Need house protection ideas

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Disclaimer: I promise I’m a completely normal person, but I do sense when things aren’t just as I’m used to or what I feel like is “normal”

We’ve been leaving here going on four years. I knew before we even moved in that we would have some issues. You could feel it the minute you walked through the front door. The air was heavy in the house (it had been vacant a couple years). Only one family had lived here before us. There have been two deaths in the house and another died in a nursing home after a long battle with alzheimers and poor care. None of the children got along so we got the house at an estate sale. We live in normal neighborhood - our neighbors are all fantastic and my kids are happy here with lots of friends.

We are EXTREMELY happy with our house and I praise God everyday for allowing us to stay here.

When we moved my brother came in and gave it an old-rite Latin blessing. My husband was here but since I wasn’t here with the kids yet I was not present. My brother (priest) blessed the house and left instructions for me to do when I got here.

After this, the air was much cleaner in the house and I felt like life was breathed into the house. That feeling has not left us.

What is starting to creep up again is the feeling of seeing things out of the corner of my eye (they way I did before house was blessed). Whenever I walk through the front hall it ALWAYS feels like there is someone standing on the other side. My office desk is right on the other side and I keep the curtain open so I see everything and KNOW there is nothing there, but the minute I get up and walk though there I get that feeling so now I walk around the other way.

The house is settling (its 50 years old) which is normal but to hear other stuff than just “settling” is a little off-putting.

I am not saying there is anything here, but I’m not saying there isn’t either. There is nothing here I am scared of, but I don’t believe in engaging with any of it. Its all bad IMO.

My husband is very scientific - he has only had one weird experience before we moved in which is what convinced him to do the thorough house blessing.

I’m a revert to the Catholic faith this past year after spending a number of years in a Baptist church. I feel like since I’ve returned Home that I’ve been struggling with all this weird stuff much more. We’ve slowly been working on creating a Domestic Church here. Yesterday I spent a good deal of time in our living room cleaning up the kids stuff and dusting off and rearranging our prayer area on the piano. I don’t feel like its “just a coincidence” that last night I had all kinds of issues. None of it is scary to me but that doesn’t mean I like it either.

Should I come and have my house blessed again? I seem to be the only one affected by this. I wear a Miraculous Medal on my wrist. I have worn the brown scapular on and off for years only to discover this year that it doesn’t do me any good if I’m not actually “enrolled” so not wearing that currently.

We say the rosary daily (mostly in the car on the way to activities) but we do evening prayer every night with the kids (usually just me with the kids - sometimes husband is present) In our prayer area I have a statue of the Holy Family that my mother gave me and also a statue of Our Lady of LaSalette gifted to me by a good friend of mine. There is a picture in that room of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Our Lady of Guadalupe. All our prayer books, beads, bibles are in there too. The only crucifix in the house is above our piano. I have not placed any in the bedrooms (although its on the list). Evening prayer is in my room every night so I’m going to try and put some focal point in there since I do think that’s important.

What else can I do? I feel really ridiculous writing this all out. I am not a troll looking for attention or anything - its a legitimate problem and because its only “my” issue I feel like nobody is taking me seriously about it within my family or friends. I’ve always had that “strange feeling” in various places and people think I’m making it up or being kooky. I try not to dwell on it because I don’t feel like it comes from a good place.

Honestly, I just want to feel normal in my house. My husband travels a lot and we are homeschoolers. We are switching gears in December in focusing more on faith formation during Advent - including daily Mass and a novena (not sure which one yet). I’m a little nervous going into it because I have a lot of faith activities for the kids planned at home and I don’t want things to get worse here because of that.
 
Maybe your brother the priest would be the best person to help you and your family.

May God give you peace and lead you to the right person to help you.
 
We had our home blessed, it was incensed and sprinkled with holy water. I occasionally re-sprinkled ALL the rooms when having those feelings you described. I keep it in a mason jar and use it to refill a glass, covered sugar dish that we use to bless ourselves prior to saying our prayers. Our prayer altar is in a nook in a hall that opens up to 3 of our bedrooms and the bathroom. Growing up, that is where my mom had her prayer altar, also. The morning sunrise streams in from two of the bedrooms and lights up the nook area. I keep an oil lamp going all day, and its a convenient area to go for a quick, quiet prayer whenever.

Just some suggestions 🙂
 
RoseMary131 said:
Maybe your brother the priest would be the best person to help you and your family.

May God give you peace and lead you to the right person to help you.
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I’ve been reluctant to ask him again as he is not close by and is very overworked. He’ll be around next week for the Thanksgiving holiday so I’m hoping he’ll have time to stop in since it falls on his day off.

I was just hoping there was something I could do in the interim to relieve the anxiety I’m experiencing over this. As I said I’m the only one who has an issue - my husband and kids are comfortable. My 6 yo has night terrors a few nights a week, but I think that is an unrelated issue.
 
Simply have the house blessed again, continue your prayers and you could place a crucifix and some holy water in every room. I have been sensitive to the “mood” in a room or at a given location and usually rely on the Lords Prayer at those times.

Otherwise ask your priest for some advise.
 
SaintRita said:
I’ve been reluctant to ask him again as he is not close by and is very overworked. He’ll be around next week for the Thanksgiving holiday so I’m hoping he’ll have time to stop in since it falls on his day off.

I was just hoping there was something I could do in the interim to relieve the anxiety I’m experiencing over this. As I said I’m the only one who has an issue - my husband and kids are comfortable. My 6 yo has night terrors a few nights a week, but I think that is an unrelated issue.
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Don’t allow your reluctance to keep you from speaking with your dear brother. Sometimes we talk ourselves out of things when we should just go ahead and speak with someone.

Let your brother know now, then he can plan to stop by and bless your home again, give each of you a blessing, and what ever he think is best to assist you in your spiritual needs.

We live in a natural and spiritual world. It is important that you are not disturbed with anxiety from anything. Don’t let yourself feel anxious, even when you notice the spiritual world.

Maybe you should speak with your brother or parish priest on how to accept that you notice things in the spiritual world and yet want to be at peace with this awareness.

May you feel God’s Presence in your home and the presence of the angels, including your guardian angel and the guardian angels of your family. May their holiness within your home relieve you of your anxiety.
 
You can also ask your brother to offer a Mass for this situation. He can do that without adding anything else to his schedule.

May you feel God’s Peace.
 
There are a few things you can do…

Put up blessed Benedict Medals and/or crucifixes in each room. Putting them up in closets is not a bad idea. You can also get a blessed icon to put in rooms, but to do that I would recommend a small blessed vigil candle for the icon (it can be electronic). Get a Benedict Medal for outside each door that leads into the house. A couple people I know put small Benedict medals on their windows.

There is a house novena and consecration to our Lady that you can use as well: saintsworks.net/forums/index.php?topic=1123.0

You can sprinkle excised salt around the parameter of each room, the house, and around each bed. Holy water can be sprinkled in each room as you see necessary. Blessed incense is a wonderful addition to a home if you are not allergic. I light some for my icons daily and my children love it.

Here is a list sacramental blessings for priests. Your priest should have these but for good measure here they are. evmcc.org/media/MY%20EXORCISM%20BLESSINGS%20FOR%20SACS%20(BOOKLET).pdf

I have recommend these ideas to people who have done various New Age and occult in their homes which resulted in bizarre phenomena. So far, as long as the owner of the house was willing to make a change to become closer to God the house improved. Taking care of a person’s personal temple is a good idea though confession and at least weekly mass attendance. A daily rosary said inside the house is a very good idea as well.

Again, these represent a desire on the part of the people living in the house to make it holy and honor God. One should take care to remove items which would not be honoring God. This includes lesser well recognized occult symbols like the “peace” symbol also know as the cross of Neri. Talking with a priest is always a good idea for further suggestions. I also recommend a house blessing once a year to people with poltergeist issues. You can ask your priest if he would be willing to perform a mass in the house. Praying for a possible soul in purgatory never hurts during the rosary as well.

God Bless
 
Wow, great suggestions, thanks. The family that lived here was Catholic too from what I understand, but as I said they were sadly disfunctional at the end. I can see if my brother will offer Mass up here sometime. I remember my Uncles (grandmother’s brothers) saying Mass at my grandma’s dining room table when I was growing up so that’s definitely an idea that’s doable.

I will research Blessed Benedict as I am not not familiar with him. Will try to daily rosaries inside the house - made it to daily Mass today too which was nice. I will work on continuing to get my rooms in shape so that they are more comfortable. I have a decent-sized home so finding corners in each room isn’t a hardship - its just getting it all in place.
 
…just a layman here, but I think worry, wonder, and speculation about the demonic tends to draw the demonic closer.

Conversely, “Philippians 4:8
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” I think this practice brings joy, angels, and the love and grace of God which is all repellent to demons.
 
I absolutely agree with this and do my best to ignore it, but I can only do so much on my own. Its a lot of pressure on myself to handle it on my own. Putting it out of my mind seems an impossible task without praying for some assistance to intervene… but praying for it is dwelling on it. I can think and pray on all the happy thoughts in the world and yes it will keep it at bay, but it will never go away.

Please don’t misunderstand - I don’t think I’m a magnet for this type of stuff or anything… I don’t think I feel stuff anymore then the next person - but when I do feel it, it affects me deeply. I don’t know how to explain it without coming across as weird or one of “those” people.
 
St. Benedict of Nursia:
newadvent.org/cathen/02467b.htm

The Benedict medal is unique because on the back is a short exorcism prayer. The medal requires a special blessing by a priest. It is listed in the blessings I posted previously.
Background of the medal:
newadvent.org/cathen/13338a.htm

As mentioned, it is not good to dwell on the diabolical, just know that God will protect you if you ask. You do not need to stress out on the idea of not thinking about it, just look at it as an opportunity to bring your household closer to God. It can take time for a diabolical infestation to go away. Each case is different, but my advisor told me that they like to return to familiar territory to see if they can stay. This is warned about in scriptures that once cast out they return with more. If you take the time to honor God, God will ensure there will be no place for them to return to. It is hard to say what the cause is, sometimes a kid gets ahold of a Ouija board with friends or sometimes someone likes to blaspheme the Lord’s name. In the end, regardless of the cause, the solution is all from God.👍

God Bless
 
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