Hymn suggestions for Ash Wednesday, 5 March 2025
See: Beginning Lent – some thoughts about Ash Wednesday
Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading
General
Christ our Redeemer knew temptation's hour (StF 235)
Forty days and forty nights (StF 236)
*We'll walk with you (God called you, Jesus) (website only)
Day of judgment! Day of wonder! (StF 732)
O the bitter shame and sorrow (StF 432)
Praise is rising, eyes are turning to you (StF 64)
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases (StF 66)
We come to you with no pretence (StF 435)
We pray until the hour, that awesome hour unknown (StF 741)
or
For the healing of the nations (StF 696)
In an age of twisted values (StF 703)
Praise to the God who clears the way (StF 183)
The church of Christ, in every age (StF 415)
The God who sings a new world into being (StF 714)
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
Almighty God, we come to make confession (StF 419)
More like you, Jesus, more like you (StF 505)
O for a heart to praise my God (StF 507)
Captain of Israel’s host, and guide (StF 459)
Come, sinners, to the gospel feast (StF 401)
Give thanks with a grateful heart (StF 78)
Give voice to the prophets who speak the hard word (website only)
Have faith in God, my heart (StF 466)
Let love be real, in giving and receiving (StF 615)
*Pray, without ceasing, pray (StF 528)
*We'll walk with you (God called you, Jesus) (website only)
You call us, as you called the Twelve (website only)
Give to me, Lord, a thankful heart (StF 520)
Glorious things of thee are spoken (StF 748)
God grant us words to speak when words are all we bear (StF 647)
Pray for a world where every child finds welcome in a sheltered space (StF 527)
*Pray, without ceasing, pray (StF 528)
Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire (StF 529)
Through all the changing scenes of life (StF 638)
A prayer for wisdom
Gracious God, we look to you for wisdom, often we look in the wrong places, missing the opportunity to learn of you from others. Your word, as expressed in the Bible, can be difficult to interpret in this divisive world. Show us your way through those we encounter who exude your wisdom in their love for their neighbours, and who emanate your justice from the very depths of their souls. Teach us to engage with the needs of refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants, as all are our neighbours and all are precious people to you. In Jesus’ name we pray and for his sake, Amen.
David Latter, Chair of Trustees, LWPT
A prayer of blessing for Christians - Alternative Prayer
Blessed are those, O Christ, in whose souls, you are constantly born, those in whose lives you are daily crucified and those in whose hearts you are risen for ever.
Jerome (c. 342-420)