LiturgyTools.net: Hymns for Proper 18 / Ordinary 23 in Year B (16th Sunday after Pentecost, 8 September 2024)

A selection of hymns and songs, based on themes from the Revised Common lectionary for the Sunday of Proper 18 / Ordinary 23, in Year B.

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 old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included. A small selection of hymns which are, or may be, still copyright are also included where they are a particularly good for for the theme(s).

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:

Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 - A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.

Isaiah 35:4-7 - Do not be afraid, your God is coming: eyes will be opened, water gushes in the desert

Second: James 2:1-17, : rich vs poor man comes into the synagogue - the worldly poor are chosen by God

Gospel: Mark 7:24-37 - Jesus healed the Syrophoenician woman's daughter - even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs - and the deaf man with the command "be opened" - people admired him.

Themes

Seeing God - openness to God's commandments, healing, unlikely people as the chosen ones, spiritual and material care for the poor.

Free-use hymns

All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Things Come From Thee - Unknown
Amazing Grace
At Even, Ere the Sun Was Set - Twells (1868)
Be Thou my Guardian and my Guide - Isaac Williams (1802-1865)
Be Thou my Vision
Bless Thou the Gifts - Longfellow
Blessed be the Ties that Bind / Blest be the Tie that Binds

Come Down O Love Divine
Come Sinners to the Gospel Feast - Wesley
Come, Ye Disconsolate - Moore / Hastings
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
Dear Lord for All in Pain
Fold to Your Heart Your Sister and Your Brother - Whittier (1807-1892)
For the Beauty of the Earth
Forth In Thy Name O Lord - Wesley
Forth in Thy Name O Lord I Go - Wesley
From Thee All Skill and Science Flow - Kingsley (1819-1875)

Give Me the Faith Which Can Remove - Wesley
Give of Your Best to the Master - Grose
God be in my Head (the Sarum Prayer)
God, whose Almighty Word - Marriott
Hail to the Lord's Anointed
Happy Are They - Robert S. Bridges (1844-1930)
Hark the Glad Sound the Saviour Comes - Doddridge
Have Thine own way Lord
He (All) Who Would Valiant be / to be a Pilgrim
Help us to Help Each Other Lord - Wesley
How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds

I am not Worthy Holy Lord - Baker
I Am the Lord that Healeth Thee (Heal us, Immaneul) - Cowper (1731-1800)
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
Immortal Love for Ever Full - Whittier
In Christ there is no East or West
In Heavenly Love Abiding - Waring
In the Cross of Christ - Bowring
Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun - Watts
Just as I Am Without One Plea

Let Us Plead for Faith Alone - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Little is Much When God is in It - Suffield (1924)
Living For Jesus - Chisholm (1866-1960) - free use in the USA
Longing for the House of God (Lord of the worlds above) - Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Make Me A Blessing - Wilson
May the Mind of Christ my Saviour - Wilkinson
My Faith Looks up to Thee - Palmer (1808-1887)
My God and is Thy Table Spread / My God Thy Table Now is Spread - Philip Doddridge (1702-1751)

O Crucified Redeemer - Rees
O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing - Wesley
O God of Mercy, God of Might - Godfrey Thring (1823-1903)
O How Love I Thy Law (God's law is perfect and converts) - from the Scottish Psalter 1650
O Jesus I Have Promised
O Master Let me Walk with Thee (You) - Gladden
O My Saviour Lifted From the Earth For Me - William Walsham How (1823-1897)
O Spirit of the Living God - James Montgomery (1771-1854)
O Thou who Once in Galilee - Anna Hoppe (1889-1941)
O Worship the King (all glorious above) - Grant
Oh I Know the Lord's Laid His Hands on Me - Unknown
On Opening a Place of Social Prayer (Great shepherd of Thy people hear) - Newton

Praise my Soul the King of Heaven
Praise to the Holiest in the Height
Praise to the Lord the Almighty
Rule of Life - John Wesley (1703-1791)
Rule of Life (Do all the good you can) - John Wesley (1703-1791)
Son of God Eternal Savior - Lowry
Spirit of Faith Come Down - Wesley
Standing on the Promises of Christ my King - Carter

Take my Life and Let it Be
Take Time to be Holy
Take up Thy Cross / Take up Your Cross (the Saviour Said)
Tell Me the Stories of Jesus - Parker
The Spirit's Quickening Influences (Come, Thou everlasting Spirit) - Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
The Voice of God is Calling - Holmes (1879-1964) - free use in the USA
Thine Arm, O Lord, in Days of Old - Edward H. Plumptre (1821-1891)
Thou whose Almighty Word - Marriott
To be Like Jesus - Unknown

We Give Thee but Thine Own - How
What a Friend we have in Jesus
When all Thy Mercies O my God - Addison
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
When we Walk with the Lord (Trust and Obey)
Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life - North
Wonderful Words of Life - Bliss
Ye Who Claim the Faith of Jesus - Coles

Hymns which may still be copyright

A Year of God's Favour - Dufner
Beauty for Brokenness / God of the Poor - Kendrick
Beyond The Bounds Of Galilee - Andrew Pratt (b. 1948)

For the Healing of the Nations - Fred Kaan (1929-2009)
Go Forth for God (Go forth for God, go to the world in peace) - Peacey (1896-1971)
Go My Children With My Blessing - Jaroslav J. Vajda (1919-2008)
God to Enfold You Christ to Uphold You - Bell (b. 1949), Maule (1958-2019)

Heal me Hands of Jesus - Perry (1942-1996)
Healer of Our Every Ill - Haugen
I Believe in Jesus - Nelson
Jesu Jesu Fill us With Your Love (Kneels at the feet) - Colvin
Jesus Christ is Waiting - Bell (b. 1949) / Maule (1958-2019)
Jesus’ Hands Were Kind Hands - Cropper

Lay Your Healing Hand Upon Us - Alan Gaunt (b. 1935)
Let Us Talents And Tongues Employ - Fred Kaan (1929-2009)
Living Lord (Lord Jesus Christ You have come to us)
Lord Whose Love Through Humble Service - Bayly

Make Me A Servant - Willard F. Jabusch (1930-2018)
My Eyes be Open to Your Presence - Nick Haigh / Anita Haigh
O Christ the Healer we Have Come - Pratt Green (1903–2000)
Open our Eyes Lord
Open Your Ears O Christian (Faithful) People - the Torah Song - Song of Good News - Willard F. Jabusch (1930-2018)