Chalking House Doors
As we continue to celebrate the Christmas Season, it has been a tradition in the Catholic Church to bless chalk at the Masses on the Feast of the for Epiphany of the Lord and use the blessed chalk as part of blessing one’s home in the New Year.
The home blessing can be done as follows:
Use the blessed chalk to write: 20+C+M+B+26
above the doorways (inside or outside or both):
2026 for the year; C, M, B for the 3 Magi – Casper, Melchior, and Balthasar–and for Christus Mansionem Benedicat, Latin for
“May Christ Bless this House.”
Blessed Chalk will be available on
Sunday, January 4, 2026