The collect for today, the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, from The Book of Common Prayer (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
The Gospel: St. Mark 1:1-11
Artwork: Andrea del Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci, Baptism of Christ, c. 1470-75. Tempera and oil on panel, Uffizi, Florence.