βαπτίζω, the Greek word for baptising in the New Testament, can be used for submersion, but even in the New Testament it is clearly used for pouring or other ways of making something wet.
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God of power and might,
source of all good;
graft in our hearts the love of your name,
and bind us more closely to you
so that you nourish the goodness you sow in us
and, by your watchful care,
you tend and guard the good you have nourished;
through Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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Jesus, may all that is you flow into me.
May your body and blood be my food and drink.
May your passion and death be my strength and life.
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O God,
you inspire the hearts of the faithful with a single longing;
grant your people to love what you command
and to desire what you promise,
so that in all the changes and chances
of this uncertain world,
our hearts may surely there be fixed
where true joys are to be found;
through Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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Ignatius Loyola and his Spiritual Exercises can be a focus, a lens, for our physical pilgrimage such as the Camino, and also for our inner pilgrimage.
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O God,
you have prepared for those who love you
good things which no eye can see,
and which surpass our understanding;
pour into our hearts such longing for you,
that we,
loving you in all things and above all things,
may obtain your promises,
which exceed all that we can desire;
through Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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Grant to us, O God, we pray,
the spirit to always think and do what is right,
that we, who cannot exist without you,
may be able to live according to your will;
through Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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