Hymns for Proper 23 / Ordinary 28 in Year B (21st Sunday after Pentecost, 13 October 2024) - Revised Common Lectionary


A selection of hymns and songs, based on themes from the Revised Common lectionary for the Sunday of Proper twenty-three (twenty-eighth Sunday of Ordinary time) 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 hymns that could be included are welcome: leave a message in the Comments box near the bottom of the page.



Readings

First: 
Job 23:1-9, 16-17 - Job cannot find the Almighty:  "If I go forward, he is not there; or backward, I cannot perceive him; on the left he hides, and I cannot behold him; I turn to the right, but I cannot see him  - If only I could vanish in darkness, and thick darkness would cover my face!
OR
Amos 5:6-7, 10-15.  Hate evil and love good, and establish justice in the gate  [that] the Lord... will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.


Second: Hebrews 4:12-16 - The word of God is alive and active - it gets in everywhere, nothing can hide from God

Gospel: Mark 10:17-30 - What must I do to inherit eternal life?   Sell everything you own and follow me.  It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than to enter the kingdom of heaven - but in God, all things are possible.


Themes

God's wisdom and omnipotence.   Our richness lies in Christ, in God and eternal life - our call to follow this.


Free-use artworks

See lectionary art for this Sunday for suggested pictures and art-works based on today's readings.



Free-use hymns



  • Father of Heaven Whose Love Profound - Cooper
  • Forty Days and Forty Nights
  • Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken
  • God Himself is Present - Foster / Miller, translated from Blumengärtlein
  • God of Grace and God of Glory - Fosdick (1878-1969) - free use in the USA
  • Great is Thy Faithfulness - free use in the USA
  • God of Mercy God of Grace - Lyte
  • Good Christians all, rejoice - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
  • Grace Greater Than Our Sin - Johnston





  • Rise up O Men of God - Merrill (1867-1954) - free use in the USA
  • Saviour like a Shepherd Lead Us
  • Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above - Cox
  • Stand by Me - Tindley
  • Standing on the Promises of Christ my King - Carter
  • Strengthen For Service Lord The Hands - Humphreys, Dearmer - trans from St. Ephraem, Syrus
  • Sweet Spirit Comfort Me (In the hour of my distress) - Robert Herrick (1591-1674)





Hymns which may still be copyright

  • A Rich Young Man Came Seeking - Dobson
  • Ancient Words
  • Hear the Call of the Kingdom - Stuart Townend (b. 1963) / Getty
  • Heaven Shall Not Wait - Bell (b. 1949), Maule (1958-2019
  • How Long, O Lord? - Barbara Woollett (b 1937)





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