Leader: Peace be to this house and to all who enter.
All: Amen.
Leader: O blessed Lord, visit this home with the gladness of your presence. Bless all who live here and come to visit with the gift of your love; and grant that we may show your love to each other and to all whose lives we touch. Guide, comfort, and strengthen us in peace. We ask this through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
20 + C + M + B + 19 As participants take turns making the inscription, the leader reads the following:
The three Wise Men, [C] Caspar, [M] Melchior, [B] and Balthasar followed the star to Bethlehem and the child Jesus [20] two thousand [19] and nineteen years ago. [+ +] May Christ bless our home [+ +], and remain with us throughout the new year. Amen.
Conclude by saying the Lord’s Prayer and offering each other a sign of peace.