What a gift to gather around the table tonight with the Notkins, the Hutchinsons, and the Atkins.... such amazing people to mark the new year with and to celebrate Epiphany tonight!
Chalking the door is a tradition that has been around since the Middle Ages. January 6th is Epiphany when we remember the visit of the kings, Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar. Or some say that C M B stands for Christus mansionem benedicat, May Christ bless this house. The numbers represent the year, 2023.
The tradition of “chalking the door” is a way of marking our homes as we remember those who have passed through our doors in the past year and ask God's blessing upon those who will pass through in the coming year.
from our Epiphany liturgy: "May
we, in this house, and all who come to visit, to work, and to play, remember
these things throughout the coming year. May all who come and go here find
peace, comfort, joy, hope, love, and salvation, for Christ has come to dwell in
this house and in these hearts."
The tradition of “chalking the door” is a way of marking our homes as we remember those who have passed through our doors in the past year and ask God's blessing upon those who will pass through in the coming year. Just as the wise men followed the star until they found Jesus, we pray that those who come into our home would also encounter Jesus here in us and that we too would encounter God’s presence through them.
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