this oil which we bless + in thy name may be delivered from every suffering, every illness, and all snares of the enemy, and that all adversity may be averted from thy creatures.  For they were redeemed by the Precious Blood of thy Son, to suffer no more the sting of the ancient serpent. Through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, eternally.

R. Amen.

It is sprinkled with holy water

(Weller, Vol. III, p. 81)