Hymns for Proper 26 (Ordinary 31), Year C (2 Nov 2025) - Revised Common Lectionary

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A selection of hymns and songs, based on themes from the Revised Common lectionary for the Sunday of Proper 26 (Ordinary 31) in Year C.

 Most are free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free), so 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 that are still copyright may also be included, if they are particularly relevant.




Readings

First: 
Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4
The oracle that the prophet Habakkuk saw: 
O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen? ... The wicked surround the righteous-- therefore judgment comes forth perverted.   Then the Lord answered  "For there is still a vision for the appointed time" ...
OR
Isaiah 1:10-18
God speaks to the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, telling them to make [them]selves clean ...cease to do evil,  learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.  

Second:  II Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 We pray that God will make you worthy ... Christ will be glorified in you.   Turn to the coming of Jesus - but do not be alarmed by predictions that the day has come.

Gospel: Luke 19: 1-10 - Zacchaeus the tax-collector climbed a tree so Jesus would see him - Jesus dined with him, Zacchaeus has a change of heart and is saved.  Jesus came to seek and save the lost.



Themes

Jesus in our midst: our protector and Saviour of the lost.   Forgiveness.   The love of God.   Sending forth.


Free-use hymns






  • No Cause for Fear (God is my strong salvation) - James Montgomery (1771-1854)
  • Not so in Haste my Heart - Torrey
  • O Jesus I Have Promised
  • O Jesus Saviour Grow in Me - Elizabeth Lee Smith
  • O Love How Deep How Broad How High - Webb
  • O Love that Wilt Not Let Me Go - Matheson
  • O Thou Who Camest From Above - Wesley
  • O What Their Joy and Their Glory Must Be - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
  • O Worship the King (all glorious above) - Grant
  • Partaking of the Lord's Supper (Jesus we thus obey) - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
  • Praise my Soul the King of Heaven
  • Put all Your Trust In God - Wesley


  • Walking with God - Cowper
  • We Believe In One True God - Winkworth
  • We Give Immortal Praise - Isaac Watts
  • We Would See Jesus - Warner
  • We'll Understand It Better By and By - Charles Albert Tindley (1851-1933)
  • When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
  • When Wilt Thou Save the People - Ebenezer Elliott (1781-1849)
  • Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life - North
  • Zacchaeus was a Wee Little Man - Unknown



Hymns which may still be copyright


  • He gave his life in Selfless Love - Porteous
  • How long, O Lord, will you forget - Woollett
  • Jesus Christ is Waiting - John Bell (b. 1949), Maule (1958-2019)
  • Mighty to Save (Everyone needs compassion) - Reuben Morgan (b. 1975) Ben Fielding ()
  • O Day of God, Draw Nigh - Scott (1899-1987)
  • O God of Every Nation - Reid

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