Hymns for Proper 25 / Ordinary 30 in Year B (23rd Sunday after Pentecost, 27 October 2024) - Revised Common Lectionary

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A selection of hymns and songs, based on themes from the Revised Common lectionary for the Sunday of Proper twenty-five (Ordinary thirty) in Year B.

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 small selection of hymns that are still be copyright may also included, if they are particularly matched with the readings.

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



Proper 25, Year A


Readings

First:  
Job 42:1-6, 10-17 - Job declared his repentance to the Lord, who now sees as well as hears.  Once Job has prayed for his friends, the Lord restores his life and fortunes.  Eventually Job died, old and full of days.
OR
Jeremiah 31:7-9  -  The Lord says "Shout with joy - I have saved my people - I am a father to Israel"

Second: Hebrews 7:23-28 - Christ holds his priesthood forever:  He is holy, blameless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens, and has no need to offer sacrifices day after day because he did once for all when he offered himself:  the law has appointed a Son who has been made perfect forever.

Gospel 10:46-52   Mark  - The healing of blind Bartimaeus - thanks to his faith, courage and persistence.



Themes

God the Father:   Healer, protector, miracle-worker, saviour.   Faith, faithfulness.



Free-use artwork

See lectionary art for this Sunday for suggested pictures and art-works based on today's readings.


Free-use hymns



  • Christ the Lord Is Risen Again - Winkworth (1827-1878), trans from Weisse (1531)
  • Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies - Wesley
  • Christ's Compassion to the Weak - Isaac Watts
  • Come Down O Love Divine
  • Come Let Us Use the Grace Divine - Wesley
  • Come Ye Faithful Raise the Strain - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
  • Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
  • Depth of Mercy - Wesley
  • Every Time I Feel the Spirit - Unknown
  • Father Whose Everlasting Love - Charles Wesley
  • Firmly I Believe and Truly
  • From All that Dwell Belowthe Skies - Watts





  • Pass Me Not - Crosby (1820-1915)
  • Power in the Blood - Lewis E. Jones (1865-1936)
  • Praise for the Fountain Opened - Cowper (1731-1800)
  • Praise my Soul the King of Heaven
  • Priesthood of Christ (Entered the holy place above) - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
  • Pull Back the Veil on the Dawn of Creation  - Bell (b. 1949), Maule (1958-2019)
  • Put all Your Trust In God - Wesley
  • Put Thou Thy Trust in God - John Wesley (1703-1791), translated from by TBA 1607-1676)
  • Son of God Eternal Savior - Lowry
  • St Patrick's Lorica (I Bind Unto Myself Today) - Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895)
  • Stand by Me - Tindley
  • Stand Up and Bless the Lord - James Montgomery (1771-1854)

  • Tell Me the Old Old Story
  • Tell Me the Stories of Jesus - Parker
  • The Jubilee (Blow ye the trumpet, blow) - Charles Wesley
  • The King of Love my Shepherd Is - George Herbert (1593-1633)
  • The Light of Christ - Fishel
  • The Lord Ascendeth Up on High - Arthur T. Russell (1806-1874)
  • The Lord our Righteousness - Wesley, trans from Nicolaus Ludwig, Graf von Zinzendorf
  • The Lord Will Come and Not be Slow - Milton
  • The Name Of Jesus  - Martin USA 1864-1914)
  • The Old Rugged Cross - free use in the USA onlyThe People that in Darkness Walked - Morison
  • The Work of Faith (Author of faith, eternal Word) - Wesley
  • There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (Souls of men, why will ye scatter) - Faber
  • Thine Arm, O Lord, in Days of Old - Plumptre
  • Thine For Ever God of Love - Maude
  • Through all the Changing Scenes of Life - Unknown - from Tate and Brady's New Version, 1696, 1698
  • Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow - Baring-Gould (1834-1924)
  • To Thee, o Lord, Our Hearts We Raise - W. Chatterton Dix (1837-1898)
  • Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus - Lemmel (1863-1961) - free use in the USA only




Hymns which may still be copyright

  • A Blind Man Sat beside the Road - Stuempfle
  • Be the Light in my Darkness - Burns (2013)
  • Eternal Light Shine in My Heart - Idle (b 1938), from Alcuin
  • Have Faith in God my Heart - Rees
  • He Touched Me (Shackled by a Heavy Burden) - Gaither / Gaither
  • Heal me Hands of Jesus - Perry (1942-1996)
  • Healer of Our Every Ill - Haugen


  • Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness - Rusty Edwards (b. 1955)
  • We Cannot Measure How You Heal - Bell (b. 1949)
  • We Pray For Healing And For Health  - Brown
  • When Jesus the Healer Passed Through Galilee - Smith
  • Wounded World That Cries For Healing - Murray
  • You are the God that Healeth Me - Author is unclear, Moen wrote a popular arrangement

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