{"id":4049,"date":"2026-01-11T13:49:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T13:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/?p=4049"},"modified":"2026-01-11T13:49:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T13:49:43","slug":"celebration-of-the-word-for-the-1st-sunday-after-epiphany-the-baptism-of-jesus-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/11\/celebration-of-the-word-for-the-1st-sunday-after-epiphany-the-baptism-of-jesus-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebration of the Word for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany: The Baptism of Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Epiphany-1st-Sunday-2023.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Opening Sentence: Isaiah 60.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hymn (organ): \u201cSongs of Thankfulness and Praise\u201d, public domain.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First Reading: Isaiah 42:1-9., King James Bible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Psalm 29, King James Version.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hymn: \u201cWorship the Lord In Beauty of Holiness\u201d in the public domain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Second Reading: Acts 10:34-43, World English Bible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organ interlude: Max Reger (1873-1916) \u201cWie Schoen Leuchtet die Morgenstern\u201d op 135a, Performed by Jens Engel on the organ of the Lukaskirche Troisdorf-Spich; uploaded to YouTube and used in accordance with Creative Commons license.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gospel: Matthew 3:13-17, World English Bible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Lord\u2019s Prayer: From Luke.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blessing: from Romans.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Motet: Henrich Sch\u00fctz (1615\u20131672) \u201cO lieber Herre Gott\u201d SWV 287. Singers: Paulina Bielarczyk and Sylwia Zi\u00f3\u0142kowska; Organ: Wac\u0142aw Golonka, used in Accordance with Creative Commons License. Translation: \u201cO dear Lord God, wake us up, so that we are ready, when your Son comes, to receive him with joy and to serve you with a pure heart, by the same, thy beloved Son Jesus Christ, our Lord, Amen.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bible passages were recorded by Librivox, and are in the public domain. Readings correspond to the Revised Common Lectionary. All audio files are given with attribution where known.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bible passages were recorded by Librivox, and are in the public domain. Readings correspond to the Revised Common Lectionary. All audio files are given with attribution where known.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[310,65,27],"tags":[1384,1480,336,677,1386,1266,1202,1216,1233],"class_list":["post-4049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feasts-and-seasons","category-music","category-underground-church","tag-songs-of-thankfulness-and-praise","tag-worship-the-lord-in-beauty-of-holiness","tag-epiphany","tag-feasts-and-seasons","tag-heinrich-schutz","tag-max-reger","tag-revised-common-lectionary","tag-virtual-church-service","tag-year-a"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4050,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4049\/revisions\/4050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}