A Jubilee Blessing
of the Door to our Home
The Jubilee year begins on Christmas eve, when Pope John Paul II
opens the great Jubilee door of St. Peter's in Rome.
We are all invited to cross the threshold into this new year
with the excitement of those beginning a journey, a pilgrimage.
Use this blessing to let the door to our home
become a sacred place for us in the year ahead.
Feel free to add words - perhaps from each member of the family -
which might dedicate this door as a symbol of our passage
into the spirit of reconciliation and forgiveness, unity and peace
that mark this special year before us.
Blessed are you, O Lord our God, 
for you guide our footsteps. 
You bless our coming in and our going out. 
From birth to death, you hold us in your care. 

Bless this door, O Lord, 
which we consecrate to this time of preparation. 
Each day as we pass this place, 
draw us more deeply into your presence 
and the wonders of your love for us. 

You are the door to the Kingdom of God, 
the sheepgate to the life eternal. 
O portal of eternal peace, our new and living way, 
loose our sins and open for us the door to salvation. 

O God, protect our going out and our coming in. 
Let us share the hospitality of this home 
with all who visit us. 
May the poor find rest within these walls 
and all who hunger find refreshment in our home. 

Lead us home 
through you, to you, and with you, 
one God, for ever and ever. 
Amen