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Lest this topic get buried in the lengthy argument on the other thread, "Father" Chad Ripperger has a following among Trads and has published a book "Deliverence Prayers for the Laity".  In addition to some normal prayers, wherein the faithful pray to God, Our Lady, and the saints to protect us from demons, Ripperger also includes various prayers wherein the laity are supposed to deliberately engage the demons and issue orders to them to depart, acting as lay exorcists.  "I cast you out ...", "I command you ...", etc.  I will cite specific examples later.

So after many attempts in vain to get some justification for this practice in Traditional sources, we were pointed to St. Alphonsus, but St. Alphonsus unequivocally condemns the practice (despite Ripperger's blunder, misreading it to justify this novelty that had hitherto only been practiced by Prots who believe that they all have "priestly" authority).  Ripperger even adapted some Prot "Deliverence Prayers" to make them seem more Catholic.

Attempting to directly engage demons and to command them is incredibly dangerous.  Do not be fooled by Ripperger posturing as a Traditional Catholic (as he actually denounces Traditional Catholics from the pulpit).

I will cite the relevant passages, but St. Alphonsus discusses the subject of "Adjuration" (into which category exorcism falls).

After defining it as the invocation of God, of holy things, or of the saints in order to get someone to do or not to do something, St. Alphonsus distinguishes not only between solemn and private exorcism (the former being the official Rites / ceremonies of the Church conducted by duly appointed ministers and the latter being anything else), but he also makes another separate distinction between two types of adjuration:

Imperative (issuing commands) and Deprecatory (making requests).

St. Alphonsus teaches that it's mortal sin to issue deprecatory adjurations to demons, and also states that imperative adjurations can ONLY be issued by 1) those in authority to their subjects, and 2) EXORCISTS to demons (as exorcists have the Church's authority over demons).

So for those of us who are not Exorcists, 1) we have no authority to issue imperative adjurations to demons and 2) it would be grave sin to issue deprecatory adjurations to them (that would be a mortal sin even for an Exorcist, by the way).

Consequently, Ripperger's novel (Prot-like) approach to deliverance prayers wherein the laity are encouraged to issue commands to demons is incredibly dangerous and could result in severe retaliation by the demons that do not acknowledge our authority over them.

Traditional Catholics should avoid his books and his talks.

Instead, we pray to God, to Our Lord, to Our Lady, the Terror of Demons, to the angels (St. Michael and our Guardian Angels) to protect us, and, as St. Francis de Sales says, we are to ignore demons and not engage them, knowing that God is in total control over what they are allowed or not allowed to do to us.  We must avoid the itchy ears and the curiosity of wanting to dabble with and engage occult forces, as that is precisely how we open ourselves up to their greater influence in our affairs.  We use the Church's sacramentals (holy water, blessed salt, St. Benedict's medals, etc.) and consecrate ourselves to Our Blessed Mother, from whom the demons flee in terror.

This is, BTW, probably how Pablo came under diabolical influence/control.