LiturgyTools.net: Hymns for Proper 22 / Ordinary 27 in Year B (20th Sunday after Pentecost, 6 October 2024)

A selection of hymns and songs, based on themes from the Revised Common Lectionary for the Sunday of Proper 22 (Ordinary 27) 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 that are still be copyright may 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:

Job 1:1, 2:1-10 - The accuser inflicted loathsome sores on Job: he maintained his integrity through his suffering and did not sin with his lips.

Genesis 2:18-24: Creation of woman - bones from my bone and flesh from my flesh - man and wife become one body

Psalm: 127: May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives / O blessed are those who fear the Lord

Second: Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-11 - the one who sanctifies and the one who is sanctified are of the same stock

Gospel: Mark 10:2-16 - Jesus interpretation of divorce laws - what God has united, humankind must not divide - let the little children come to me, it is to such as these that the kingdom belongs.

Themes

Family - we are part of God's creation and family - right relationships - the depth of family relationships - we are called to live to Jesus standards

Free-use hymns

A New Commandment
A Safe Stronghold Our God is Still - Carlyle, trans from Luther
All Creatures of our God and King
All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
All my Hope is Firmly Grounded - Jacobi, trans from Neander
All my Hope On God is Founded
All People that on Earth do Dwell
All Praise to Our Redeeming Lord - Wesley
And Can it Be that I should Gain - Wesley
As Your Family Lord See Us Here - Unknown
At the Name of Jesus

Bear Ye One Another's Burdens (Thou God of truth and love) - Wesley
Blessed be the Name (All praise to Him who reigns on high) - Clark (1854-1925)
Blessed be the Ties that Bind / Blest be the Tie that Binds
Blest are the Poor in Heart
Blest are the Pure in Heart
Brother You On Your Heart Did Bear - Thomas (1848-1924)

Children of the Heavenly Father - Olson. tr from Sandell - free use in the USA
Come Ye Faithful Raise the Strain - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
Come, Let Us Join Our Cheerful Songs - Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Crown Him With Many Crowns
Draw us in the Spirit’s Tether
Fill Thou my Life - Bonar
For the Beauty of the Earth
From All that Dwell Belowthe Skies - Watts

Give to the Winds Thy Fears - Wesley, trans from Gerhardt (1656)
God is Love: Let Heaven Adore Him - Rees (1874-1939)
God Moves in a Mysterious Way
Great God, We Sing Your Guiding Hand - Doddridge
Hail Thou Once Despised Jesus - Toplady
Happy Are They - Robert S. Bridges (1844-1930)
Happy the Home When God Is There - Henry Ware (1794-1843)
Hear My Cry O Lord - Unknown
Holy God we Praise Thy Name
How Firm A Foundation - Keith / Keen

I Want Jesus to Walk With Me - Unknown
I Will Trust in the Lord - Unknown
I’ll Praise my Maker While I’ve Breath - Wesley / Watts
If Thou but Suffer God to Guide Thee - Catherine Winkworth , trans from Georg Neumark (1621-1681)
In Heavenly Love Abiding - Waring

In the Hour of Trial - James Montgomery (1771-1854)
Jesus – the Name High Over All - Wesley
Jesus Friend of Little Children - Mathams
Jesus Good Above All Other - Percy Dearmer (1867-1936)
Jesus Lover of my Soul - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Jesus Loves Me this I Know - Warner (1824-1915)
Jesus Loves the Little Children -
Jesus Shall Reign Where're the Sun - Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Jesus the Name High Over All - Wesley

Lead us Heavenly Father Lead Us
Let the Whole Creation Cry - Stopford A. Brooke (1832-1916)
Like A River Glorious - Havergal
Longing for the House of God (Lord of the worlds above) - Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Love Divine all Loves Excelling
Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep / The Good Shepherd - Leeson

May the Grace of Christ Our Saviour - John Newton (1725-1807)
My God, How Wonderful Thou Art - Faber
My Hope is Built on Nothing Less (On Christ the Solid Rock) - Mote
My Song is Love Unknown
Never Alone - Pickett (1867-1953)
No Cause for Fear (God is my strong salvation) - James Montgomery (1771-1854)
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen - Unknown
Now Thank we all our God

O Blest the House - Catherine Winkworth, trans from Carl Ludwig von Pfeil (1735)
O Father all Creating - John Ellerton (1826-1893)
O For A Heart to Praise my God - Wesley
O Love How Deep How Broad How High - Webb, trans from á Kempis
O Perfect Love all Human Thought Transcending - Gurney
O Thou Who Camest From Above - Wesley
O Word of God Incarnate - How
Of the Father's Love Begotten - Neale / Baker

Praise to the Lord the Almighty - Winkworth
Rejoice the Lord is King
Saviour like a Shepherd Lead Us
Sweet Story - Jemima Luke (1813-1906)

Tell Me the Stories of Jesus - Parker
The Church's One Foundation
The Head that Once Was Crowned With Thorns - Kelly
The King of Love my Shepherd Is - George Herbert (1593-1633)
The Lord is King Lift up Your Voice - Conder
The Lord's my Shepherd - Scottish Psalter translation
Through all the Changing Scenes of Life - Unknown - from Tate and Brady's New Version, 1696, 1698
Thy Hand O God has Guided - Plumptre
To Thee Our God We Fly - William Walsham How (1823-1897)

We Love the Place O God - Bullock
We’ll Understand it Better By and By - Tindley (1851-1933)
What God Ordains is Always Good - Samuel Rodigast (1649-1708)
Ye (You) Holy Angels Bright
Ye Servants of God - Wesley

Hymns which may still be copyright

Bind us Together
Blessed Be Your Name in the Land that is Plentiful - Matt Redman and Beth Redman
Child of Blessing, Child of Promise - Ronald S. Cole-Turner(b 1948)
Do not Turn Away the Children - Gillette (ref)
Eternal God Your Love’s Tremendous Glory - Gaunt (1935-2023)

Father Make us One - Ridings (b 1955)
Gather Us In - Marty Haugen
God Hath Spoken by His Prophets - Briggs (1875-1959)
God How Can We Forgive When Bonds of Love are Torn? - Duck
God is Here (as we His people meet) - Pratt Green (1903–2000)

Happy the Home that Welcomes You Lord Jesus - Honor Mary Thwaites (1914-1993), trans from Karl Johann Philipp Spitta ()
Help us Accept Each Other - Fred Kaan (1929-2009)
How Blest are They Who Trust In Christ - Pratt Green (1903–2000)
How Deep the Father's Love For Us - Stuart Townend (b. 1963)
How Happy You Who Fear the Lord - Westendorf

Jesus’ Hands Were Kind Hands - Cropper
Like A Child - Damon (b 1955)
Lord Hear the Cries of Children - Gillette
Lord of the Home, Thine Only Son - Albert F. Bayly (1901-1984)
Lord we Come to Ask Your Blessing - Pratt Green (1903–2000)
Meekness and Majesty (For this is your God) - Graham Kendrick (b. 1950)

O Lord, May Church and Home Combine - Carlton C. Buck (1907-1999)
Open Your Ears O Christian (Faithful) People - the Torah Song - Song of Good News - Willard F. Jabusch (1930-2018)
Our Father By Whose Name - Tucker(1895-1984)
Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness - Rusty Edwards (b. 1955)

Rejoice in God’s Saints Today and all Days - Pratt Green (1903–2000)
Says Jesus ‘Come And Gather Round I Want to Each My Friends' - Leith Fisher (1941-2009)
Thanks for Friends who Keep on Loving - Gary Hopkins (b. 1984)
The Family Prayer Song (As For Me And My House) - Morris Chapman