"Free-to-use" means the 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 included, if they are particularly appropriate.
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.
Seasonal note
In some years, this Sunday is on the 6th of August so it is replaced by the Feast of the Transfiguration.
Readings
First: Isaiah 55:1-3 - O come to the water you who are thirsty ... come and eatPsalm 144 - You open wide your hand O Lord / The Lord is kind and full of compassion / The eyes of all creatures look to you / The Lord is just in all his ways.
Second: Romans 8:35, 37-39 - ... neither death nor life, no angel, no prince, nothing that exists, nothing still to come ... can ever come between us and the love of God made visible in Christ Jesus.
Gospel: Matthew 13:13-21 - The miracle of the loaves and fishes.
Themes
God as source of all that is good - God who feeds us.Free-use artwork
Free-use hymns
- All People that on Earth do Dwell
- Alleluia Sing to Jesus
- At the Lamb's High Feast we Sing - Robert Campbell (1814-1868)
- Break Thou the Bread of Life - Lathbury
- Come Let Us Drink of that New River - John Mason Neale (1818–1866)
- Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
- Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
- God is Love His the Care
- God my King Your Might Confessing / God my King Thy Might Confessing - Richard Mant (1776-1848)
- Great is Thy Faithfulness -free use in the USA only
- Holy God we Praise Thy Name
- I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say - Horatius Bonar (1808 - 1889)
- I Sing the Mighty Power of God
- Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Alleluias of St James)
- Let us Break Bread Together on our Knees
- Love Divine all Loves Excelling
- My God and is Thy Table Spread / My God Thy Table Now is Spread - Philip Doddridge (1702-1751)
- My Shepherd will Supply my Need - Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
- Now Thank we all our God
- O Bread of Heaven (beneath this veil) - Edmund Vaughan (1827-1908)
- O Food of Travellers Angels' Bread - Walter H Shewring, et al
- Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens Adore Him
- Praise to the Holiest in the Height
- Shepherd of Souls (refresh and bless) - James Montgomery (1771-1854)
- The King of Love my Shepherd Is - George Herbert (1593-1633)
- The Lord's my Shepherd - Scottish Psalter translation
- The Lord's my Shepherd - variou settings - Unknown - from The Scottish Psalter
- There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (Souls of men, why will ye scatter) - Frederick W Faber ( (1814-1863)
Suggested hymns which may still be copyright
- A Rightful Place - Steve Angrisano
- All Are Welcome (All Belong) - Jesse Manibusan, Ken Canedo
- All are Welcome (Let us build a house) - Marty Haugen (b 1950)
- All Who Are Thirsty - Brenton Brown, Glenn Robertson
- All Who Hunger Gather Gladly - Dunstan
- Blest are you Lord - Aniceto Nazareth (1938-2021)
- Bread Broken and Given - Trevor Thompson Pasquale Talarico
- Bread Broken, Wine Shared - Robyn Horner
- Bread For the World ( a world of hunger) - Bernadette Farrell (b 1957)
- Bread for the World Broken - Christmas version - Christopher Walker ()
- Bread of Angels (we receive you) - Stephan Curtis
- Bread of Life and Cup of Blessing - Delores Dufner (b. 1939)
- Bread of Life and Cup of Hope - Bobby Fisher
- Bread of Life from Heaven (your blood and body given) - Susan Briehl (b. 1952)
- Bread of Life Hope of the World - Farrell - Bernadette Farrell (b 1957)
- Bread of Life Truth Eternal - Joanne Boyce, Mike Stanley (1965-2013)
- Bread to Share - Marty Haugen (b. 1950)
- By Your Hand You Feed Your People - Susan R. Briehl (b. 1952)
- Come to Me and Drink - Bob Hurd ()
- Come to the Banquet - Chepponis - James J. Chepponis (1956-2026)
- Come to the Feast / Ven al Banquete - Bob Hurd, Jamie Cortez, Pia Moriarty
- Come To the Lord - Steve Angrisano (b. 1965), Thomas N. Tomaszek (b. 1950)
- Come to the Water (O let all who thirst) - John Foley
- Come to the Water (you who are thirsty) - Andersen
- Come to the Water / I Will Run to You - John Foley, Matt Maher (b. 1974)
- Come to the Waters (As earth that is dry and parched in the sun) - Anne Conway - Sr Jude (b 1940)
- Do this in Memory - Cyril Murphy (b. 1962)
- Draw Near (Draw near, draw near! Take the body of your Lord.) - Steven Janco
- Eat This Bread Drink This Cup - Jacques Berthier / John Bell
- Eucharist Song (This is my body, take now and share) - Frank Andersen
- Feed Us, Lord (Thank you for this bread we break) - W. Clifford Petty
- Gift of Finest Wheat - Omer Westendorf (1916-1997)
- Gifts of Bread and Wine - Christine Byrne McCann
- God’s Holy Gifts - Dan Schutte
- Hungry (Falling On My Knees) - Kathryn Scott (b. 1974)
- I Am the Bread of Life (Come and Follow Me) - Steve Angrisano and Tom Booth
- I am the Bread of Life -Toolan - Suzanne Toolan (b. 1927)
- In the Breaking of the Bread - Bob Hurd (b. 1950), Michael Downey (b. 1952)
- In the Land - Bernadette Farrell (b. 1957)
- In The Land There Is A Hunger - Michael B Lynch (b. 1945)
- Jesus Living Bread - Tom Booth
- Let All Who Are Thirsty Come - Communauté de Taizé
- Let the hungry come to me - Delores Dufner (b. 1939)
- Living Bread - Adam Ubowski, Lori Ubowski, Sarah Hart
- Miracle of Grace (Bread of Life) - Curtis Stephan
- Nada te Turbo (Nothing Can Trouble) - Communauté de Taizé
- Neither Death nor Life (nor angels nor powers) - Marty Haugen (b. 1950)
- Now in this Banquet - Marty Haugen (b. 1950)
- O Living Bread From Heaven - Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878)
- One Bread we Break - Stephen Dean (b. )
- Paschal Mystery (Bread of life, broken for the world) - Bradley Knuckles (2017)
- Shepherd Me O God - Haugen - Marty Haugen (b. 1950)
- Table of Life (All who thirst, come to the water) - Steve Angrisano
- Table of Plenty - Daniel (Dan) L Schutte (b. 1947)
- Take and Eat (I am the Word that spoke) - Quinn - James Quinn (1919–2010)
- Take and Eat this Bread - Francis Patrick O'Brien (b. 1958)
- Taste and See - Moore - James E Moore
- Taste and See ( I will bless the Lord at all times) - Stephen Dean (b. 1948)
- Taste and See (the goodness of the Lord) - Francis Patrick O'Brien (b. 1958)
- The Cup of Life Outpoured - Jim Cowan (b. 1952)
- The Feast Meant for Everyone - Tom Booth, Sarah Hart
- The Supper of the Lord (Precious Body, Precious Blood) - Laurence Rosania (b 1957)
- This is the Body of Christ - John L Bell (b. 1949)
- Unless a Grain of Wheat Shall Fall - Bernadette Farrell (b 1957)
- We Are Fed by the Hand of the Lord - Karen Schneider Kirner, Steven C. Warner
- We Come as Guests Invited - Timothy Dudley-Smith (1926-2024)
- We Come to Your Feast - Jan Michael Joncas (b. 1951)
- We have Gathered Round Your Table - Stephen Dean
- You Are Our Living Bread - Jan Michael Joncas (b. 1951)
- In the Breaking of the Bread - Ward - Michael Philip Ward ()
Come to The Feast and also Come To The Water are perfect for the first reading I can't believe they didn't just jump out at you.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, they certainly did jump out. But they're both still under copyright, and for now the listings here are all of free-use hymns. A section listing hymns that are a direct match for the day's scriptures may be added soon, and these would be great candidates.
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