Epiphany service to celebrate the arrival of the Kings at the crib.

Chalk will also be blessed for you to take home and bless your house at the beginning of the year.

Instructions for Blessing your Home
Using the blessed chalk mark the lintel of your front door (or front porch step) as follows:

20 + C + M + B + 23 while saying:

The three Wise Men, Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar followed the star of God’s Son who became human two thousand and twenty-one years ago. May Christ bless our home and remain with us throughout the new year. Amen.

Then offer the following prayer:
Visit, O blessed Lord, this home with the gladness of your presence. Bless all who live or visit here with the gift of your love; and grant that we may manifest your love to each other and to all whose lives we touch. May we grow in grace and in the knowledge and love of you; guide, comfort, and strengthen us in peace, O Jesus Christ, now and forever. Amen