Anonymous
Post 11/30/2018 14:25     Subject: Can you bless your own house and religious items or only a priest can do this?
Blessing your home is Godly.
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2018 14:25     Subject: Can you bless your own house and religious items or only a priest can do this?
I agree. Blessing your is Godly.
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2018 10:27     Subject: Can you bless your own house and religious items or only a priest can do this?
Anonymous wrote:It's amazing that people have no time for the God of creation and Jesus Christ, the savior of mankind, but somehow you believe that malevolent spirits are deterred by throwing some sage around the house.


Why do you think the two are mutually exclusive?
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2018 10:24     Subject: Can you bless your own house and religious items or only a priest can do this?
Great things to banish dark entities:

Burning sage/cedar/palo santo
Clapping, particularly in corners
Splashing Holy Water
Sprinkling salt on floors and then sweeping/vaccuuming
Reading Psalms
Speaking blessings and prayers over every room

And of course you can do all of these things yourself.
Anonymous
Post 11/30/2018 10:07     Subject: Can you bless your own house and religious items or only a priest can do this?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Periodically I pray for God to fill our house with his light and love and to remove any dark spirits or demons. We have had some problems with our house being haunted by ghosts or spirits. When we notice strange things, prayer is a good remedy.


So the prayers don't last forever? You need to pray periodically to ask god to get the demons out again?


Atlantic has an article about exorcism, apparently requests are on a steep rise and belief in the devil has risen sharply.


The house blessing/saging is a form of exorcism.


The article has nothing to do with house blessings. And please note that the Atlantic will publish anything sensational. If you had bothered to read the piece you would know that notwithstanding the claim of two priests that the number of REQUESTS had gone up, the number of actual exorcisms has not risen sharply. If the author of the piece had done homework they would know that the Catholic Church TIGHTLY controls exorcism. The article does admit there were only 10-15 trained Roman CAtholic exorcists in the entire country a few years ago. Now maybe 100 for the entire US. This is not an epidemic and also has nothing to do with house blessings. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/catholic-exorcisms-on-the-rise/573943/


The house blessing/saging is a form if exorcism. Please are DYI. That was the original question.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2018 21:48     Subject: Can you bless your own house and religious items or only a priest can do this?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Periodically I pray for God to fill our house with his light and love and to remove any dark spirits or demons. We have had some problems with our house being haunted by ghosts or spirits. When we notice strange things, prayer is a good remedy.


So the prayers don't last forever? You need to pray periodically to ask god to get the demons out again?


Atlantic has an article about exorcism, apparently requests are on a steep rise and belief in the devil has risen sharply.



The article has nothing to do with house blessings. And please note that the Atlantic will publish anything sensational. If you had bothered to read the piece you would know that notwithstanding the claim of two priests that the number of REQUESTS had gone up, the number of actual exorcisms has not risen sharply. If the author of the piece had done homework they would know that the Catholic Church TIGHTLY controls exorcism. The article does admit there were only 10-15 trained Roman CAtholic exorcists in the entire country a few years ago. Now maybe 100 for the entire US. This is not an epidemic and also has nothing to do with house blessings. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/catholic-exorcisms-on-the-rise/573943/
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2018 21:06     Subject: Can you bless your own house and religious items or only a priest can do this?
Maybe just a Bible thumper.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2018 20:04     Subject: Can you bless your own house and religious items or only a priest can do this?
Anonymous wrote:It's amazing that people have no time for the God of creation and Jesus Christ, the savior of mankind, but somehow you believe that malevolent spirits are deterred by throwing some sage around the house.


I sense a troll
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2018 20:03     Subject: Can you bless your own house and religious items or only a priest can do this?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Periodically I pray for God to fill our house with his light and love and to remove any dark spirits or demons. We have had some problems with our house being haunted by ghosts or spirits. When we notice strange things, prayer is a good remedy.


So the prayers don't last forever? You need to pray periodically to ask god to get the demons out again?


Atlantic has an article about exorcism, apparently requests are on a steep rise and belief in the devil has risen sharply.


So it's the devil who's screwing things up! And here I thought God was all-powerful.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2018 19:53     Subject: Can you bless your own house and religious items or only a priest can do this?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Honestly, we have had periodic problems with ghosts and or dark spirits. I think they are drawn into the energy in our house or to me and some family members who are very empathic. So yes it's ongoing maintenance to keep them clear.

I wonder if other people have ghosts or spirits and they just don't ear or see them like we do. Has anyone never had uninvited spiritual dwellers?


Lots of people just can't see/hear/perceive them. Some people just seem more in tune. I'm a medium. I see them everywhere. We live in a very diverse spiritual ecosystem. We share this space with all kinds of beings. Think about it this way - dogs can hear things we can't hear. Seeing spirits is no different. Some people just perceive more.


That's a good way to explain it. While I can sense and sometimes see these spirits, I don't engage them. I wonder why they come. I usually focus on getting them to go like flies in the kitchen.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2018 19:45     Subject: Can you bless your own house and religious items or only a priest can do this?
Don't outsource your work with God
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2018 19:17     Subject: Can you bless your own house and religious items or only a priest can do this?
Anonymous wrote:Honestly, we have had periodic problems with ghosts and or dark spirits. I think they are drawn into the energy in our house or to me and some family members who are very empathic. So yes it's ongoing maintenance to keep them clear.

I wonder if other people have ghosts or spirits and they just don't ear or see them like we do. Has anyone never had uninvited spiritual dwellers?


Lots of people just can't see/hear/perceive them. Some people just seem more in tune. I'm a medium. I see them everywhere. We live in a very diverse spiritual ecosystem. We share this space with all kinds of beings. Think about it this way - dogs can hear things we can't hear. Seeing spirits is no different. Some people just perceive more.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2018 18:47     Subject: Can you bless your own house and religious items or only a priest can do this?
Most people were posting about prayer not sage. Reading is fundamental.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2018 18:37     Subject: Can you bless your own house and religious items or only a priest can do this?
It's amazing that people have no time for the God of creation and Jesus Christ, the savior of mankind, but somehow you believe that malevolent spirits are deterred by throwing some sage around the house.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2018 18:23     Subject: Re:Can you bless your own house and religious items or only a priest can do this?
You can smudge sage it yourself .