Was invited to provide the house blessing for friends who were receiving the keys to their new Habitat home today. What an honour! Community came together to create the house, which was built in partnership with Corrections Canada. I quoted Matthew 18:20 “Wherever two or more gather in my name, I am there in the midst of them”, and pointed out that the home was pretty much filled with the Holy Spirit by nature of the build itself. Then I gave a traditional Irish blessing:

God bless each corner of this house, and be the lintel blessed,
Bless the hearth and bless the board, and bless each place of rest,
Bless the doors that open wide to strangers and to kin,
Bless the crystal window-panes that let the sunlight in.
Bless the roof tree overhead, and bless each sturdy wall.
The peace of man, the peace of God, the peace of Love to all.