There is a beautiful Catholic practice of blessing your home on the Feast of The Epiphany of the Lord. It’s a wonderful way to start the year off as we continue the celebration of Christmas.

Epiphany is celebrated this year liturgically on Sunday, January 3, 2021, which is the traditional date that ends the “12 Days of Christmas”. There is a specific blessing calling to mind the 3 Magi and how they adored the Baby Jesus.

The Catholic Church offers a profound blessing liturgy that asks for the intercession of the 3 Magi who left their homes to search for the newborn Savior of the world.

Think of it: All year long, every time you pass through the doors of your home, you’ll be reminded that you are under the protection of God in His Angels and His Saints as adopted children!

You will also be reminded to continually follow the example of the 3 Magi and look for ways you can search for Jesus both inside and outside your home.

The Epiphany Home Blessing truly brings CHRISTMAS to your home in a way that reminds everyone who enters that the world changed in Bethlehem two thousand years ago.

If a priest or deacon can do the blessing–it’s the best!

But the Church also has a rite for the blessing of the home by a layperson.  The Father is the obvious person to lead the blessing.

What do you need?  Just three things:

  1.  Holy Water (get it at your parish)
  2. Chalk
  3. The Blessing

To make this easier for you, we have created the Epiphany Home Blessing Kit with everything you need (including step-by-step instructions for the blessing)–and we’ve added something extra that will amaze your children and teach the whole family things they didn’t know about the Magi!

What is it? Our Holy Heroes Mysterious Magi map! It’s more than just a map: it’s packed with information from Scripture, tradition, and historical research that will make the Magi a rich part of your Catholic life.

In this kit, you will find a reusable Holy Water bottle, chalk, a copy of the Blessing and step-by-step instructions for the Scripture and prayers to bless your home–plus our Mysterious Magi Map.

This year, why not start a new tradition of closing out the Christmas Season with this traditional Catholic blessing of your home? It will protect and inspire your family all year long!

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Ken Davison created Glory Stories, which became a weekly radio series heard globally on the Ave Maria Satellite Radio Network and EWTN's radio network, WEWN. In 2007, he and his wife, Kerri, founded Holy Heroes--and their children stepped in to help shortly thereafter to create the online "Adventures" for Advent, Lent, Spiritual Adoption, and Marian Consecration.
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