LiturgyTools.net: Hymns for the 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A (18 Jan 2026), Catholic lectionary

Hymns and songs, based on themes from the Roman Catholic lectionary for the 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A.

Most are free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free), so 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 are still copyright may also be provided, if they 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.

2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C

Baptism of the Lord, Year A

3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A

2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B

Readings

First: Isaiah 49: 3, 5-6 - You are my servant, Israel .. I will make you light to the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.

Psalm 39 : Here I am Lord, I come to do your will / I waited, I waited for the Lord / You do no ask for sacrifice and offerings / In the scroll of the book it stands written / Your justice I have proclaimed.

Second: I Corinthians 1:1-3 : Paul sends greetings to the church in Corinth ... who are called to take their place among all the saints everywhere ... for [Christ] is their Lord no less than ours.

Gospel: John 1:29-34 - John sees Jesus and recognizes that he is the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world and says that he saw the Spirit come down on Jesus like a dove when he (John) baptized Jesus. This is how he knows that Jesus is the Chosen One of God.

Themes

Jesus - the Chosen lamb of God - the word made flesh who lived among us, to do the Father's will.

Free-use art

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

Free-use hymns

All Creatures of our God and King
All People that on Earth do Dwell
Alleluia Sing to Jesus
At the Lamb's High Feast we Sing
At the Name of Jesus
Be Thou my Vision
Come Down O Love Divine
Come my Way my Truth my Life - Herbert
Come, Let Us Join Our Cheerful Songs - Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Forth in Thy Name O Lord I Go - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Hail to the Lord's Anointed
Hark a Herald Voice is Calling
Jerusalem (And did those feet in ancient times)
Love Divine all Loves Excelling
On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry
Praise to the Lord the Almighty - Winkworth
Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (God in man made manifest) - Wordsworth

The Church's One Foundation
The King of Love my Shepherd Is - George Herbert (1593-1633)
The Lamb's High Banquet We Await - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
The Lord's my Shepherd - Scottish Psalter translation
The Race that Long in Darkness Pined - Morrison
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (Souls of men, why will ye scatter) - Faber
Thou Whose Almighty Word - John Marriott (1780-1825)
Thuma Mina - Based on a traditional Zulu song

Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)

Hymns which may still be copyright

All Are Welcome (All Belong) - Jesse Manibusan, Ken Canedo
All are Welcome (Let us build a house) - Marty Haugen (b 1950)
All the Ends of the Earth - Bob Dufford (b. 1943)
As He Did (Follow Christ and love the world) - Sebastian Temple (1928-1997)
At the Name of Jesus (He emptied himself) - Walker - Christopher Walker (b. 1947)

Be Not Afraid (You shall cross the barren desert) - Bob Dufford
Behold the Lamb (Those who were in the dark) - Martin Willett (b. 1960)
Behold the Lamb of God - Maher - Matt Maher ()
Behold the Lamb of God (Behold the Lamb of God) - John L Bell (b. 1949)
Behold the Lamb of God (the holy one) - Damian Lundy (…. )
Benedictus (Blessed by the God of Israel) - Bernadette Farrell (b. 1957)
Blest Be the God of Israel - Michael Perry (1942-1996)
Bring Forth the Kingdom (You are salt for the earth) - Haugen - Haugen

Christ be our Light - Bernadette Farrell (b. 1957)
Christ is the World's Light He and None Other - Pratt Green (1903–2000)
Church of God Elect and Glorious - James E Seddon (1915-1983)
City of God (Awake from your slumber) - Dan Schutte
Come to the Water / I Will Run to You - John Foley, Matt Maher
Confitemini Domino - Communaute de Taizé (1982)
Forth in the Peace of Christ we Go - Quinn - James Quinn (1919-2010)
God has Chosen Me - Bernadette Farrell

Here I Am (Lord, here I am) - Rory Cooney (b. 1952)
Here I am Lord (I the Lord of Sea and Sky) - Schutte
I am the Light of the World - Jim Strathdee
I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light / Shine in my Heart - Kathleen Armstrong Thomerson, 1934-2025
I Worship You, O Lamb Of God - Graham Kendrick (b. 1950)
Jesus Christ, the Long-Awaited - Alan J. Hommerding, (b. 1956)
Jesus Messiah (He became sin, who knew no sin) - Chris Tomlin,Daniel Carson, Ed Cash, Jesse Reeves

Lamb Of God (I exalt You, Jesus my sacrifice ) - Chris Bowater (b 1947)
Let Your Love Come Down (Lord I will stand and wait) - Josh Blakesley and Jeff Thomas
Lord Whose Love Through Humble Service - Bayly
Lord You Give the Great Commission - Rowthorn (1934)
Love is Here (Come to the water, you who thirst) - Tenth Avenue North - Mike Donehey, Jason Jamison, Jason Ingrham, Phillip La Rue
Make Us True Servants - Susan G Wente (1978)

Open my Eyes Lord - Manisuban
Out of Darkness God has Called Us - Christopher Walker (1989)
Psallite Deo (This Is the Day) - Jacques Berthier (1923-1994)
Sent Forth by God's Blessing - Omer Westendorf (1916-1997)
Servant Song (Brother let me be Your Servant) - Gillard - Gillard
Sing to the world of Christ our Sovereign Lord - Patrick Lee (1930-2004)
Song for a Young Prophet (O the Word of my Lord) - Damian Lundy (1944-1996)

Take and Eat (I am the Word that spoke) - Quinn
The Light of Christ - Fishel
The Servant Song - Gilliard
The Spirit of God - Lucien Deiss
The Summons (Will You Come and Follow Me) - John Bell (b. 1949), Maule (1958-2019)
The Voice of God Goes out to all the World - Connaughton / Inwood

We are the Light of the World (Blessed are they who are poor in spirit) - Jean Anthony Greif (1889-1981)
When Jesus Comes to be Baptized - the Benedictines of Stanbrook Abbey (1971/74)
When John Baptized by Jordan's River - Timothy Dudley-Smith (1926-2024)
Word of God Come Down to Earth - James Quinn (1919-2010)
You are Near - Daniel (Dan) L Schutte (b 1947)
You have Anointed Me -Mike Balhoff, Gary Daigle, Darryl Ducote
Your Only Son - Twila Paris (b. 1958)