Almighty God the Father, through Your only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, You have overcome death and opened the gate of everlasting life to us. Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of our Lord’s resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by Your life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!
Father in heaven, at the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River You proclaimed Him Your beloved Son and anointed Him with the Holy Spirit. Make all who are baptized in His name faithful in their calling as Your children and inheritors with Him of everlasting life; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!
The intersection of the secular and the religious: At Christ’s first Advent John the Baptist proclaimed the immanence of the Savior’s coming into the world to a people ruled by one Herod, the tetrarch of Galilee. As we anticipate Christ’s second Advent during this Advent Season, we recognize that we still need a Savior–one who will again intersect our world with His coming in glory, as the dead are raised and the saints receive the inheritance of the world to come.
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