Hymns for Proper 22 (27), Year C (5 Oct 2025) - Revised Common Lectionary

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Hymns and songs ideas based on themes from the Revised Common lectionary for the Sunday of Proper 22 (Ordinary 25) 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 - 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 which are still copyright may also be included, if they 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.

Lamentations 1:1-6 - Reflection on Judah which has gone into exile with suffering and hard servitude; she lives now among the nations, and finds no resting place; her pursuers have all overtaken her in the midst of her distress ... The roads to Zion mourn ...From daughter Zion has departed all her majesty. 
OR
Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4 - How long Lord am I to cry for help .. the Lord answered "Write the vision down ... see how he flags, he whose soul is not at rights, but the upright man will live by his faithfulness".

Second:  II Timothy 1:1--14  - I am reminding you to fan into a flame the gift [of the spirit] that God gave you ... you have been trusted to look after something precious.

 Gospel:  Luke 17:5-10  -  If you had faith the size of this mustard seed, you could move a mulberry tree.  Do what you have been told to do and say "We are merely servants, we have done no more than our duty".


Themes

Faith.   Service.   Doing God's will.   The new vision that faith gives.



Free-use hymns

  • A Charge to keep I Have - Wesley
  • All Ye (You) Who Seek a Comfort Sure - Edward Casswall (1814-1878)
  • Alleluia Song of Gladness / Sweetness
  • And are We Yet Alive - Charles Wesley
  • Awake, O Spirit of the Watchmen - Winfred Douglas (1867-1944) and A. W. Farlander (1898-1952)
  • Be Thou my Vision
  • Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands - Massie
  • Christ, above All Glory Seated - James Russell Woodford (1820-1885)
  • Close to Thee - Crosby
  • Come Let Us Use the Grace Divine - Wesley







  • Teach Me my God and King - Herbert
  • The Church's One Foundation
  • The Saints In Glory (Give me the wings of faith to rise) - Isaac Watts (174-1748)
  • The Voice of God is Calling - Holmes (1879-1964) - free use in the USA
  • The Work of Faith (Author of faith, eternal Word) - Wesley
  • Through all the Changing Scenes of Life - Unknown - from Tate and Brady's New Version. 1696, 1698
  • Through the Love of God our Saviour - Peters
  • Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow - Baring-Gould (1834-1924)
  • Thy hand, O God, has Guided - Edward H. Plumptre (1821-1891)
  • Thy Kingdom Come O God - Hensley
  • To God be the Glory

  • We Walk By Faith
  • Ye Servants of God, your Master Proclaim - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)


Hymns which may still be copyright


  • Have Faith in God my Heart - Rees
  • How Long, O Lord? - Barbara Woollett (b 1937)
  • If you Only had Faith  (from Si tuvieras fe)  - D. Sosa
  • In Christ Alone

  • Knowing You (All I once held dear, built my life upon) - Kendrick
  • Safe in the Shadow of the Lord - Timothy Dudley-Smith (1926-2024)
  • The Kingdom of God is Like a Grain of Mustard Seed - Grindal (b. 1943)
  • The Steadfast Love of the Lord - McNeill (d 2014)
  • The Word of God is Source and Seed  Dufner

  • We Plant a Grain of Mustard Seed - Matney
  • We Turn to God when we are Sorely Pressed - Bonhoeffer / trans. Church Hymnary Trust


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