This day, when the Lord was baptized in the Jordan, the heavens were opened, and the Spirit descended like a dove, and remained upon Him, and the voice of the Father sounded forth like thunder:
* This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased.
V. The Holy Ghost descended upon Him in a bodily shape like a dove , and a voice came from heaven.
This is My beloved Son... (
The first responsory of Matins of the Baptism of the Lord.)
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| The Baptism of Christ, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, ca. 1655. |
R. Hodie in Jordáne baptizáto Dómino aperti sunt caeli, et sicut columba super eum Spíritus mansit, et vox Patris intónuit:
* Hic est Filius meus dilectus, in quo mihi bene complácui.
V. Descendit Spíritus Sanctus corporáli specie sicut columba in ipsum, et vox de caelo facta est.
Hic est Fílius meus...
