Baptism of Our Lord

Tuesday 13 January 2009

IN COMMEMORATIONE BAPTISMATIS D.N.I.C.
Commemoration of the Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ
2nd Class, White
Gloria; Credo; Preface of the Epiphany

Oremus:

Deus, cuius Unigénitus in substántia nostræ carnis appáruit : præsta quæsumus; ut per eum, quem símilem nobis foris agnóvimus, intus reformári mereámur : Qui tecum vivit.

Let us Pray:

O God, whose Only-Begotten Son hath appeared in the substance of our flesh: grant, we beseech Thee, that by Him, in whom outwardly we recognise our likeness, we may deserve to be inwardly created anew: Who liveth and reigneth...

Links:

• Gregorian Chant propers
• What Does the Prayer Really Say?
• Vultus Christi: Numquam sine aqua Christus
• Young Fogeys
  

(image: Maronite icon of the Baptism of Our Lord)