An Epiphany carol service...

...Organised by fund-raisers for the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham  at this church in Warwick Street near Piccadilly. 

Tomorrow at the Ordinariate parish here, Fr Christopher will bless and distribute chalk, which we will take home, and after asking God to bless our homes for the coming year,we will chalk up the date, with the traditional initials of the Three Wise men, over the front door, thus:

C+M+B 2017

This is a tradition I first discovered in Austria, where children dressed as the three Wise Men go from house to house, being welcomed at each one, singing carols and reciting a little prayer...

Our house was blessed when we first moved in, some thirty years ago, by Father - now Bishop - Peter Elliott of Melbourne, who went into every room, blessing each with holy water...