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Epiphany Home Blessing
Dear Families,
The blessing of homes is an old custom in many countries. The current year, along with the initials C-M-B are marked above the doorway with blessed chalk. For example: 20 + C + M + B + 23
C-M-B are the initials of the legendary names of the wise men: Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar. Another explanation of C-M-B is: Christus mansionem benedicat, “May Christ bless this dwelling place”. The four crosses represent the four seasons. As the door is marked, the following prayer is said:
Blessed be this doorway. May all who come to our home this year rejoice to find Christ living among us as we welcome them with respect and kindness. May all our comings and goings be under the seal of God’s loving care. May we seek and serve, in everyone we meet, Jesus who is Lord for ever and ever. Amen.
The family may now walk through the house, sprinkling each room with holy water and lighting a candle or incense. The following prayer is said:
Blessed be all the rooms of this home. May each of them be holy and filled with the spirit of happiness and peace, love, and affection.
May the spirit of pardon and affection reside with us and be always ready to heal our divisions.
May the spirits of joy and laughter, hope and faith, playfulness and prayer, compassion and love, be perpetual guests in our home.
May God’s holy blessing rest upon us all, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
We will be having all the doors blessed here at school in the coming weeks.
Blessings,
Mrs. Mary Tretow
Please see Archbishop Listecki's Love One Another blog post: "Remember to Say Thank You."
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