A selection of hymns and song suggestions based on themes from the Revised Common lectionary for the forth Sunday of Lent, 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 raditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included.
This is also Mother's Day in some countries.
Psalm: Psalm 32 - Happy is the man who's sins are forgiven
Second: II Corinthians 5: 16-21 - For anyone in Christ, there is a new creation ... God through Christ reconciled the world to himself.
Gospel: Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32 - Parable of the prodigal son.
See lectionary art for this Sunday for suggested pictures and art-works based on today's readings.
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 raditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included.
Seasonal note
In Lutheran and Anglican traditions, the fourth Sunday in Lent is commonly known as Laetare Sunday. The word "laetare" means rejoice in Latin, and this idea is taken from the entrance-antiphon for the liturgy, which starts "Rejoice, O Jerusalem...". Falling roughly at the half-way point in the Lenten season, this is a Sunday when traditional Lenten austerity is relaxed, and we have a reminder of the joyous resurrection to come. The day's liturgical colour is rose, instead of the usual purple of the Lenten season.This is also Mother's Day in some countries.
Readings
First: Joshua 5: 9-12 - The Israelites kept the Passover when they entered the Promised Land.Psalm: Psalm 32 - Happy is the man who's sins are forgiven
Second: II Corinthians 5: 16-21 - For anyone in Christ, there is a new creation ... God through Christ reconciled the world to himself.
Gospel: Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32 - Parable of the prodigal son.
Themes
Welcoming sinners - reconciliation through Christ - faithfulnessFree-use artworks
Free-use hymns
- A Mighty Fortress is Our God - Hedge, trans from Luther
- Alas and Did my Savior Bleed - Watts
- All Depends on our Possessing - Catherine Winkworth, trans from Anonymous (1676)
- All For Jesus, All for Jesus - Mary D James (1810-1883)
- All Good Gifts (We plough the fields and scatter) - We Thank Thee Then O Father
- All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
- All my Hope is Firmly Grounded - Jacobi, trans from Neander
- All People that on Earth do Dwell
- All Who Believe and Are Baptized - George Taylor Rygh (1860-1942)
- Amazing Grace
- Be Thou my Vision
- Before the Throne of God Above (The Advocate) - Charitie Lees Smith Bancroft (1841-1923)
- Behold the Amazing Gift of Love - Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
- Bread of Heaven, On Thee We Feed - Conder (1789-1855)
- Brotherly Love - Wesley
- Christ For the World we Sing - Wolcott
- Come let us Sing of a Wonderful Love - Walmsley
- Come Let us to the Lord Our God - Morrison
- Come Sinners to the Gospel Feast - Wesley
- Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
- Come Unto me Ye Weary
- Come Ye (You) Sinners Poor and Needy (I will arise and go to Jesus)
- Communion with Christ and with Saints - Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
- Deck Thyself my Soul with Gladness - Winkworth, trans from Franck
- Eternal Father Strong to Save (The Navy Hymn)
- Eternal Light Eternal Light - Thomas Binney (1798-1874)
- Evening and Morning - Richard Massie (1800-18877), trans from Paul Gerhardt
- Faithful Shepherd Feed Me - Pollock
- Father of Heaven Whose Love Profound - Cooper
- Father, Again in Jesus' Name We Meet - Lady Lucy Whitmore (1792-1840)
- For the Beauty of the Earth
- Give me Oil in my Lamp / Give me Joy in my Heart / Sing Hosanna - Unknown
- God of Grace and God of Glory - Fosdick (1878-1969) - free use in the USA
- God is Love His the Care
- God of Mercy and Compassion
- God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand - Roberts (1876)
- Grace Greater Than Our Sin - Johnston
- Great is Thy Faithfulness - free use in the USA
- Guide me O Thou Great Redeemer / Jehovah (Bread of Heaven)
- Hail Thou Once Despised Jesus - Toplady
- How Can a Sinner Know - Wesley
- How Firm A Foundation - Keith / Keen
- I am not Worthy Holy Lord - Baker
- I Cannot Tell (why he whom angels worship)
- I Will Sing the Wondrous Story - Rowley (1854-1952)
- I'm so Glad Jesus Lifted Me - Unknown
- In Christ there is no East or West
- Jesus Calls us O’er the Tumult - Alexander
- Jesus Came the Heavens Adoring - Thring
- Jesus my Lord my God my All
- Jesus United By Thy Grace - Wesley
- Just as I Am Without One Plea
- King of Glory King of Peace
- Living For Jesus - Chisholm (1866-1960) - free use in the USA
- Lord I was Blind - William T. Matson (1833-1899)
- Lord I'm Coming Home
- Lord of all Hopefulness
- Lord Who at thy First Eucharist Did'st Pray
- Love Divine all Loves Excelling
- My Song is Love Unknown
- New Every Morning is the Love - Keble (1792-1866)
- Now I have Found the Ground Wherein - Rothe
- O Bread to Pilgrims Given - Ray Palmer (1808-1887)
- O Come and Dwell in Me - Wesley
- O Food to Pilgrims Given - Riley - trans from Aquinas
- O Lord Your Tenderness - Kendrick
- O Love Divine, What Hast Thou Done - Wesley
- O Love How Deep How Broad How High - Webb, trans from á Kempis
- O Love that wilt not Let Me Go - Matheson
- O Spirit of the Living God - James Montgomery (1771-1854)
- O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus - Francis (1834-1925)
- O Zion Haste - Thomson
- On This Day the First of Days - Baker
- One There Is Above All Others - Newton (1725-1807)
- Praise my Soul the King of Heaven
- Put all Your Trust In God - Wesley
- Rejoice Ye Pure in Heart - Plumbtree
- Sing Praise to the Lord - Henry Williams Baker (1821-1877)
- Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling
- Somebody's Knocking at Your Door
- Soul Adorn Yourself With Gladness - Winkworth, trans from Franck
- Standing on the Promises of Christ my King - Carter
- The Church's One Foundation
- The Good Shepherd (The Lord my pasture shall prepare) - Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
- The King of Love my Shepherd Is - George Herbert (1593-1633)
- There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (Souls of men, why will ye scatter) - Faber
- Thine For Ever God of Love - Maude
- Through all the Changing Scenes of Life - Unknown - from Tate and Brady's New Version, 1696, 1698
- To God be the Glory
- We Come Unto our Fathers’ God - Thomas Hornblower Gill (1819-1906)
- We Sing the Praise of Him Who Died - Kelly
- What Wondrous Love
- When we Walk with the Lord (Trust and Obey)
Hymns which may still be copyright
- Ballad of the Prodigal Son - Winter
- Change my Heart O God - Espinosa
- Come Back Quickly to the Lord - Chun
- Father I have Sinned - O'Reilly
- Father we have Sinned - Getty
- Father, We Have Sinned Against You - Geoff Twigg (b. 1951)
- Forgive Our Sins As we Forgive - Herklots
- Forgive us Lord (for shallow thankfulness) - Reid, snr (1890-1983)
- Freely Freely - Owens
- God How Can We Comprehend? - Gillette
- God with Humanity made One - David Fox (1956-2008)
- Hear me O Lord in my Distress (Give ear to my despairing plea) - David G. Preston (1939-2020)
- Here on the Threshold of a new Beginning - Dudley Smith
- Like the Prodigal Son - unknown
- O Father of the Fatherless - Graham Kendrick (b. 1950)
- Our Father By Whose Name - Tucker(1895-1984)
- Our Father we have Wandered - Nichols
- The Kingdom of God is Justice and Joy - Rees
- This is A Day of New Beginnings - Wren
- When a Father Gives Great Gifts - Charles H. Wheatley ()
- Your Love O God has Called us Here - Schulz-Widmar
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