Chalking The Door 2020 Prayer

Using the chalk and taking turns make the following inscription above the outside of your door.

Chalking the door 2020 prayer.

Use the prayers and liturgy below. Using the blessed chalk which many parishes will bless and make available mark the lintel of your front door as follows. Chalking the door is a tangible way to honor god in our lives. Epiphany also known as twelfth night theophany or three kings day marks the occasion of a time honored christian tradition of chalking the doors the formula for the ritual adapted for 2020 is simple.

Catholics marking their homes with chalk for the epiphany is a tradition that dates back centuries signifying their homes are homes where christ lives. Lord jesus through your incarnation and birth in true human form you have made all the earth holy. Liturgy prayers for chalking the door. Peace be to this.

We use it as a tool to teach our children and they use it as a tool in their play and games. 20 c m b 20. For 2020 this is what you will write on your door in chalk. The letters have two meanings.

The signs represent the cross and 2020 is the year. Usually families gather around the front door of the home saying a prayer before a family member makes a mark on the doorpost or front of the home. Or gather at your church to chalk the church entrance. The chalk symbols are nice reminders that you have asked for a blessing upon your home and all who come in and out of those doors.

20 c m b 20 by the way for those of you who don t already know i m totally obsessed with purple. 20 c m b 20 change the last number to the current year. Personally i like that it reminds me to go in and out always searching for the lord in my life and in the world just like the magi. The tradition of chalking the door evokes the visit of the three wise men or the magi to the holy family s home.

With time the chalk will fade. Chalking the door is a way to celebrate and physically mark the occasion of the epiphany and god s blessing of our lives and home. Chalking can be done simply with a short prayer or with songs prayers processions incense and holy water. We now ask your blessing upon this simple gift of your creation chalk.

20 christus mansionem benedicat 18 or 20 c m b 20. The three wise men caspar melchior and balthazar followed the star of god s son who became human two thousand and nineteen years ago. A blessing of the chalk for marking the door. Take chalk of any color and write the following above the entrance of your home.

Using chalk write on the outside of your house or inside above the front main entrance above or next to an entrance.