The Baptism of Our Lord
by CCW | 7 January 2020 01:00
The collect for today, the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):
[2]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[3]
The Gospel: St. Mark 1:1-11[4]
Artwork: Gherardo Starnina[5], The Baptism of Christ (right panel, Altarpiece of Friar Bonifacio Ferrer[6]), 1398-1409. Tempera on panel, Valencia Museum of Fine Arts, Valencia, Spain.
- The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/resources/bcponline/propers/#baptism
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Starnina_BaptismOfChrist.jpg
- Isaiah 42:1-8: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=isaiah%2042:1-8&version=ESVUK
- St. Mark 1:1-11: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark%201:1-11&version=ESVUK
- Gherardo Starnina: https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/m02pqj5_
- Altarpiece of Friar Bonifacio Ferrer: http://www.spainisculture.com/en/obras_de_excelencia/museo_de_bellas_artes_de_valencia/retablo_de_fray_bonifacio_ferrer.html
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