Always have a priest when doing the House Blessing Prayer.
Have a priest come to your home and bless the house or the apartment with the Holy water.
We always say that our home are not the walls but the people who live in these premises.
The Blessing of an apartment or a home is of course intended for the area where we live, but also as our request for God’s protection.
Our home is a great asset and also a figure of the heavenly residence, where we are all intended.
The ritual is intended for a particular family and their home, so the members (preferably all of them) should be present at the house blessing prayer with holy water.
House Blessing Prayer with Holy water of places not designated for sacred purposes
Blessing of an Apartment or a Home – House blessing ceremony
P: Our help is in the name of the Lord.
All: Who made heaven and earth.
P: The Lord be with you.
All: May He also be with you.
P: Let us pray.
Lord God almighty, bless + this apartment (or home), that it be the shelter of health, purity, and self-control; that there prevail here a spirit of humility, goodness, mildness, obedience to the commandments, and gratitude to God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. May this blessing remain on this place and on those who live here now and always.
All: Amen.
It is sprinkled with holy water.
Blessing of Homes
Outside of Eastertime
A pastor or another priest may wish to sprinkle with holy water a particular home or the homes of the faithful in general. On entering the home he says:
P: God’s peace be in this home.
All: And in all who live here.
As he sprinkles the principal room he says:
Antiphon: Purify me with hyssop, Lord, and I shall be clean of sin. Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. (Ps. 50.1) Have mercy on me, God, in your great kindness.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
All: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
P: Ant. Purify me with hyssop, Lord, and I shall be clean of sin. Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
P: Lord, heed my prayer.
All: And let my cry be heard by you.
P: The Lord be with you.
All: May He also be with you.
P: Let us pray.
Hear us, holy Lord and Father, almighty everlasting God, and in your goodness send your holy angel from heaven to watch over and protect all who live in this home, to be with them and give them comfort and encouragement; through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
Another Blessing of a Home
P: Our help is in the name of the Lord.
All: Who made heaven and earth.
P: The Lord be with you.
All: May He also be with you.
P: Let us pray.
God the Father almighty, we fervently implore you for the sake of this home and its occupants and possessions, that you may bless + and sanctify + them, enriching them by your kindness in every way possible. Pour out on them, Lord, heavenly dew in good measure, as well as an abundance of earthly needs. Mercifully listen to their prayers, and grant that their desires be fulfilled. At our lowly coming be pleased to bless + and sanctify + this home, as you once were pleased to bless the home of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Within these walls let your angels of light preside and stand watch over those who live here; through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
It is sprinkled with holy water.
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