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.
However a small number of hymns which may still be copyright that but are specifically about Lent are also included.
Seasonal note
The season of Lent is a time of penance, including traditional practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving.There are a number of themes which appear in the Lenten readings in each year of the liturgical calendar, including repentance and renewal, preparing for Christ's death, appealing to God's mercy and compassion.
These suggestions are appropriate for the entire season, rather than being directly tied to the readings on a particular day. Hymns which are more suited to Good Friday are not included - but they are often used towards the end of Lent..
Free-use hymns for the season of Lent
Attende Domine
Beloved Lamb
Be Still my Soul
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Father Hear the Prayer we Offer
Forty Days and Forty Nights
God of Mercy and Compassion
Godhead Here in Hiding
Jesus Calls Us, O'er the Tumult
Lord Jesus Think on Me
Lord who Throughout These Forty Days
My Faith Looks up to Thee
Now are the Days of Humblest Prayer - Faber
O Cross of Christ Immortal Tree
O God of Earth and Altar
O Cross of Christ Immortal Tree
O God of Earth and Altar
O Kind Creator Bow Thine Ear
O Love How Deep How Broad How High
Parce Domine
Praise to the Holiest in the Heights
Saviour When in Dust to Thee
Take up Thy Cross
The Glory of these Forty Days
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy
We Walk by Faith
When Jesus Wept
Beyond the Days
Bring us Back to You O Lord Our God - Lecot / Fay
From the Depths of Sin and Sadness
Saviour When in Dust to Thee
Take up Thy Cross
The Glory of these Forty Days
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy
We Walk by Faith
When Jesus Wept
Lenten hymns that may still be copyright
Again We Keep This Solemn Fast - Scagnelli / Neale
Believe and Repent - Meltz
Bring us Back to You O Lord Our God - Lecot / Fay
From the Depths of Sin and Sadness
Lord Jesus as we Turn from Sin
May this Lenten Discipline (ref) - McAuley
Merciful God - Alonso / Bringle (ref)
May this Lenten Discipline (ref) - McAuley
Merciful God - Alonso / Bringle (ref)
Return to God -Haugen
Where Charity and Love are Found - Kendzia
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