Building up the Body of Christ with welcoming arms, loving hearts and joyful worship.
An Epiphany Blessing for Home In our annual Epiphany tradition here at St. Hubert, we will mark the doorways to the church—a practice many families also do at home. Here is a prayer you may use as you gather the family together to pray: 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 + 18 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 [18] and eighteen 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. |