LiturgyTools.net: Hymns for the 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A (30 July 2023)

A selection of free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free) hymns and song suggestions, based on themes from the Roman Catholic lectionary for the seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, 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 which are, or may be, still copyright are also included where they are a particularly good for for the theme(s).

Suggestions about other hymns that could be included are welcome: leave a message in the Comments box near the bottom of the page.

17th Sunday of OT, Year C

16th Sunday of OT

18th Sunday of OT
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The Transfiguration

17th Sunday of OT, Year B

Readings

First: I Kings 3:5, 7-12 - The Lord appears to Solomon in a dream - Solomon asks for wisdom and a heart to understand discerning between good and evil. It pleased the Lord that Solomon asked for this, not for riches for himself

Psalm 118 - Lord how I love your law / My part I have resolved O Lord / Let your love be ready to console me / This is why I love your commands / Your will is wonderful indeed.

Second: Romans 8 28-30 - God co-operates with all those who love him ... they are the ones who he indended to become true images of his Son.

Gospel: Matthew 13: 44-52 - The parable of the treasure in the field ... the one who finds it sells everything he owns and buys the field. The parable of the pearl merchant ... parable of the dragnet cast into the sea - this is how it will be at the end of time, the angels will separate the good from the wicked. - Jesus uses all these parables to illustrate what the kingdom of Heaven is like.