Our Father in Heaven, who has adopted us as your own sons and daughters, may we live up to your name, living as our example, Jesus, did, that you would be pleased with us and call us beloved children and delight in being with us, through your son, our brother, who abides with you and the Holy Spirit in complete joy in heaven, now and forever. Amen.
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. And a voice from the heavens said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.” – Matthew 3:16-17