Prayer of Thanksgiving For a Home

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING FOR A HOME BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO A NEW HOME

Priest: Our help is in the name of the Lord

Family: Who made heaven and earth

Priest: Peace be unto this house

Family: both now and always

Priest: The Lord be with you

Family: And with your spirit

OPENING WORDS

Priest: Dear friends in Christ, we are gathered in this house to thank God for the many blessings received while inhabiting this house, and to appreciate all the beautiful memories made in this house which has been a home to ……… family. We thank God for the good and the bad moments; the joyful and the sorrowful moments; for the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years spent in this amazing home; for the children born and raised in this home; for the guests who stepped their feet into this home and blessed it with their presence; for relations who shared happy and good moments with us in this home; for the love shared between the father and the mother of this home, and between them and their children in this home; and for all we need to be thankful for in this home.

First Reading: Genesis 12: 1-5

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 34

Response: I will bless the Lord at all times, His praise shall be always in my mouth.

• I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall always be in my mouth. My soul will glorify the Lord. Let the poor hear and be glad. Magnify the Lord with me; and let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord and he answered, and delivered me from all my fears. (Resp)

• Look to him and be radiant, and your faces may not blush for shame. The angel of the Lord is encamped, around those who fear him to save them. Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him. (Resp).

• Fear the Lord, you his holy ones; nothing is lacking to those who fear him. The rich grow poor and go hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no blessing. The eyes of the Lord are directed toward the righteous, and his ears toward their cry. (Resp).

• The Lord is close to the broken-hearted, those whose spirit is crushed, he saves. For many are the trials of the just man, but from them all, the Lord will rescue them. The Lord is the redeemer of the souls of his servants; and none are condemned who take refuge in him. (Resp).

Gospel Reading: Luke 19:1-10.

Prayer of the Faithful: Lord we thank you for all your blessings in this home!

• Let us give thanks to God for the many blessings He has bestowed upon us in this home and for the years we’ve built our family life in this home. We pray to the Lord…
• Let us ask the good Lord to watch over us as we move into our new home. May the beautiful memories created in this house continue in our new house. We pray to the Lord…
• Lord Jesus, we thank you for the gift of family and friends who have come to dine and wine and share our happy moments while living in this house. May our love continue to grow stronger in our next home. We pray to the Lord…
• Lord Jesus, you are the Light of the world, may your light continue to shine in this house, so that the people that will live in it after we’ve left it, may find their joy and peace in you in this house. We pray to the Lord…
• In the midst of the difficulties that accompanies being separated from a place we’ve become so fond of, may Jesus the Prince of Peace bless our hearts with the gift of peace to accept God’s will for our new home and help us create good memories in our new home as we’ve done here. We pray to the Lord…
• Lord, we thank you for all the good and the bad times, the beautiful and unhappy times we shared in this house, may those who will live in it experience more happiness and find the beauty of your presence in this house. We pray to the Lord…
• (Family members can add some intentions)

Concluding Prayer/Prayer of Blessing

God Our Father, we thank you for your goodness and mercies which has followed the …… family all the days of their stay in this house. We thank you for all the memories created in this house which will always be part of their lives. We humbly ask you to bless + and sanctify + this house. As the inhabitants of this house prepare to take their leave of this house for their new home, send your Archangel Raphael to accompany them and prepare their new home for them as He did prepare the home of Tobias and Sarah. May no evil rest on this house. May they find peace in your divine will for them, and despite the difficulties they may be facing now due to their attachment to this house with all the memories made here, may they find ease and comfort that will strengthen their resolution to journey to their new home. and when they have left this house, may those who will live here and call here their new home be blessed with your peaceful and serene presence. We ask this through Christ Our Lord, Amen.

Final Blessings (Bow down your heads for God’s blessings).

The Lord be with you…

• May the Lord bless you and keep you, Amen.
• May He make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you, Amen.
• May the Lord lift his countenance upon you and give you his peace, Amen.

And May Almighty God bless you in the name of the Father +, and of the Son +, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.