Chalking of the Door Epiphany 2024, at Holy Trinity Church, Westport T here is a wonderful and very old Christian tradition, in which we ask for God’s blessing on our churches and homes by marking the doorpost or lintel with chalk which has been blessed for that purpose. We plan to carry out this simple ceremony in those of our churches in the Aughaval Group which have services this Epiphany weekend (- service times below). The doors are chalked with the initials of the legendary names of the three Magi , or Wisemen - Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar – and the numerals of the New Year, connected with a series of crosses, the plus sign in Mathematics. The initials C, M, and B remind us of the magi who searched for Jesus, the newborn king. The letters also stand for the prayer-request in Latin: Christus Mansionem Benedicat : “May Christ bless this house.” This ye...
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