Prayers for Family & Vocation
A Blessing for a New Home
Adapted from the ancient Visita quaesumus collect used at Compline and in the Roman Ritual's blessing of a house, and preserved in the Book of Common Prayer's Celebration for a Home.
Visit, O blessed Lord, this home with the gladness of your presence.
Bless all who live here with the gift of your love.
Let peace rest on these rooms, and welcome be found at this door.
Drive far from it every shadow of evil, and let your holy angels dwell here to keep us in peace.
Grant that we who gather at this table may be bound together in charity, and may share one day in the joy of your eternal home. Amen.
Roman Ritual house blessing / Book of Common Prayer
About the prayer
House blessings are among the oldest Christian domestic rites, traditionally performed at Epiphany in both East and West.
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