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I am sharing a special Christmas tree blessing that we always use in our home.

Feel free to make changes as you feel appropriate for your family.  :-)

Family Christmas Tree Blessing

When the tree has been prepared, the household gathers around it.  All make the sign of the cross.

The leader begins:
Blessed be the name of the Lord.

All respond:
Now and forever.

The leader may use these or similar words to introduce the blessing:
This tree is a blessing to our home.  It reminds us of all that is beautiful, all that is filled with the gentleness the promise of God.  It stands in our midst as a tree of light that we might promise such beauty to one another and to our world.  It stands like that tree of paradise that God made into the tree of life, the cross of Jesus.

Then the Scripture is read:
Listen to the words of the apostle Paul to Titus:

But when the kindness and generous love of
God our Savior appeared,
not because of any righteous deeds we had done
but because of His mercy,
He saved us through the bath of rebirth
and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
whom He richly poured out on us
through Jesus Christ, our Savior,
so that we might be justified by His grace
and become heirs in hope of eternal life.
                           --Titus 3:4-7

(The family's Bible may be used for an alternate reading such as Psalm 96:11-13)

The reader concludes:
The Word of the Lord.

All respond:
Thanks be to God.

After a time of silence, all join in prayers of intercession and in the Lord's Prayer.  Then the leader invites:

Let us now pray for God's blessing upon all who gather around this tree.

After a short silence, the leader prays:
A.      Lord, our God,
we praise You for the light of creation:
the sun, the moon, and the stars of the night.
We praise You for the light of Israel:
the Law, the prophets, and the wisdom of
the Scriptures.
We praise You for Jesus Christ, Your Son:
He is Emmanuel, God-with-us, the Prince of Peace,
Who fills us with the wonder of Your love.


Lord, God,
let Your blessing come upon us
as we illuminate this tree.
May the light and cheer it gives
be a sign of the joy that fills our hearts.
May all who delight in this tree
come to the knowledge and joy of salvation.

We ask this through Christ, our Lord.

All:
Amen.

OR:

B.  God of all creation,
we praise You for this tree
which brings beauty and memories and the
promise of life to our home.
May Your blessing be upon all who gather
around this tree,
all who keep the Christmas festival by its lights.
We wait for the coming of the Christ,
the days of everlasting justice and peace.
You are our God, living and reigning, for ever
and ever.

All:
Amen.

The lights of the tree are then illuminated.

The leader says:
Let us bless the Lord.

All respond making the sign of the cross:
Thanks be to God.

The blessing concludes with a verse from 
"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel:"

O Come, thou dayspring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here;
Dispense the gloomy clouds of night
And death's dark shadow put to flight,
Rejoice!  Rejoice!  Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O, Israel.

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