O God,
your only Son hung on the cross for us,
and there he paid the price of our redemption with his blood,
that we, through his death, might receive adoption as your children.
Give us grace to call you Father
in true faith;
through your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Source: Mozarabic Rite, from The New Mozarabic Collects, [60] (Trinity 8)
“your only Son hung on the cross for us” may be a reference to John 3:14, John 8:28, John 12:32
“paid with his blood the price of our Redemption” is a reference to Ephesians 1:7
“might receive adoption as your children” is a reference to Romans 8:15 and Galatians 4:5
“with true faith to call you Father” is a reference to Matthew 6:9 and Romans 8:15
