Bless Your Home for the Epiphany

A beautiful Epiphany tradition is the blessing of the home and chalking of the doors. After praying the Epiphany Blessing, use blessed chalk to write the following above your door: 20 (the first two digits of the year), the letters C, M, B (the initials of the Wise Men: Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar), 26 (the last two digits of the year). Plus signs in between the characters stand for the cross. This year it will look like: 20 + C + M + B + 26. The initials, C, M, B, can also stand for "Christus mansionem benedicat" which means "Christ bless this house." For a printable PDF of the blessing, click on the button below.
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