Theme
Baptism of Jesus: Affirmation of Identity and Mission
Readings
- Old Testament
- Exo. 3: 1-15
- Psalm
- 98
- Epistle
- Gal. 4: 1-7
- Gospel
- Matt. 3: 11-17
- Evening
- Isa. 53: 1-12 / Acts 8: 26-35
Collect
Our Gracious God, who are our Creator and Sustainer, and who in Baptism have claimed us as your own and given us the sign and seal of the covenant of grace, assuring us that you are our God and we are your people, grant that we who have been received into your covenant may always remain in your love, grow in faith, be protected from all dangers and temptations, and by your guiding Spirit be brought to confess Jesus Christ as our Saviour; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.