The Baptism of Our Lord
by CCW | 7 January 2011 05:00
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]
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Artwork: Andrea Sansovino, The Baptism of Jesus, 1502. (The angel is a 1792 addition by Innocenzo Spinazzi.) Marble, Museo dell’Opera del Duomo[5], Florence. Photograph taken by admin, 14 May 2010.
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#baptism
- Isaiah 42:1-8: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=isaiah%2042:1-8&version=ESV
- St Mark 1:1-11: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark%201:1-11&version=ESV
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Sansovino_BaptismOfJesus.jpg
- Museo dell’Opera del Duomo: http://www.operaduomo.firenze.it/english/luoghi/museo.asp
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