Hymn suggestions for Sunday 19 January 2025
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading
Note that 15 January is remembered as the birthday of the human rights leader, Martin Luther King (born 1929). The StF+ hymn ‘I have a dream’, a man once said is a helpful and popular hymn choice for this and other occasions. In what the Revd Henry Jackson calls “a brilliant turn in the fourth stanza … the act of dreaming is suddenly not enough; only in acting upon dreams can humanity prove its faith."
General
In this house all people will be welcome (website only)
O Lord we are always in your presence (StF 33)
Isaiah 62: 1-5
At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow (StF 317)
Community of Christ, who make the Cross your own (StF 681)
The Church’s one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord (StF 690)
Psalm 36: 5-10
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
Best of all is God is with us (StF 610)
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven (StF 83)
1 Corinthians 12: 1-11
All praise to our redeeming Lord, who joins us by his grace (StF 608)
Give me the faith which can remove and sink the mountain to a plain (StF 661)
Lord, you call us to your service (StF 664)
Sacred the body God has created (StF 618)
Summoned by the God who made us rich in our diversity (StF 689)
John 2: 1-11
A wedding feast in Galilee (website only)
Before the world began, one Word was there (StF 101)
Christ, whose glory fills the skies (StF 134)
Come to a wedding, come to a blessing (StF 603) vv.1-3 only
Hail to the Lord’s anointed (StF 228)
He is Lord, he is Lord (StF 348)
A prayer for prisons
Creator God, you teem in every prison space and in every story; prisoner, victim, family and staff. Your light breaks through the cracks in our broken vessels and the diversity of multi-faith prison chaplaincy. You know the loss that separation brings, yet offer hope that healing is accessible to hurting people and people who cause hurt. Guide your Church toward being a model for institutions that act justly and do not impose harm. See us, Mother of Nature, and forgive our failing to love with the sort of balance Jesus practised. Let us happily carry our share of injustice so that our ministries may relate to the people we are called to serve. Amen.
Leon Dundas, Managing Chaplain and Care/TRIM Team, HMP Exeter
A prayer for healing and restoration - Alternative Prayer
Jesus, like a mother you gather your people to you. In the depth of your mercy, heal us. In the tenderness of your love, remake us. In the compassion of your grace, forgive us. For the beauty of heaven, prepare us. Amen.
Anselm (c. 1033-1109)