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maplebug55
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did you participate in the chalk blessing on your house for epiphany sunday? exactly what is supposed to be said?
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Luna_Lovecraft
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Yup. We got our chalk blessed last Sunday after Mass, and I blessed our door this morning right before I head off to church.did you participate in the chalk blessing on your house for epiphany sunday? exactly what is supposed to be said?
Here’s a blog that explains it: stchrysostoms.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/20-c-m-b-12/
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Bookcat
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Yes!
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Allegra
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We’ve done it for years now! I think it’s a really neat tradition!
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GwenL
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Yes!
We had chalk blessed. Even better, Father also blessed gold, frankincense, and myrrh, which we then placed in front of the creche with the baby Jesus that sits in front of the altar.
Even better, it was a CCD family Mass–all First Holy Communion and Confirmation students and parents. Father explained a bit about the tradition, how to take the chalk and incense and bless your home. Recovering Catholic identity and traditions, bit by bit.
Little did I know that myrrh is sold at health food stores. People add it to food, I guess. Hmmm…
We had chalk blessed. Even better, Father also blessed gold, frankincense, and myrrh, which we then placed in front of the creche with the baby Jesus that sits in front of the altar.
Even better, it was a CCD family Mass–all First Holy Communion and Confirmation students and parents. Father explained a bit about the tradition, how to take the chalk and incense and bless your home. Recovering Catholic identity and traditions, bit by bit.
Little did I know that myrrh is sold at health food stores. People add it to food, I guess. Hmmm…
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FrDavid96
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I’m going to have to remember that for next year.Yes!
We had chalk blessed. Even better, Father also blessed gold, frankincense, and myrrh, which we then placed in front of the creche with the baby Jesus that sits in front of the altar.
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GwenL
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It was one of those “light bulb moments,” especially for all the CCD kids. The Gospel had just been about the Magi and their gifts to the baby Jesus, and then we did the same thing. The homily was quite short because of the extra time for the blessings (and the chanted pronouncement of the upcoming liturgical year). But the deacon talked briefly about the significance of each gift: gold for a King, frankincense for the High Priest, and myrrh to prepare for His death as our Savior.I’m going to have to remember that for next year.
We had three First Holy Communion kids bring up the gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
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Cavaille-Coll
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It was done for the first time in our parish this past Sunday. Over half of the people attending the weekend Masses took a piece of blessed chalk and an instruction sheet for marking the door frame and blessing the home.
20+C+M+B+12 (Caspar is spelt Gaspar in Spanish and Kaspar in German, hence the C is sometimes a G or a K)
20+C+M+B+12 (Caspar is spelt Gaspar in Spanish and Kaspar in German, hence the C is sometimes a G or a K)
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jimrob
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It’s a usage that we in England managed without since the restoration of the hierarchy. The Catholic Church in England was for many years dominated by people of Irish origins and chalk blessing isn’t big in Ireland. However, it is carried on by the smells and bells wing of the Church of England in their efforts to be more Catholic than Rome. Some 15 years ago, we acquired a priest who had previously been a High Anglican priest (long before the Ordinariate). He introduced some Popish practices that we’d long since abandoned and we’ve been blessing chalk ever since. Those of Irish extraction (including our Parish Priest) ignore it, but it goes down well with the Polish Community.
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