Msgr. Rossetti

Response: There are a number of common signs during deliverance prayers that the prayers are being effective. Some of the common signs include choking, coughing, vomiting, extreme lethargy, yawning and more. Of course, such signs could be normal reactions and one should not over-read it, unless other signs accompany them.

For example, if the individual is suffering from evil curses, is fine beforehand, and then during prayers to lift curses starts to inexplicably cough which stops after the prayer ends, then one might surmise that the cough is a response to the prayers and a sign the prayers are being effective.

For example, I have been praying over a man who is being cursed daily by someone in the occult; at the beginning he is fine and then when I start the deliverance prayers to lift the curses, he coughs a lot, and it stops at the end of the prayers. And at the end, he typically feels better and less demonically afflicted. While the demons might not be fully cast out after such signs, these signs, including unusual yawning, can be an indication that progress is being made.