Hymn ideas for Transfiguration Sunday / the Sunday before Lent, Year C - Revised Common Lectionary

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A selection of hymn and song suggestions, based on themes from the Revised Common lectionary for the Transfiguration Sunday, Year C.

Most are free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free), so the words can be copied and sung to at least one tune with no concerns about copyright or performance licensing - sometimes in a limited setting.  Many of these hymns are old / traditional - but where possible a variety of styles and genres are included.  A small selection of hymns that may still be copyright are also included, if these are particularly relevant.

Suggestions about other free-to-use hymns that could be included are welcome: leave a message in the Comments box near the bottom of the page.






Readings

First: Exodus 34:29-35 - Moses comes down from Mt Sinai with the commandments, and gives them to Aaron and the Israelites. After this, Moses veils his face, because it was shining from speaking with the Lord.

Psalm 99 - The Lord is king; let the peoples tremble.

Second: 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 - .. we, with unveiled faces, see the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, we are transformed into the same image .... this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.

Gospel:  Luke 9:28-36
Jesus takes Peter, James and John to a high mountain to pray, and there he is transfigured - Moses and Elijah appeared - a voice from the clouds says "This is my Son, the Beloved".




Themes

Transfiguration, transformation.  Light.




Free-use hymns



  • Dear Lord for All in Pain
  • Depth of Mercy - Wesley
  • Eternal Light Eternal Light - Thomas Binney (1798-1874)
  • From Glory to Glory Advancing - Charles William Humphreys (1840-1921)
  • God Himself is Present - Foster / Miller, translated from Blumengärtlein
  • God of Mercy God of Grace - Lyte




  • We Hail Thy Presence Glorious - Richard Godfrey Parsons (1882-1948)
  • When all Thy Mercies O my God - Addison
  • When Morning Gilds the Skies - Caswall
  • Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life - North
  • Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness - Monsell (1811-1875)





Hymns which may still be copyright



  • In My Life Lord be Glorified - Kilpatrick (b 1952)
  • In the Desert, on God's Mountain - Susan Palo Cherwien (1953-2021)
  • King of Kings and Lord of Lords - Batya and Conty
  • Light of the Minds that Know Him - Timothy Dudley-Smith (1926-2024)
  • Jesus take us to the Mountain - Vajda
  • Lord You are the Light of Life to Me - Hoare (b. 1935)
  • Majesty (worship his majesty) - Hayford - Hayford
  • May the Glory of the Lord Fill His Temple - Nowell

  • Much Brighter than a Thousand Suns - Andrew Pratt (b. 1948)
  • Name of all Majesty - Dudley-Smith
  • O Lord as You Were on Your Way - Gillette
  • O Raise Your Eyes on High and See - Ralph Wright OSB (b 1938)
  • Our Saviour Once Knelt in Prayer - Dudley-Smith
  • O Vision Blest of Heavenly Light - Timms (1910-1997)


  • We Are Standing On Holy Ground - Davis
  • We Cannot Bear the Full Light of Your Glory  - Brown
  • We Have Come at Christ’s Own Bidding - Daw
  • We shall Stand (Lord, You have chosen me for fruitfulness) - Graham Kendrick (b. 1950)
  • When I Look Into Your Holiness - Perrin / Perrin
  • Who is This Whose Face Shines Brighter  - Gilbert
  • You Living Christ Our Eyes Behold - Edmund R. Morgan (1888-1979)

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