LiturgyTools.net: Hymn for the 4th Sunday in Advent, Year C

A selection of hymns and song suggestions, based on themes from the Revised Common lectionary for the fourth Sunday of Advent in Year C.

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 be copyright may also included where they are a particularly good for for the theme(s).

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.

3rd Advent, Year C

1st Sunday after Christmas

Readings

First: Micah 5:2-5a - Out of Bethlehem will be born ... the one who is to rule over Israel ... He will be one of peace.

Psalm: 79 - God of hosts bring us back let your face shine on us and we shall be saved / Shepherd of Israel hear us / God of hosts turn again / May your hand be on the man you have chosen

OR
Luke 1:46b-55 - The Magnificat

Second: Hebrews 10:5-10 - ... "made holy by the offering of his body"

Gospel: Luke 1:39-44, 45-55 - Mary visits Elizabeth - whose child recognizes her. "Of all women you are the most blessed"

Themes

God made human, Jesus the Son of God, Mary the mother of God. Visitation.

Free-use artworks

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

Free-use hymns

A Great and Mighty Wonder - Neale
A Virgin Unspotted (The great God of heaven is come down to earth) - Henry Ramsden Bramley (1833-1917)
All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
An Eye Single to the Glory of the Lord (Behold the servant of the Lord) - Wesley
And Now O Father Mindful of the Love - Bright
Angels From the Realms of Glory
Angels we Have Heard on High - Chadwick
Behold the Mountain of the Lord - Logan / Brude
Come Thou (O) Long Expected Jesus
Come, Thou Redeemer of the Earth - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)

Earth has Many a Noble City - Edward Caswall (1814-1878)
Earth was Waiting Spent and Restless - Walter C. Smith (1824-1908)
From East to West - Ellerton
From Heaven Above to Earth I Come - Winkworth
From Heaven High I Come to You - Carl P Daw (b. 1944 )
Gabriel's Message / Annunciation Carol - Baring-Gould
Glory to God on High / Worthy the Lamb - James Allen (1734-1804)
God, Who Has Caused to Be Written - Rossetti
Hail to the Lord's Anointed
Hark the Glad Sound the Saviour Comes - Doddridge
Jesus Lord of All Creation - Wesley
Jesus the Name High Over All - Wesley

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Alleluias of St James)
Let Earth and Heaven Combine - Wesley
Let our Gladness have no End - Unknown
Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates - Winkworth
Lo, how a Rose E’er Blooming
Lord Enthroned in Heavenly Splendour
Master Speak Thy Servant Heareth - Havergal
May the Mind of Christ my Saviour - Wilkinson

O Come O Come Emmanuel
O Jesus Saviour Grow in Me - Elizabeth Lee Smith, nee Allan ( 1817-1898), trans from Johann Caspar Lavater
O Little Town of Bethlehem - Brooks
O the Lamb - 19th cent - unknown
O Thou in Whose Presence my Soul Takes Delight - Swain
Of the Father's Love Begotten - Neale / Baker
Praise we the Lord This Day - Unknown - from Hymns for the Festivals and Saints' Days, 1846
Saviour of the Nations, Come - Reynolds
See Amid the Winter's Snow - Edward Caswall (1814-1878)
Silent Night
Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (God in man made manifest) - Wordsworth

Take my Life and Let it Be
The Breath of God - Frances Bevan (1827-1909)
The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
The Lord Will Come and Not be Slow - Milton
The Lord's Messiah Comes - Beswick
The Lord's my Shepherd - Scottish Psalter translation
The Snow Lay on the Ground - Unknown
There's a Light Upon the Mountains - Alfred Henry Burton (1840-1930)
Thy Hand O God has Guided - Plumptre
To God be the Glory
To the Name of Our Salvation - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
What Shall we Offer Our Good Lord - Wesley, trans from Spangenberg
When came in flesh the Incarnate Word - Joseph Anstice (1808-1836)
Where is this Stupendous Stranger? - Christopher Smart (1722-1771)
Ye Watchers And Ye Holy Ones - Riley
Ye Who Claim the Faith of Jesus - Coles

Hymns which may still be copyright

Blessed Be the God of Israel - Carl P Daw (b. 1944)
Canticle of the Turning
For Mary Mother of our Lord - Peacy
God! As with Silent Hearts - Fred Kaan (1929-2009)
Heaven Shall Not Wait - Bell (b. 1949), Maule (1958-2019)
Jesus, Hope of Every Nation - Michel Perry (1942-1996)
Let God's People Join in Worship - Community of the Holy Name
Lo, How a Rose Is Growing - Gracia Grindal (b. 1943)
Long Ago Prophets Knew (Ring, Ring, Ring) - Pratt Green (1903–2000)
Lord Christ, When First Thou Cam'st to Earth - Bowie (1882–1969)

Magnificat - My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord
Mary Sang a Song - Perry
My Soul Gives Glory to ny God - Mueller (1885-1967)
O Day of God, Draw Nigh - Scott (1899-1987)
Refiner's Fire - Doerksen
Remembering Mary - Collins
Sing of Mary Pure and Lowly - Roland F. Palmer (1891-1985)
Soli Deo Gloria (O God of blessings, all praise to you) - Marty Haugen (b. 1950)