Hymn suggestions for Epiphany (Monday 6 January 2025)
- General:
- Lectionary
The Epiphany
As 6 January is a weekday, these readings may be used on an adjacent Sunday. [Also note that, in the past, Epiphany commemorated Jesus’ baptism as well as the coming of the Magi – see Epiphany – arrivals and beginnings
Also see the ‘O Antiphons’ as re-imagined for the Epiphany by Vince Gilbert and Micky Youngson.
Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading
General
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning (StF 227)
Come, Lord Jesus, come (StF 168)
God, who made the stars of heaven (StF 7)
Isaiah 60: 1-6
Born in song (StF 21)
Darkness like a shroud covers the earth (StF 170)
Great is the darkness that covers the earth (StF 405)
See how great a flame aspires (StF 412)
The silent stars shine down on us (StF 231)
Psalm 72: 1-7, 10-14
Hymn echoing the psalmist’s theme
Hail to the Lord’s anointed (StF 228)
Hear the call of the kingdom (StF 407)
Jesus shall reign where’er the sun (StF 328)
Ephesians 3: 1-12
Go to the world! Go into all the earth (StF 402)
How small a spark has lit a living fire! (StF 408)
Jesus call us here to meet him (StF 28)
There’s a wideness in God’s mercy (StF 416)
We come from the mountains, the valleys and plains (StF 417)
Matthew 2: 1-12
As of gladness men of old (StF 224)
Bethlehem, of noblest cities (StF 225)
Birth brings a promise of new life awaking (StF 226)
How hard was that journey (website only)
Lord, your Church on earth is seeking (StF 410)
Riding out across the desert (StF 230)
We cannot bear the full light of your glory (website only)
We do not look for angel choirs (website only)
We three kings of Orient are (website only)
A prayer for unity
God of all,
Your dream for your people is that we may be one.
In this time of deep divides and damaging insecurity forgive us for the ways in which we have failed to show solidarity,
and failed to see beyond the identity-based fractures that can obscure the bonds of our common humanity.
Renew our commitment to the work of unity,
drawing hope from the promise of your limitless love which embraces all in true belonging.
We give thanks for the courage and commitment of all those witnessing to unity in the midst of fragmentation,
creating spaces for fellowship and accompaniment,
to sustain us on the journey.
Amen.
Dr Nicola Brady, General Secretary, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
A prayer for gladness and peace - Alternative Prayer
Grant us, O God, to pass each day in gladness and peace, without stumbling and without stain, that reaching the eventide victorious over all temptation, we may again praise you, the eternal God, blessed over all things now and forever. Amen.
Mozarabic Sacramentary (10th century)