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 which are, or may be, still copyright are also included where they are a particularly good for for the theme(s).
Suggestions about hymns that could be included are welcome: leave a comment
below.
Psalm 97 - The Lord has shown his salvation to the nations / sing a new song to the Lord /All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Second I John 4:7-10 - Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. ... God’s love was revealed: ...God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him..
Gospel: John 15:9-17- Jesus says: “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. You did not choose me but I chose you.
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See
lectionary art for this Sunday
for suggested pictures and art-works based on today's readings.
God is Love; His the Care
God is Love the Heavens Tell It
In Christ there is no East or West
Joyful, Joyful We Adore You
Love Divine all Loves Excelling
My God I Love Thee
O Breathe on Me O Breath of God
Psalm 97 - Music for Mass setting
This is My Commandment I Give You
What Wondrous Love
Ye Sons and Daughters
Christians Let us Love One Another - especially verse 3
Come Down O Love Divine
(the words are public-domain in most countries, but the most commonly-used tune is not)
Draw Me Close - Carpenter
God has Chosen Me - Farrell
I Am the Bread of Life - Tom Kaczmarek, especially last verse
I Have Loved You with an Everlasting Love - Joncas
In Love for Me - Lundy / Owens
Jesu, Jesu Fill us with your Love - Colvert
Love One Another - Habjan
Love One Another - Feargal King
O God of Every Nation - Reid
One Bread, One Body
New Songs of Celebration Render - Routley
No Greater Love - Assad, Tomlin, Maher
Prayer of St Francis - Foley
Sing a New Song - Schutte
Sing a New Song to the Lord
This is my Will - Quinn
When I needed a Neighbour - Carter
Your Love Is Extravagant - Darrell Evans
Seasonal Note
If the Ascension of the Lord is celebrated on the seventh Sunday of Easter, then the 2nd reading and gospel from that days Mass may be used instead of these ones. The suggestions below, however, are based on the readings for the 6th Sunday.
Readings
First: Acts 10:25-26, 34-45, 44-48 - Peter visits Cornelius' household, and the Holy spirit is poured out even on the Gentiles and they speak in tongues. “God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.” So Peter ordered them to be baptised.Psalm 97 - The Lord has shown his salvation to the nations / sing a new song to the Lord /All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Second I John 4:7-10 - Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. ... God’s love was revealed: ...God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him..
Gospel: John 15:9-17- Jesus says: “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. You did not choose me but I chose you.
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Themes
Choosing and being chosen. We are chosen by God. God's love for us - and its implications, our call to love others. The Spirit, and God's love. Equality - God is for all nations and races.Free-use artwork
Free-use hymns
A New CommandmentGod is Love; His the Care
God is Love the Heavens Tell It
In Christ there is no East or West
Joyful, Joyful We Adore You
Love Divine all Loves Excelling
My God I Love Thee
O Breathe on Me O Breath of God
Psalm 97 - Music for Mass setting
This is My Commandment I Give You
What Wondrous Love
Ye Sons and Daughters
Hymns which may still be copyright
All are Welcome - HaugenChristians Let us Love One Another - especially verse 3
Come Down O Love Divine
(the words are public-domain in most countries, but the most commonly-used tune is not)
Draw Me Close - Carpenter
God has Chosen Me - Farrell
I Am the Bread of Life - Tom Kaczmarek, especially last verse
I Have Loved You with an Everlasting Love - Joncas
In Love for Me - Lundy / Owens
Jesu, Jesu Fill us with your Love - Colvert
Love One Another - Habjan
Love One Another - Feargal King
O God of Every Nation - Reid
One Bread, One Body
New Songs of Celebration Render - Routley
No Greater Love - Assad, Tomlin, Maher
Prayer of St Francis - Foley
Sing a New Song - Schutte
Sing a New Song to the Lord
This is my Will - Quinn
When I needed a Neighbour - Carter
Your Love Is Extravagant - Darrell Evans
See also ...
- Catholic lectionary based hymn suggestions for Sundays and feasts
- Sources of music for church services
- Catholic Mass planning template
- Music selection worksheet
I think your comments about Come Down, O Love Divine may be in reverse; i.e. the lyrics are public domain (because Richard Littledale died in 1890), while the tune (DOWN AMPNEY) is copyright to Oxford University Press (except in U.S.A.) as Ralph Vaughan Williams died in 1958.
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