Most are free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free) meaning the words can be copied and sung to at least one tune with no concerns about copyright or performance licensing. Many such hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included. A selection hymns which are still copyright may be included, where these are particularly appropriate.
Suggestions about other hymns that could be included are welcome: leave a message in the Comments box near the bottom of the page.
Psalm: Psalm 71 - In you O Lord I take refuge
Second: I Corinthians 13:1-13 - Love is patient and kind ... faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is love.
Gospel: Luke 4: 21-30 - Jesus speaks in the synagogue - a prophet is never accepted in his own country.
See lectionary art for this Sunday for suggested pictures and art-works based on today's readings.
Readings
First: Jeremiah 1:4-10 - Before I formed you ... I knew you. I have appointed you as a prophet. I am with you.
Psalm: Psalm 71 - In you O Lord I take refuge
Second: I Corinthians 13:1-13 - Love is patient and kind ... faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is love.
Gospel: Luke 4: 21-30 - Jesus speaks in the synagogue - a prophet is never accepted in his own country.
Themes
The role of the prophet - trusting in God. The complementary nature of love and prophecy.Free-use artworks
Free-use hymns
- A Charge to keep I Have - Wesley
- A Mighty Fortress is Our God - Hedge, trans from Luther
- All my Hope On God is Founded
- Be Thou my Vision
- Blessed be the Ties that Bind / Blest be the Tie that Binds
- Blest are the Poor in Heart
- Bright the Vision that Delighted - Mant (1776-1848)
- Christ For the World we Sing - Wolcott
- Christ is our Corner-Stone - Chandler
- Come Down O Love Divine
- Come Holy Ghost our Souls Inspire (And lighten with celestial fire) - Cosin
- Come let us Sing of a Wonderful Love - Walmsley
- Dear Jesus in Whose Life I See - Hunter
- Draw Me Nearer (I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice) - Crosby
- Draw us in the Spirit’s Tether
- Fairest Lord Jesus - Unknown
- Fill Thou my Life - Horatius Bonar (1808-1889)
- Give Me the Faith Which Can Remove - Wesley
- Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken
- God be in my Head (the Sarum Prayer)
- God is Love His the Care
- God is love the Heavens tell It - John Willard Peterson (1921-2006)
- God is Love: Let Heaven Adore Him - Rees (1874-1939)
- God of Grace and God of Glory - Fosdick (1878-1969) - free use in the USA
- God, whose Almighty Word - Marriott
- Gracious Spirit Holy Ghost - Wordsworth
- Hail Thou Once Despised Jesus - Toplady
- Hail to the Lord's Anointed
- He Came Down - Unknown
- Help us to Help Each Other Lord - Wesley
- Here O my Lord I See Thee Face to Face - Bonar
- How Firm A Foundation - Keith / Keen
- How Lovely Is Your Church, O Lord - Gillette
- How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds
- I Will Sing of the Mercies of the Lord - James Henry Fillmore (1849-1936)
- I'm Not Ashamed To Own my Lord - Watts
- In Christ there is no East or West
- Jerusalem the Golden - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
- Jesus Calls us O’er the Tumult - Alexander
- Jesus Lover of my Soul - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun - Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
- Jesus United By Thy Grace - Wesley
- Lead on O King Eternal - Shurtleff (1862-1917)
- Lift Every Voice and Sing - John R Johnson (1873–1954), adapt from James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)
- Lord I Want to be A Christian - Unknown - Afro/American
- Lord, Speak to Me that I May Speak - Havergal
- Love Came Down at Christmas
- Love Consecrates the Humblest Act - S. B. McManus (1845-1917)
- Love Divine all Loves Excelling
- Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep / The Good Shepherd - Leeson
- May the Mind of Christ my Saviour - Wilkinson
- Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone - Shepherd
- My God I Love Thee (My Eternal King) - St. Francis Xavier's Hymn of Love - Edward Caswall (1814-1878)
- My God, How Wonderful Thou Art - Faber
- My Heart is Full of Christ - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- Nothing Between my Soul and my Savior - Tindley
- O Come Divine Messiah
- O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing - Wesley
- O God Our Help in Ages Past
- O Jesus I Have Promised
- O Love How Deep How Broad How High - Webb, trans from á Kempis
- O Love that Wilt Not Let Me Go - Matheson
- O Master Let me Walk with Thee (You) - Gladden
- O Perfect Love all Human Thought Transcending - Gurney
- O the Deep Deep Love of Jesus - Francis (1834-1925)
- O Word of God Incarnate - How
- O Young and Fearless Prophet - Harlow (1885-1972) - free use in the USA
- Oh I Know the Lord's Laid His Hands on Me - Unknown
- On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry
- Rejoice the Lord is King
- Son of God Eternal Savior - Lowry
- Speak Lord in the Stillness - Crawford (1864-1927)
- Standing in the Need of Prayer - Unknown
- Teach Me my God and King - Herbert
- The God of Abraham Praise - Olivers
- The People that in Darkness Walked - Morison
- The Voice of God is Calling - Holmes (1879-1964) - free use in the USA
- There's a Song in the Air - Holland
- There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (Souls of men, why will ye scatter) - Faber
- This is my Commandment | Love One Another | That your Joy may be Filled - Unknown
- This Little Light of Mine - Unknown
- Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- Thy Words to Me - Martin (1865-1937)
- We'll Understand It Better By and By - Charles Albert Tindley (1851-1933)
- What Shall we Offer Our Good Lord - Wesley, trans from Spangenberg
- Where He Leads me I Will Follow - Blandly (1849-?)
Hymns that may still be copyright
- A New Commandment
- Although I Speak With Angel's Tongue - Andrew Donaldson (b. 1951)
- As Gentle as Silence / Oh the love of my Lord is the essence - Estelle White
- Before the Sun Burned Bright - Daniel Schutte
- Centre of my Life - Paul Inwood (b. 1947)
- Go Tell Everyone (God's Spirit is in my Heart) - Dale / Richards - Dale / Richards
- Go Walk with God - Gillette
- God Bless the Poet’s Heart and Hand - Gillette
- God Hath Spoken by His Prophets - Briggs (1875-1959)
- God Whose Love is Always Stronger - Gillette
- Have you Heard God’s Voice - Jones
- He Comes to Us as One Unknown - Timothy Dudley-Smith (1926-2024)
- Here I am Lord (I the Lord of Sea and Sky) - Schutte
- Here in Christ we Gather (God is Love) - James Quinn (1919-2010)
- How Shall They Hear the Word of God - Perry (1942-1996)
- In the Heart Where Love is Abiding God is in that Heart - Wigmore
- Into One we all are Gathered (Where charity and love are) - Michael Cockett (b 1938)
- Lay Your Hands Gently Upon Us - Landry - Landry
- Let There be Love Shared Among Us - Bilborough
- Listen for God - Andrew Brown (b, 1948)
- Live in Charity (Ubi Caritas) - Les Presses de Taize
- Lord You Give the Great Commission - Rowthorn (1934)
- Love (If I am lacking love) - Lundy
- Loving Spirit, Loving Spirit - Murray (1931 -2020)
- Not for Tongues of Heaven's Angels - Timothy Dudley-Smith (1926-2024)
- Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness - Rusty Edwards (b. 1955)
- Send Me Lord - Redman
- Song for a Young Prophet (O the Word of my Lord) - Damian Lundy (TBA)
- Speak O Lord - Getty / Stuart Townend (b. 1963)
- The Gift of Love - Hopson
- The Great Love of God - Daniel Thambyrajah Niles (1908-1970)
- The Spirit Sends us Forth to Serve - Dufner
- Walk With me O my Lord - Estelle White ()
- When Love is Found - Wren
- Where Charity and Love Prevail
- Where Love And Loving Kindness Dwell - Preston (1936-1977)
- Where There Is Charity And Love - Connolly (1927–2022)
No comments:
Post a Comment
Thanks for commenting. All comments on this website are moderated, so there will be a delay until yours is shown. Deo gratias.