BAPTISM OF OUR LORD
SUNDAY, JANUARY 11TH, 2026​

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INTRODUCTION​

In the waters of the Jordan, Jesus is revealed as the beloved Son of God.
     Through this great epiphany, Jesus fulfills all righteousness and becomes the
     servant of God who will bring forth justice and be a light to the nations. In the
     waters of baptism we too are washed by the Word, anointed by the Spirit, and
     named God’s beloved children. Our baptismal mission is to proclaim good news
     to all who are oppressed or in need of God’s healing.

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PRAYER OF THE DAY

O God our Father, at the baptism of Jesus you proclaimed him your beloved Son
     and anointed him with the Holy Spirit. Make all who are baptized into Christ
     faithful to their calling to be your daughters and sons, and empower us all with
     your Spirit, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with
     you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.​

FIRST READING

ISAIAH 42:1-9
God’s servant is endowed with God’s spirit in order to bring justice to the nations.
     The servant will not exercise authority boisterously or with violence, nor will
     weariness ever prevent the fulfilling of the servant’s task. God’s old promises
     have been fulfilled; the servant’s new assignment is to bring light to the nations.

1 Here is my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
I have put my spirit upon him;
he will bring forth justice to the nations.
2 He will not cry out or lift up his voice
or make it heard in the street;
3 a bruised reed he will not break,
and a dimly burning wick he will not quench;
he will faithfully bring forth justice.
4 He will not grow faint or be crushed
until he has established justice in the earth,
and the coastlands wait for his teaching.
 
5 Thus says God, the Lord,
who created the heavens and stretched them out,
who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
who gives breath to the people upon it
and spirit to those who walk in it:
6 I am the Lord; I have called you in righteousness;
  I have taken you by the hand and kept you;
  I have given you as a covenant to the people,
  a light to the nations,
  7 to open the eyes that are blind,
  to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
  from the prison those who sit in darkness.
  8 I am the Lord; that is my name;
  my glory I give to no other,
  nor my praise to idols.
  9 See, the former things have come to pass,
  and new things I now declare;
  before they spring forth,
  I tell you of them.​

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PSALM

PSALM 29
(Response) The voice of the Lord is upon the waters. (Ps. 29:3)

1 Ascribe to the Lord, you gods,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due God’s name;
worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders;
the Lord is upon the mighty waters.
4 The voice of the Lord is a powerful voice;
the voice of the Lord is a voice of splendor.
(Response) The voice of the Lord is upon the waters. (Ps. 29:3)

5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedar trees;
the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon;
6 the Lord makes Lebanon skip like a calf,
and Mount Hermon like a young wild ox.
7 The voice of the Lord
bursts forth in lightning flashes.
8 The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
(Response) The voice of the Lord is upon the waters. (Ps. 29:3)

9 The voice of the Lord makes the oak trees writhe and strips the forests bare.
And in the temple of the Lord all are crying, “Glory!”
10 The Lord sits enthroned above the flood;
the Lord sits enthroned as king forevermore.
11 O Lord, give strength to your people;
give them, O Lord, the blessings of peace.
(Response) The voice of the Lord is upon the waters. (Ps. 29:3)

SECOND READING

ACTS 10:34-43
Peter crosses the sharp religious boundary separating Jews from Gentiles and
     proclaims the good news of God’s inclusive forgiveness in Jesus’ name to
     Cornelius, a Roman centurion. As a result of Peter’s preaching, Cornelius and his
     family become the first Gentiles to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.

34 Peter began to speak to [Cornelius and his household]: “I truly understand that
     God shows no partiality, 35 but in every people anyone who fears him and
     practices righteousness is acceptable to him. 36 You know the message he sent
     to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all.
     37 That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism
     that John announced: 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy
     Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were
     oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. 39 We are witnesses to all that he
     did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a
     tree, 40 but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, 41 not to
     all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses and who ate and
     drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42 He commanded us to preach to
     the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living
     and the dead. 43 All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in
     him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

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​​​​GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia. A voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom
     I am well pleased." Alleluia. (Matt. 3:17)

GOSPEL READING

MATTHEW 13:13-17
Before Jesus begins his ministry, he is baptized by John, touched by the Spirit,
     and identified publicly as God’s child.

13 Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. 14 John
     would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you
     come to me?” 15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for it is proper for us
     in this way to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. 16 And when Jesus
     had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens
     were opened to him and he saw God’s Spirit descending like a dove and alighting
     on him. 17 And a voice from the heavens said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with
     whom I am well pleased.”

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