Entrance Antiphon: After the Lord was baptized, the heavens were opened, and the Spirit descended upon him like a dove, and the voice of the Father thundered: This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. (Cf. Mt 3: 16-17)

Collect: Almighty ever-living God, who, when Christ had been baptized in the River Jordan and as the Holy Spirit descended upon him, solemnly declared him your beloved Son, grant that your children by adoption, reborn of water and the Holy Spirit, may always be well pleasing to you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Or:

O God, whose Only Begotten Son has appeared in our very flesh, grant, we pray, that we may be inwardly transformed through him whom we recognize as outwardly like ourselves. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

First Reading: Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11 (21C)

Responsorial Psalm: Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10 or 104:1b-2, 3-4, 24-25, 27-28, 29-30

The Lord will bless his people with peace.

Or:

O bless the Lord, my soul!

Second Reading: Acts 10:34-38 or Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7

Gospel: Luke 3:15-16, 21-22

Prayer over the Offerings: Accept, O Lord, the offerings we have brought to honor the revealing of your beloved Son, so that the oblation of your faithful may be transformed into the sacrifice of him who willed in his compassion to wash away the sins of the world. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

Communion Antiphon: Behold the One of whom John said: I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God. (Jn 1: 32, 34)

Prayer after Communion: Nourished with these sacred gifts,
we humbly entreat your mercy, O Lord,
that, faithfully listening to your Only Begotten Son,
we may be your children in name and in truth.
Through Christ our Lord.

Suggested Music:


Processional Hymn: Songs of Thankfulness and Praise

Entrance Antiphon: from the Ignatius Pew Missal

Responsorial Psalm (Option 1): from the Ignatius Pew Missal

Responsorial Psalm (Option 2): from the Ignatius Pew Missal

Alleluia: from the Ignatius Pew Missal

Offertory Hymn: Hail to the Lord’s Anointed

Communion Antiphon: from the Ignatius Pew Missal (p. 85)

A Eucharistic hymn is appropriate during or after communion.

Recessional Hymn: Joy to the World