LiturgyTools.net: Hymns for the 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A (8 November 2026)

A selection of hymn and song suggestions, based on themes from the Roman Catholic lectionary for the thirty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A.

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

32nd Ordinary Time, Year C

31st Ordinary Time, Year A

33rd Ordinary Time, Year A

32nd Ordinary Time, Year B

Readings

First: Wisdom 6:12-16 - Wisdom is bright ... readily seen by those who look for her. She looks for those who are worthy of her.

Psalm 62: 2-8 - for you my soul is thirsting, O God my God / O God, you are my God for you I long / So I gaze on you in the sanctuary / I will bless you in my life / On my bed I remember you.

Second: I Thessalonians 4:13-18 - We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and that it will be the same for those who have died in Jesus.

Gospel: Matthew 25: 1-13 - The parable of the wise and foolish bridesmaids.

Themes

Being prepared for the end-times. Watching for the coming of the Lord, ready to respond to God's invitation. Christian life as a response to Christ's love - we await his coming with joy-filled hope.

Free-use artwork

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

Free-use hymns

Be Thou my Vision
By the Waters of Babylon
Come Lord and Tarry Not - Horatius Bonar (1808-1889)
Come ye Thankful People Come

Give me Oil in my Lamp / Give me Joy in my Heart / Sing Hosanna - Unknown
In Christ there is no East or West - William A. Dunkerley (pseudonym John Oxenham, 1852-1941)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Robert Bridges (1844-1930)
Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates - Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878)
Lord of all Hopefulness
Love Divine all Loves Excelling - Charles Wesley (1707 – 1788)

My Soul Is Thirsting for You - - various composers
Now Thank we all our God
O Jesus Joy of Loving Hearts / Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts - Palmer
Rejoice the Lord is King - Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
Remembrance (Grant peace, O Lord, across our strife-torn world) - Charles Henrywood (2009)
Resurrection Song / Sing with all the Saints in Glory - Irons

The King of Love my Shepherd Is - George Herbert (1593-1633)
The King Shall Come when Morning Dawns
Through the Love of God Our Savior - Mary Peters (1813-1856)

Wake Awake for Night is Dying - Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878)
Wake the Song of Jubilee - Leonard Bacon (1802-1881)
We Walk By Faith - Henry Alford (1810–1871)
What Wondrous Love - Unknown (pre 1811)

Hymns which may still be copyright

Awake to the Day (Signs in the sun and the moon and the stars) - Ed Bolduc (b. 1969), John Barker - 2003
Awake, Awake, Fling off the Night - Peacey
Awakening (In our hearts, Lord, in this nation) - Chris Tomlin (b. 1972), Reuben Morgan (b. 1975)
Be the Light (We are waiting in the darkness) - Jack Busche

Celtic Alleluia - Christopher Walker (b. 1947), Fintan O’Carroll (1922-1981)
City of God (Awake from your slumber) - Daniel (Dan) L Schutte (b. 1947)
Come Now is the Time to Worship - Brian Doerksen (b. 1965)
Everlasting God - Brown / Riley
Eye has not Seen - Marty Haugen (b. 1950)

Find Us Ready (We must wait for the Lord) - Tom Booth (b. 1961)
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 Shadow of Your Wings - Jan Michael Joncas (b. 1951)
Lord, When Your Glory Appears - Tom Booth

My Soul is at Rest - Taizé Community (1984)
My Soul Is Thirsting (O God, you are my God whom I seek) - Jan Michael Joncas (b. 1951)
My Soul Thirsts for You - Daniel (Dan) L Schutte (b. 1947)
Now Watch for God's Coming - Willard F. Jabusch (1930-2018)
Oh Our Lord (We behold the breaking dawn) - Paul Baloche, David Leonard, Leslie Jordan (2012)
Soon and Very Soon - Crouch
Stay here and Keep Watch with Me - Taizé / Berthier

The Day of the Lord Shall Come - John L Bell (b. 1949), Graham Maule
The Works of the Lord Are Created in Wisdom - Christopher Idle (b. 1938)
Wait For the Lord - Communauté de Taizé
Waken O Sleeper - Michael Forster (1946-2023)
When the Lord in Glory Comes - Timothy Dudley-Smith (1926-2024)
Wisdom, My Road - Steven C. Warner (b. 1954)

You are Near - Daniel (Dan) L Schutte (b. 1947)
Your Love is Finer than Life (Oh God, I seek You) - Marty Haugen (b. 1950)