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Epiphany
It is a worldwide tradition in the Catholic Church to use blessed chalk on the Epiphany or during the Christmas season to bless one’s home for the New Year.
You can bless those who come and go from your home by inscribing above the door in chalk: 20+C+M+B+23
2023 is for the year and tradition tells us that C,M,B is for each of the three Magi; Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar and Christus Mansionem Benedicat, which is Latin for “Christ, Bless this house.”
Blessing Ceremony
With chalk inscribe on the top of the door: 20+C+M+B+23
Father of the family prays: May this home, signed and blessed with the holy chalk, be surrounded with God’s protection and be filled with kindness, peace, love and forgiveness. Bless all those we welcome into our home this year. Let us see the presence of Christ in all who enter our home and may we see the wisdom of God in all who sit at our table. May this be a year of blessings for all who dwell in this home.
All: Amen
All: Lord God of Heaven and Earth, You revealed Your only begotten Son to every
nation by the guidance of a star. Bless this home and all who inhabit it. May we be
blessed with health, goodness of heart, gentleness and the keeping of Your law. Fill us
with the light of Christ, that our concern for others may reflect Your love.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen
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