Collect · Jan 13, 2025 · WDTPRS
WDTPRS – 13 January: Baptism of the Lord (Double Dipping)
Novus OrdoBaptism of the Lord — Jan 10, 2027, Jan 9, 2028
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui Christum, in Iordane flumine baptizatum, Spiritu Sancto super eum descendente, dilectum Filium tuum sollemniter declarasti, concede filiis adoptionis tuae, ex aqua et Spiritu Sancto renatis, ut in beneplacito tuo iugiter perseverent.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
Almighty eternal God, who as the Holy Spirit was descending upon Him, solemnly declared Christ, baptized in the Jordan river, to be Your beloved Son, grant that the children of Your adopting, reborn from water and the Holy Spirit, may continually persevere in your good pleasure.
On the SIXTH of January, Epiphany, we prayed liturgically with the three mysteries of the Lord’s life revealing Him as divine: the adoration of Jesus by the Magi, the changing water to wine at Cana, and His baptism by John in the Jordan River. In the reform after the Council, the mystery of the Lord’s Baptism (as revealing His divinity)…