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.
Readings
First: Exodus 34:29-35 - Moses comes down from Mt Sinai with the commandments, and gives them to Aaron and the Israelites. After this, Moses veils his face, because it was shining from speaking with the Lord.Psalm 99 - The Lord is king; let the peoples tremble.
Second: 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 - .. we, with unveiled faces, see the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, we are transformed into the same image .... this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.
Gospel: Luke 9:28-36
Jesus takes Peter, James and John to a high mountain to pray, and there he is transfigured - Moses and Elijah appeared - a voice from the clouds says "This is my Son, the Beloved".
Themes
Transfiguration, transformation. Light.Free-use hymns
- All People that on Earth do Dwell
- Alleluia Song of Gladness / Sweetness
- An Image of That Heavenly Light - Roberts (1879-1953)
- At the Name of Jesus
- Author of Life Divine - Charles Wesley
- Be Thou my Vision
- Beautiful Savior - Seiss
- Blessed Jesus at Your Word
- Blessing and Honor - Bonar (1808-1889)
- Bright the Vision that Delighted - Mant (1776-1848)
- Christ is our Light! the Bright and Morning Star - Leith Fisher (b. 1941)
- Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies - Wesley
- Come Holy Ghost our Souls Inspire (And lighten with celestial fire) - Cosin
- Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
- Crown Him With Many Crowns
- Dear Lord for All in Pain
- Depth of Mercy - Wesley
- Eternal Light Eternal Light - Thomas Binney (1798-1874)
- From Glory to Glory Advancing - Charles William Humphreys (1840-1921)
- God Himself is Present - Foster / Miller, translated from Blumengärtlein
- God of Mercy God of Grace - Lyte
- Here Gracious Lord We See You Face To Face - Bonar
- Here O my Lord I See Thee Face to Face - Bonar
- Here we Adore You Hidden Saviour Lord - James Russell Woodford (1820-1885)
- Holy Holy Holy (early in the morning) - Heber
- Holy Spirit Truth Divine - Longfellow
- How Shall I Sing That Majesty - Mason (1646?-1694)
- I Love to Tell the Story - Hankey / Fischer
- I'd Rather Have Jesus
- Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
- Jesus the Name High Over All - Wesley
- Jesus the Very Thought of Thee - Caswall
- Jesus These Eyes Have Never Seen - Ray Palmer (1808-1887)
- Let Earth and Heaven Combine - Wesley
- Lord of All Power And Might - Stowell (1799-1865)
- Love Divine all Loves Excelling
- My God, How Wonderful Thou Art - Faber
- Not Always On the Mount May We - Hosmer (1840-1929)
- Now Thank we all our God
- O Come and Dwell in Me - Wesley
- O God Our Help in Ages Past
- O Jesus I Have Promised
- O Jesus King Most Wonderful - Edward Caswall (1814-1878)
- O Jesus Lord of Heavenly Grace - Chandler (1806-1876)
- O Lord of Hosts, all Heaven Possessing - Edward H. Plumptre (1821-1891)
- O Wondrous Type O Vision Fair - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
- O Worship the King (all glorious above) - Grant
- Pour Out Your Spirit From On High - James Montgomery (1771-1854)
- Praise my Soul the King of Heaven
- Praying For Faith (With glorious clouds encompassed round) - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- Rejoice the Lord is King
- Revive Us Again - Mackay (1839-1885)
- Spirit of Faith Come Down - Wesley
- Take my Life and Let it Be
- Take Time to be Holy
- Take up Thy Cross / Take up Your Cross (the Saviour Said)
- The Golden Gates are Lifted Up - Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895)
- The Lord Will Come and Not be Slow - Milton
- Thee We Adore O Hidden Saviour Thee - Woodford, trans from Acquinas
- Tis Good Lord to be Here
- Tis Good, Lord, to Be Here - Robinson (1858-1933)
- Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus - Lemmel (1863-1961) - free-use in the USA only
- We Hail Thy Presence Glorious - Richard Godfrey Parsons (1882-1948)
- When all Thy Mercies O my God - Addison
- When Morning Gilds the Skies - Caswall
- Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life - North
- Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness - Monsell (1811-1875)
Hymns which may still be copyright
- Be Exalted O God (I will give thanks to you) - Brent Chambers (b 1948)
- Be Still For the Presence of the Lord - Evans
- Christ is the World's Light He and None Other - Pratt Green (1903–2000)
- Christ is the World's True Light - Briggs (1875-1959)
- Christ Upon the Mountain Peak / Jesus on the Mountain Peak / Transfiguration - Wren (b 1936)
- Come Living God When Least Expected - Alan Gaunt (b. 1935)
- Eternal God Your Love’s Tremendous Glory - Gaunt (1935-2023)
- Glorious God King of Creation (Praise, Honour, and Glory are Yours) - Sebastian Temple (1928-1997)
- God is Light Away with Blindness and Unkindness - J. M. C. Crum (1872-1958)
- God's Holy Mountain we Ascend - Westendorf
- He is Exalted - Paris
- Here In This Holy Time And Place - Forster
- Holy Ground (This is holy ground) - Beatty
- Holy in God, Holy and Strong - Howard Hughes (1930-)
- How Great Is Our God (The splendour of the King) - Tomin / Reeves / Cash
- How Great Thou Art - Hine
- Hymn for the Transfiguration - Pluth
- In My Life Lord be Glorified - Kilpatrick (b 1952)
- In the Desert, on God's Mountain - Susan Palo Cherwien (1953-2021)
- King of Kings and Lord of Lords - Batya and Conty
- Light of the Minds that Know Him - Timothy Dudley-Smith (1926-2024)
- Jesus take us to the Mountain - Vajda
- Lord You are the Light of Life to Me - Hoare (b. 1935)
- Majesty (worship his majesty) - Hayford - Hayford
- May the Glory of the Lord Fill His Temple - Nowell
- Much Brighter than a Thousand Suns - Andrew Pratt (b. 1948)
- Name of all Majesty - Dudley-Smith
- O Lord as You Were on Your Way - Gillette
- O Raise Your Eyes on High and See - Ralph Wright OSB (b 1938)
- Our Saviour Once Knelt in Prayer - Dudley-Smith
- O Vision Blest of Heavenly Light - Timms (1910-1997)
- Shine Jesus Shine (Lord the Light of your Love is Shining)
- Song of the Transfiguration - Dunstan (Tune: PICARDY, aka Let all Mortal Flesh Keep Silence)
- Standing on Holy Ground - Davis
- Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory - Troeger (1945-2022)
- There is a Redeemer (esp verse 4) - Green
- This is my Son, my Beloved - Powell
- Transfiguration (We behold the splendour of God)- Landry
- Transfigure Us O Lord
- Transfigured Christ None Comprehends - Gaunt
- We Are Standing On Holy Ground - Davis
- We Cannot Bear the Full Light of Your Glory - Brown
- We Have Come at Christ’s Own Bidding - Daw
- We shall Stand (Lord, You have chosen me for fruitfulness) - Graham Kendrick (b. 1950)
- When I Look Into Your Holiness - Perrin / Perrin
- Who is This Whose Face Shines Brighter - Gilbert
- You Living Christ Our Eyes Behold - Edmund R. Morgan (1888-1979)
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