Almighty Father, who didst inspire Simon Peter, first among the apostles, to confess Jesus as Messiah and Son of the Living God: Keep thy Church steadfast upon the rock of this faith, that in unity and peace we may proclaim the one truth and follow the one Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

Today, the Church celebrates the blessed Feast of the Confession of St. Peter. pic.twitter.com/QQEKOM1Q3g

— G. C. Garlinghouse 🦬 (@Acolyte_1) January 18, 2025

Almighty God, who to wise men who sought him didst manifest the Incarnation of thy Son by the bright shining of a star: Grant that, as they presented unto him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh, so we also out of our treasures may offer to him ourselves, a living sacrifice acceptable in thy sight; through him who for our sakes was born on earth as a little child, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Sunrise behind lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City, Saturday morning #newyorkcity #nyc #newyork #sunrise @_WTCOfficial pic.twitter.com/E2InIyJwsO

— Gary Hershorn (@GaryHershorn) January 18, 2025

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with might through his Spirit in the inner man, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have power to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fulness of God.

Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, for ever and ever. Amen.

–Ephesians 3:14-21

Breathe. Now take in the beauty that’s all around you. Repeat.

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— US Department of the Interior (@Interior) January 18, 2025