Ave Maria Meditations 
(Here is one form of the blessing):
+Epiphany Blessing Of A Home+
All make the Sign of the Cross.
Head of Household: “Peace be to this house and: to all who dwell here, in the name of the Lord.
All: Blessed be God forever.
Reader: In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things come to be through him, and without him nothing came to be….. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth. (John 1:1-3.14)
Using chalk, write on the outside of your house, above or next to an entrance (or all entrances):
write the first half of the current year and the first letters of the prayer for blessing followed by the second half of the year date:
+20+C+M+B+16+
(which stands for “may Christ Bless this House”: Christus Mansionem Benedicat)
or optionally you may use the first letter of the names of the Magi: +20+C+M+B+16+
(Caspar, Melchior, Balthazar)
All: Lord God of heaven and earth, you revealed your only begotten Son to every nation by the guidance of a star. Bless this house and all who inhabit it. May we be blessed with health, goodness of heart, gentleness and the keeping of your law. Fill us with the light of Christ, that our love for each other may go out to all. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
