LiturgyTools.net: Hymns for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, Year A (19 April 2026)

A selection of hymns and songs, based on themes from the Roman Catholic lectionary for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, Year A.

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 of these hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included.

A small selection of hymns that are still copyright may be included, where they are particularly relevant to the theme.

3rd Sunday of Easter, Year C

2nd Sunday of Easter, Year A

4th Sunday of Easter, Year A

3rd Sunday of Easter, Year B

Readings

First: Acts 2:14, 22-23 - Peter addressed the crowd at Pentecost, comparing Jesus with the patriarch David: God raised this man Jesus to life and caused him to receive the Holy Spirit, whereas we have David's tomb with us.

Psalm: 15 - Show us, Lord, the path of life / Preserve me God I take refuge in you / I will bless the Lord who gives me council / And so my heart rejoices my soul is glad / You will show me the path of life.

Second: I Peter 1:17-21 - Through Christ you now have faith in God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory for that very reason.

Gospel: John 24: 13-35 - Jesus appears to the disciples on the road to Emmaus - they recognised him at the breaking of bread.

Themes

The person of Christ who is our guide and pathway. Resurrection. Faith. Recognising Jesus in the breaking of bread. Eucharist.

Free-use artwork

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 my Hope On God is Founded - Robert Bridges (1844-1930)
Alleluia Sing to Jesus
At the Lamb's High Feast we Sing - Robert Campbell (1814-1868)
Be Known to Us in Breaking Bread - James Montgomery (1771-1854)
Be Thou my Vision
Bring, all-ye (You) Dear Bought Nations - Walter Kirkham Blount (d. 1717)

Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands - Massie
Christ the Lord is Risen Today
Come, Christians Join to Sing - Bateman (1813-1889)
Crown Him With Many Crowns
Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
Draw us in the Spirit’s Tether
Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me) - John Wilbur Chapman (1859-1918)
Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken - John Newton (1725-1807)

Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise Alleluia - Wesley
Hail Thee Festival Day - composite trans from the English Hymnal 1906
Hallelujah, He's Risen - M Roger Holland
He Lives in Us (Through the bread) - Amelia Acosta
I Know that my Redeemer Lives - Samuel Medley
I Know that my Redeemer Lives and Ever Prays for Me - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
I Want to Walk in the Presence of God - Carey Landry & Carol Jean Kinghorn
Jesus Christ is Risen Today

Let us Break Bread Together on our Knees
Lord Enthroned in Heavenly Splendour
Lord Thy Word Abideth - Baker
Lord Who at thy First Eucharist Did'st Pray - William Harry Turton (1856-1938)
Love Divine all Loves Excelling
O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing - Wesley
O Thou Who this Mysterious Bread - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens Adore Him

Praise to the Lord the Almighty - Winkworth
Rejoice the Lord is King
Remembrance (Grant peace, O Lord, across our strife-torn world) - Charles Henrywood (2009)
Show us, Lord, the Path of Life - Fintan O'Carroll (1922-1981)
That Eastertide With Joy Was Bright - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
The Day of Resurrection (Earth tell it out abroad) - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
The Strife Is Past the Battle Done - Pott
This Joyful Eastertide - Woodward
We Walk By Faith
Ye Sons and Daughters Let us Sing / of the King - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)

Hymns which may still be copyright

Alleluia Jesus is Risen - Brokering
Are not our Hearts Burning within Us - Carey Landry (b 1944)
As we Walk Along Beside You - Michael Perry (1942–1996)
Burning in My Soul - Daniel Carson, Matt Maher, Jesse Reeves, Brett Younker
Come and Follow Me (Come be My light)
Coming Together for Wine and Bread - Adam M. L. Tice (b. 1979)
Daylight Fades - Peter J. Scagnelli (1949-2017)
Did Not Our Hearts Burn Within Us - Stephen Dean

God and Man at Table are Sat Down / in Christ There is a Table Set for All - Robert J. Stamps
He Comes to Us as One Unknown - Timothy Dudley-Smith (1926-2024)
I Am the Bread of Life (Come and Follow Me) - Tom Booth, Steve Angrisano (b 1965)
I am the Way (Jesus, You are Lord) - Mary Barrett
In the Breaking of the Bread - Hurd / Downey
In the Breaking of the Bread - Ward - Michael Philip Ward ()
In the Garden Mary Lingers - Martin E. Leckebusch (b. 1962)