The tradition of chalking the door evokes the visit of the three wise men or the magi to the holy family s home.
Chalking the door 2020 prayer.
The signs represent the cross and 2020 is the year.
We now ask your blessing upon this simple gift of your creation chalk.
Use the prayers and liturgy below.
With time the chalk will fade.
Take chalk of any color and write the following above the entrance of your home.
Lord jesus through your incarnation and birth in true human form you have made all the earth holy.
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.
Using the blessed chalk which many parishes will bless and make available mark the lintel of your front door as follows.
20 c m b 20 by the way for those of you who don t already know i m totally obsessed with purple.
Using chalk write on the outside of your house or inside above the front main entrance above or next to an entrance.
Chalking can be done simply with a short prayer or with songs prayers processions incense and holy water.
The letters have two meanings.
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.
Using the chalk and taking turns make the following inscription above the outside of your door.
We use it as a tool to teach our children and they use it as a tool in their play and games.
Liturgy prayers for chalking the door.
Chalking the door is a tangible way to honor god in our lives.
Catholics marking their homes with chalk for the epiphany is a tradition that dates back centuries signifying their homes are homes where christ lives.
20 c m b 20.
20 c m b 20 change the last number to the current year.
Chalking the doors for epiphany 2020.
A blessing of the chalk for marking the door.
20 christus mansionem benedicat 18 or 20 c m b 20.
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.
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.
For 2020 this is what you will write on your door in chalk.
Clergy or laypeople can do the chalking.
20 c m b 20 saying.
Peace be to this.