"The vocation of the Church is to be a community where as far as possible disagreement does not exist because truth is known, accepted and celebrated." (Martin Davie)
Sunday, January 8, 2012
The Baptism of our Lord: Covenant renewal
Opening Sentence
Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Isaiah 60:3
Collect of the Day: The Baptism of our Lord
Father in heaven, who at the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan proclaimed him your beloved Son and anointed him with the Holy Spirit: Grant that all who are baptized into his Name may keep the covenant they have made, and boldly confess him as Lord and Savior; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
Hereby, God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I renew the covenant of my Holy Baptism, this day and for all times renouncing the devil, all his works and all his pomp, also the ways of the wicked world and of my sinful flesh. I anew consecrate to Thee, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, my body and soul, and commit to Thee the temporal, spiritual and eternal welfare of my self and my kin. O God, my Father, I entrust myself fully to Thy care, grace, love and truth. O Jesus, my Redeemer, I clothe myself with Thy merits, with Thy blood, wounds and blessed communion. O Holy Spirit, my Comforter, I consign myself wholly to Thy guidance, power, light and comfort. O Triune God, Thou art mine, I am Thine; Thou art my Father, I am Thy child; Thou art my shepherd, I am Thy sheep; Thou art my Lord, I am Thine own. O my God, how can I sufficiently thank Thee that Thou hast deigned to raise me, a wretched sinner, to the blessed relation of a Christian by means of Holy Baptism, that gracious washing of regeneration! Oh, keep and preserve me in this state of grace even unto death. Grant, O Lord, that this consciousness of being Thy child may ever be my comfort against Satan, sin and death, and may I value it more highly than all worldly honor or temporal dignity; may I conform my life thereto and finally die a Christian death. Grant this, O Lord in the power of the Holy Spirit, and for the sake of Thy dear Son Jesus Christ. Honor, glory and thanks be to the Triune God forever and ever. Amen.
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