Hymn and song suggestions, based on themes from the Revised Common lectionary for the sixth Sunday after Epiphany, Year A.
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 few 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.
Readings
First:Deuteronomy 30:15-20
If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God ... then you shall live and become numerous, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to possess. But if your heart turns away ... you shall perish .... Choose life so that you and your descendants may live ..loving your God, obeying himOR
Sirach 15: 15-20 - If you choose, you can keep the commandments ... God has given no one permission to sin.
Psalm 118 - They are happy who follow God's law / They are happy whose life is blameless / You have laid down your precepts / bless your servant and I shall live / Teach me the demands of your statutes.
Second: I Corinthians 3:1-9 - And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ ...when one says, "I belong to Paul," and another, "I belong to Apollos," are you not merely human? For we are all God's servants, working together; you are God's field, God's building.
Psalm 118 - They are happy who follow God's law / They are happy whose life is blameless / You have laid down your precepts / bless your servant and I shall live / Teach me the demands of your statutes.
Second: I Corinthians 3:1-9 - And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ ...when one says, "I belong to Paul," and another, "I belong to Apollos," are you not merely human? For we are all God's servants, working together; you are God's field, God's building.
Gospel: Matthew 5:21-37 - Jesus says "I have not come to abolish the Law and the Prophets, but to complete them" and explains certain aspects of the Law in light of his teaching.
Themes
The law of Christ and the wisdom of God. Jesus as the fulfilment of the Law and Prophets.Free-use hymns
Alleluia Sing to Jesus (esp verse 4)
Almighty God, Thy word is cast - Cawood (1819)
Brotherly Love (Jesus, Lord we look to thee, let us in they name agree) - Wesley
Built on a Rock the Church doth Stand - Døving
Do no Sinful Action - Alexander
Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go - Wesley
God from all Eternity - Crull
Holy Spirit Truth Divine - Longfellow
Jesus with Thy Church Abide - Pollock
Just a Closer Walk With Thee
Lord, keep us steadfast in Thy worD - Winkworth
May we be One - Gauntlett
May we Thy precepts, Lord, fulfil - Osler
My faith looks up to Thee
O God our Father, throned on high - Coster
O God, Thou faithful God - Winkworth
Praise to Thee and Adoration - Kvamme
Renew me, O eternal Light - Crull
Thee will I Love my Strength, my Treasure - Winkworth
Hymns which may still be copyright
Best of all is God is with Us - Pratt
Eye has not Seen - Haugen
Forgive Our Sins As We Forgive - Herklots
Have Faith in God my Heart - Rees
Help us Accept each Other Lord - Kaan
Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service - Bayly
Not far Beyond the Sea nor High - Caird
Peace with the Father, peace with Christ his Son - Quinn
What does the Lord Require - Bayley
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