LiturgyTools.net: Hymns for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, Year C

A selection of hymns and songs, based on themes from the Revised Common lectionary for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, 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 of these hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included.

A small selection of hymns that are still copyright may be included, where they are particularly relevant to the theme.

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.

2nd Sunday of Easter, Year C

4th Sunday of Easter, Year C

Readings

First: Acts 9:1-6 (7-20) - Saul (Paul) experiences God on the road to Damascus, is blinded for 3 days, then his eyes are opened by Ananias acting under the Lord's instructions. He beings to proclaim Jesus saying "He is the Son of God."

Psalm: 29 (30) - I will praise you Lord, you have rescued me / Sing psalms to the Lord you who love him / The Lord listened and had pity.

Second: Revelation 5:11-14 - John has a vision of thousand of living creatures saying "The Lamb that was sacrificed is worthy to be given power, riches, wisdom, strength, honour, glory and blessing".

Gospel: John 21:1-19 - Jesus appears to the disciples again - the miraculous catch of fish - "Do you really love me" - If you love me, feed my lambs.

Themes

Jesus Christ is the Lord, recognising Jesus.

Free-use hymns

A Charge to keep I Have - Wesley
All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
Amazing Grace
And Can it Be that I should Gain - Wesley
Angel Voices Ever Singing - Pott
At the Lamb's High Feast we Sing
At the Name of Jesus
Be Known to Us in Breaking Bread - James Montgomery (1771-1854)
Be Still and Know that I Am God
Be Thou my Vision
Before the Throne of God Above (The Advocate) - Charitie Lees Smith Bancroft (1841-1923)
Break Thou the Bread of Life - Lathbury

Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies - Wesley
Christ, above All Glory Seated - James Russell Woodford (1820-1885)
Christ, who Knows all His Sheep - Richard Baxter (1615-1691)
Come my Way my Truth my Life - Herbert
Come Ye Faithful Raise the Anthem - J. M. Neale, adapt from Job Hupton (1805)
Come, Let Us Join Our Cheerful Songs - Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Come, Ye Disconsolate - Moore / Hastings
Crown Him With Many Crowns

Depth of Mercy - Wesley
Finished Redemption - Evans (1748-1809)
Fix Me Jesus - Unknown - traditional spiritual
From All that Dwell Below the Skies - Watts
Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken
God Himself is Present - Foster / Miller, translated from Blumengärtlein
God Moves in a Mysterious Way

Hail Thou Once Despised Jesus - Toplady
Hark my Soul it is The Lord - Cowper
Hark! Ten Thousand Voices - Thomas Kelly (1769-1855)
Holy God we Praise Thy Name
Holy Holy Holy (early in the morning) - Heber
Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord (Holy is the Lord God Almighty) - Unknown
How Brightly Beams the Morning Star - Winkworth
How Shall I Sing That Majesty - Mason (1646?-1694)
I Cannot Tell (why he whom angels worship)
I Know that my Redeemer Lives - Samuel Medley
I Saw The Light - Hiram Williams (1923–1953)
I'm Not Ashamed To Own my Lord - Watts
In the Garden (And He Walks with Me) - Miles (1868–1946)
It is a Thing Most Wonderful
It is Well With my Soul (When peace like a river)

Jaya Ho (Victory Hymn) - Unknown
Jesus Calls us O’er the Tumult - Alexander
Jesus Joy of Our Desiring - Robert Bridges, translated from Martin Janus (1661)
Jesus my Lord my God my All
Jesus Paid It All - Hall
Jesus Paid It All (I hear the Saviour say) - Hall (1820-1889)
Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun - Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Jesus the Name High Over All - Wesley
Jesus the Very Thought of Thee - Caswall
Just as I Am Without One Plea

Lead us Heavenly Father Lead Us - James Edmeston (1791-1867)
Lift Every Voice and Sing - John R Johnson (1873–1954), adapt from James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)
Lo He Comes with Clouds Descending
Look Ye Saints the Sight is Glorious - Kelly
Lord Enthroned in Heavenly Splendour
Lord is It I? - Clements (1868-1946)
Lord You Have Searched Me - Unknown - from Psalter, 1912
Lord, Speak to Me that I May Speak - Havergal
Love's Redeeming Work is Done - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)

Man of Sorrows, What a Name - Bliss
Master Speak Thy Servant Heareth - Havergal
More Love to Thee O Christ - Prentiss
My God I Love Thee (My Eternal King) - St. Francis Xavier's Hymn of Love - Edward Caswall (1814-1878)
My God, How Wonderful Thou Art - Faber
My Jesus I Love Thee - Duffell / Featherston
My Lord, What a Morning - unknown
My Saviour's Love (I stand amazed in the presence) - Gabriel
Nature With Open Volume Stands - Watts
None of Self and All of Thee (O the bitter shame and sorrow) - Theodore Monod (1836-1921)
Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds - Paul Zeller Strodach (1876-1947)

O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing - Wesley
O Happy Day that Fixed my Choice - Doddridge
O How I Love Jesus (There is A Name I Love to Hear) - Whitfield (1829-1904)
O Jesus I Have Promised
O Jesus Joy of Loving Hearts / Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts - Palmer, trans from Bernard of Clairvaux
O Master Let me Walk with Thee (You) - Gladden
O the Lamb - 19th cent - unknown
O Worship the King (all glorious above) - Grant
Onward Christian Soldiers
Open Lord My Inward Ear - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)

Praise my Soul the King of Heaven
Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens Adore Him
Praise to the Holiest in the Height
Prayer is the Soul’s Sincere Desire - James Montgomery (1771-1854)
Proclaiming the Universal Saviour (Let earth and heaven agree) - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Rejoice the Lord is King
Rescue the Perishing - Crosby
Stand Up Stand Up for Jesus - Duffield (1818-1888)
Sweet Hour of Prayer - Walford

Take my Life and Let it Be
Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand - Alford
The God of Abraham Praise - Olivers
The Head that Once Was Crowned With Thorns - Kelly
The Lord is Risen Indeed - Thomas Kelly (1769-1855)
The Redeemed In Heaven (Lo, round the throne a glorious band) - Mary L. Duncan (1814-1840) and Rowland Hill (1744-1833)
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (Souls of men, why will ye scatter) - Faber
Thine be the Glory
Thine For Ever God of Love - Maude
This Joyful Eastertide - Woodward
Thou Art the Way: to Thee Alone - Doane
Through all the Changing Scenes of Life - Unknown - from Tate and Brady's New Version, 1696, 1698
To the Name of Our Salvation - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)

Victory in Jesus - Bartlett
Walking with God - Cowper
We Sing the Glorious Conquest - John Ellerton (1826-1893)
Ye (You) Holy Angels Bright
Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem - Robert Campbell (1814-1868)
Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Ye Sons and Daughters Let us Sing / of the King - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
Ye Watchers And Ye Holy Ones - Riley
You Hear the Lambs A-Cryin'

Hymns which may still be copyright

Be Still for the Presence of the Lord
Christ is the World's True Light - Briggs (1875-1959)
Do You Really Love Me
Go Forth for God (Go forth for God, go to the world in peace) - Peacey (1896-1971)
Go Make of All Disciples - Adkins (1896-1986)
Go to the World! - Dunstan

Here I am Lord - Schutte
Here I am to Worship (Light of the world) - Tim Hughes (b. 1977)
In the Breaking of the Bread - Hurd
James and Andrew, Peter and John
Jesu Jesu Fill us With Your Love (Kneels at the feet) - Tom Colvin (1925-2000)
Jesus You Once Called Disciples - Gillette

Light of the Minds that know Him - Dudley-Smith
Lord Whose Love Through Humble Service - Bayly
Lord You Call us to Your Service - Willimon / West
Lord You Have Come to the Lakeshore - Suppe / Lockwood / Gutierrez-Achon
Lord You Have Come to the Seashore - Gabaráin

Mighty to Save (Everyone needs compassion) - Reuben Morgan (b. 1975), Ben Fielding ()
Open our Eyes Lord - Robert Cull (b. 1949)
Open the Eyes of my Heart Lord - Baloche
Pass It On (It Only Takes A Spark) - Kaiser
Peter Said, I'm Going Fishing - Gillette

Surely the Presence of the Lord Is In This Place - Wolfe
Simon Son of John - Kearney
The Servant King (From heav'n You came helpless babe) - Kendrick
The Summons (Will You Come and Follow Me) - John L Bell (b 1949), Graham Maule (1958-2019)