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"Father, we give you thanks on this feast of the Epiphany, for leading the Magi from afar to the home of Christ who has given light and hope to all people. By the power of the guiding Spirit, may his presence be renewed in our home. Make our home a place of human wholeness and divine holiness, a place of joy and laughter, a place of forgiveness and peace, a place of prayer, service, and loving care for one another.
As we mark this lintel, send the angel of mercy to guard our home and repel all powers of darkness. Fill those living here with a love for the Gospel life and warm them with the fullness of your grace.
And so, Father, may all who dwell here or grace its portals with their presence in the coming year, find the joy and thoughtfulness of Mary, the God-Bearer, and thus praise and thank you eternally, together with Jesus, the Light of the Nations, in the unity of the Holy Spirit and the Church, now and forever. AMEN."
(On the feast of the Epiphany, it is customary in some cultures to sign, with chalk, above the doorway, the initials of the three kings and the current year as seen above, as a blessing for the home in the coming year. The prayer above is adapted from a similar blessing in FRANCISCANS AT PRAYER.)
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