LiturgyTools.net: Hymns for the 6th Sunday of Easter - Year A (10 May 2026)

A selection of hymns and songs, based on themes from the Roman Catholic lectionary for the 6th 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 such hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included.

A small selection of hymns that are still subject to copyright may be included, where they are particularly appropriate.

6th Sunday of Easter, Year C

5th Sunday of Easter, Year A

7th Sunday of Easter, Year A
Or
Ascension of the Lord, Year A

6th Sunday of Easter, Year B

Readings

First: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 - Philip preached in Samaritan town, and converted many - the apostles sent Peter and John to them and prayed for the Samaritans to receive the Holy Spirit.

Psalm: 32 - Cry out with joy to God all the earth / Cry out with joy to God all the earth / Before you all the earth shall bow / He turned the sea into dry land / Come and hear, all who fear God.

Second: I Peter 3:15-18 - Reverence Christ in your hearts .. have your answer ready for those who ask you the reason for your hope ... Christ himself has died for sins - in the body he was put to death, in the spirit he was raised to life.

Gospel: John 14:15-21 - I shall ask the Father and he will give you another Advocate ... that spirit of Truth. ... anybody who receives my commandments and keeps them will be one who loves me: and anybody who loves me will be loved by my Father.

Themes

Receiving the Spirit - strengthening for the Christian life. Truth. The spirit as the source of the message we proclaim. Looking forward to Pentecost - coming of another advocate.

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 Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
Alleluia Sing to Jesus
And Can it Be that I should Gain - Wesley
Be Joyful Mary - Unknown
Be Still and Know that I Am God - Unknown
Blest are the Pure in Heart - John Keble (1792-1866)

Christ is Made the Sure Foundation
Christ the Lord Is Risen Again - Winkworth (1827-1878)
Come Away to the Skies
Come Down O Love Divine
Come Holy Ghost Creator Come - Unknown
Come my Way my Truth my Life - Herbert
Come Thou Almighty King - Unknown, circa 1757
Come Thou Almighty King - the Italian Hymn
Come Ye Faithful Raise the Strain - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
Creator Spirit, by Whose Aid - John Dryden (1631-1700)
Crown Him With Many Crowns

From All that Dwell Below the Skies - Bob Hurd (b 1950)
God is Love His the Care
Good Christians all, rejoice - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise Alleluia - Wesley
He Lives in Us (Through the bread) - Amelia Acosta
Holy Spirit Breathe on Me (until my heart is clean) - Baylus Benjamin (BB) McKinney (1886-1952)
How Can I Keep from Singing (My life flows on in endless song)
How Great is our God - Unknown

I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say - Horatius Bonar (1808 - 1889)
If you Believe and I Believe
Jesu the Joy of Loving Hearts - Palmer (1808-1887)
Joyful Joyful we Adore Thee
Lord Enthroned in Heavenly Splendour
Love Divine all Loves Excelling

O Breathe on Me O Breath of God - Edwin Hatch (1835-1889)
O Jesus I Have Promised
O Jesus Joy of Loving Hearts / Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts - Palmer
O Sacred Head Sore Wounded - Bridges
O Word of God Incarnate - How
On This Day the First of Days - Baker
Praise we our God with Joy - Frederick Oakeley (1802-1880)

The Church's One Foundation
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (Souls of men, why will ye scatter) - Faber
Veni Creator Spiritus - Unknown - various settings
We Walk By Faith
Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem - Robert Campbell (1814-1868)
Ye Sons and Daughters Let us Sing / of the King - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)

Hymns which may still be copyright

A New Commandment - Roy Crabtree (c 1930)
As Gentle as Silence / Oh the love of my Lord is the essence - Estelle White
As I Kneel Before You - Maria Parkinson ()
Awakening (In our hearts, Lord, in this nation) - Chris Tomlin (), Reuben Morgan ()

Here in Christ we Gather (God is Love) - James Quinn (1919-2010)
Holy Spirit, We're Calling You - Ed Bolduc
How Wonderful the Three-in-One - Wren

I Give You a New Commandment - Bob Hurd (b. 1950)
I Have Loved You - Jan Michael Joncas (b. 1951)
I Will be With You Wherever You Go - Markland - Gerald Markland
In Love We Choose to Live - Jeanne Cotter
Isaiah 49: I Will Never Forget You - Carey Landry (b 1944)
Jesu Jesu Fill us With Your Love (Kneels at the feet) - Tom Colvin (1925-2000)

Let All the Earth (cry out to God) - Ken Canedo
Let All the Earth Cry Out (to God with joy) - Rory Cooney (b. 1952)
Love Came Down (If my heart is overwhelmed) - Kari Jobe (b. 1981)
Love Goes On - Bernadette Farrell (b. 1957)
Love is His Word (Richer than gold is the love of my Lord) - Luke Connaughton (1917-1979)
Love One Another - Habjan - Germaine Habjan (b 1943 - ?)

Now the Green Blade Riseth (Love is Come Again) - Crum (1872-1958)
Rest of Us (Come down Spirit when You move) - Brandon Lake, Elyssa Smith, Harvest Bashta, Jonathan Jay, Rebekah White, Tony Brown
Send Forth Your Spirit - Aniceto Nazareth ()
Send Forth Your Spirit, O Lord - Steven C. Warner (b. 1954)