Epiphany House Blessing:

Bless our house, Dear Lord.  Bless every person who lives here.  Bless every person who enters our door.  Help us to welcome each one as though we were welcoming you.  We recall how the Holy Family received the three kings on that day so long ago.  Your example shows us that all are welcome in your heart and all are to be welcomed in our households.  Help us to make our home a place of peace.  Remind us that it is to be a center of joy.  Show us how to make it a home where love of God and love of others is lived each day.  Help us to be like Jesus, Mary and Joseph.  Amen.


House marking instructions:

Epiphany celebrates the visit of the Magi to the house of Jesus, so it is customary to bless and mark our home on this day.  After a blessing prayer is completed, an inscription is written with chalk over the door.  The initials of the three wise men - Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar - are enclosed by numbers for the year and then connected with crosses in this manner:

20 + C+ M + B + 22