The collect for today, the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, from The Book of Common Prayer [1] (Canadian, 1962):
O HEAVENLY Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ did take our nature upon him, and was baptized for our sakes in the river Jordan: Mercifully grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may also be partakers of thy Holy Spirit; through him whom thou didst send to be our Saviour and Redeemer, even the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lesson Isaiah 42:1-8 [2]
The Gospel: St. Mark 1:1-11 [3]
Artwork: Rogier van der Weyden, Baptism of Christ (central panel of St. John Altarpiece [4]), 1455-60. Oil on oak panel, Staatliche Museen, Berlin.