Is it ok to pray these prayers?

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I cant see any harm in praying them, they are just spiritual warfare prayers asking god to protect you…if you are unsure why not print out a copy and ask your priest what he thinks?
 
i found this website: catholicwarriors.com/pages/warfare_prayers.htm

are those prayers legit? are they approved by the catholic church? and is that robert able guy credible in your opinion?
There are many prayers on that website. Is there one you have a question about? Some of them are traditional Catholic prayers (like the Anima Christi) and he gives citations for some others. I’m not sure about all of them, though.

I’ve never heard of the guy before, but he looks like a Catholic speaker. You could try contacting the Archdiocese of Denver (where he lives) and see if he has any sort of official connection to the archdiocese.
 
i found this website: catholicwarriors.com/pages/warfare_prayers.htm

are those prayers legit? are they approved by the catholic church? and is that robert able guy credible in your opinion?
Some of them, like the Anima Christi, are venerable and authentic Catholic prayers.

A few more, like the “Prayer against malefice”, are also genuine and can be found in Fr Gabriele Amorth’s book, An Exorcist tells his story.

However, some of them look like overwrought self-compositions (the one about AIDS comes to mind), and the mention of “Father” MacNutt (a lapsed Catholic of dubious morals) is a red flag sign.

Conclusion? It’s a mixed bag. Stick to the authentic ones, and leave the rest alone. 🙂
 
These are great prayers but I can understand your concern. Some seem to be more of an imprecatory command rather than a deprecatory plea such as “I take authority over” or
“I command and bind” as opposed to “Please enforce the power of Your cross” or
“I beseech You to make powerless”. I was to understand a direct command to the devil(s) is expressly forbidden. I hope someone with greater knowledge than I could clarify.
 
I did find some issues about the website author, Robert Able, that make me want to disregard anything he could ever propose. Ex these articles which were even in the news.

Particularly disturbing is this man’s stance against the Consecration to Jesus through Mary as demonic worship and theologically erroneous, an absurdity, considering that even the Holy Father, Blessed John Paul II, consecrated himself this way and mentioned it in the encyclical Redemptoris Mater, as well as in (other official documents, where he wrote:
As is well known, my episcopal coat of arms symbolically illustrates the Gospel text quoted above; the motto Totus tuus is inspired by the teaching of St Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort (cf. Gift and Mystery, pp. 42-43; Rosarium Virginis Mariae, n. 15). These two words express total belonging to Jesus through Mary: “Tuus totus ego sum, et omnia mea tua sunt”, St Louis Marie wrote, and he translates his words: “I am all yours, and all that I have is yours, O most loving Jesus, through Mary, your most holy Mother” (Treatise on True Devotion, n. 233).
Thus, I’d rather move on to a truly Catholic source and disregard this author entirely. Check, for instance, this part of the Vatican website, as well as the Common Prayers section of the Compendium of the Catechism.

Messing with the fallen angels is bad, bad business if done the wrong way. No illness should ever be self-medicated. Good spiritual direction is far better, because nobody really knows who’s behind a website and why.

That being said, a few comments on the prayers listed.

I don’t like the “I command and bid…” contained in the so-called “Prayer against Evil”. That I wouldn’t pray. I have no authority to do this, period. Same for the “Binding Evil Spirits”…“I stand with the power of the Lord God Almighty”…seriously? Christ said: " I am your servant, Father, and the son of your handmaid" and “the son does nothing of himself”, and the Holy Spirit spoke through the prophets: “Behold my servant, I will uphold him: my elect, my soul delighteth in him …] He does not cry out or raise his voice”. Notice the difference in tone between those prayers and the “Prayer for Inner Healing” that comes from Fr. Amorth’s book.

“I confess all these sins before you and ask you to cleanse and forgive me.” That sounds - no offense intended - protestant, because it seems to go around the Sacrament of Reconciliation. I also cannot find the author of this prayer 🤷

The “Prayer for the healer” looked sort of strange. No wonder, it comes from a book by Francis MacNutt 🤷
 
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