# Latin Binding Prayer
The following Latin prayer may be used in conjunction with the sins, vices or spirits involved (see appendices). A few of the names of the spirits have been listed here.
Spiritus N., ego te ligo in nomine Jesu, potestate Crucis sancti, potestate pretiosissimi Sanguinis Domini nostri Jesu Christi, et per intercessionem beatissimae Mariae Virginis, sancti Michaelis archangeli, beatorum Apostolorum Petri et Pauli, et omnium Sanctorum et tibi impero recedere N. (nomen personae aut objecti) et ire ad pedem Crucis sancti sententiam tuam recipere, in nomine Patris, ✠ et Filii, ✠ et Spiritus ✠ Sancti. Amen.
Spirit of N., I bind you in the Name of Jesus, by the power of the Holy Cross, by the power of the most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Michael the Archangel, the blessed Apostles, Peter and Paul and all of the saints, and I command you to leave N. (Name of person or object) and go to the foot of the Holy Cross to receive your sentence, in the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Nomines Spiriti in Latina (declinata)
agitationis (agitation)
irae (anger)
anxietatis (anxiety)
astrologiae, praestigiae (astrology, binding; also the same word for deception)
tristitiae aut depressionis (sorrow or depression)
desparationis (despair)
dominationis (domination)
effeminatiae (aut molitiis [if connected to masturbation] effeminacy)
timoris (fear)
fornicationis (fornication)
praestigii, divinationis (fortune telling; divination)
carmenis, incantationis (incantation)
luxuriae (lust)
aegrotudinis (sickness, illness)
incubi (incubus)
amentis, furiosis (mental illness)
simulationis (simulation; hypocrisy)
obsessionis (obsession)
nigromantiae (necromancy)
geomantiae (ouija board)
oppressionis (oppression)
pacti (pact)
doloris (pain)
chiromantiae (palm reading)
scabri, fricae (scratching)
acediae (sloth)
succubi (succubus)
superstitionis (superstition)
veneficii (aut artis magicae – witchcraft)
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Source: Ripperger, Chad. *Deliverance Prayers for Use by the Laity*. Sensus Traditionis Press, 2018. [sensustraditionis.org](https://sensustraditionis.org)
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