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UR help is in the name of the Lord.

R. Who hath made heaven and earth.

EXORCISE thee, O creature of salt, by the living God, by the true God,  by the holy God,  by the God who commanded thee to be cast into the water by Eliseus the Prophet, that the barrenness of the same might be healed; that thou become salt for the preservation of them that believe, and be to all who take thee salvation of soul and body; and from the place wherein thou shalt be sprinkled let every delusion and wickedness of the devil, and all unclean spirits, fly and depart when adjured by Him who shall come to judge the living and the dead, and the world by fire.

R. Amen.

E humbly implore Thy boundless clemency, Almighty and Everlasting God, that of Thy bounty Thou wouldst deign to bless and sanctify  this creature of salt, which Thou hast given for the use of mankind; let it be unto all who take it health of mind and body; that whatsoever shall be touched or sprinkled with it be freed from all