Hymn suggestions for Sunday 23 February 2025
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading
General
*Come, let us with our Lord arise (StF 148)
Father, I place into your hands (StF 519)
Give to me, Lord, a thankful heart (StF 520)
*I know that my Redeemer lives (StF 303)
Genesis 45: 3-11,15
All my hope on God is founded (StF 455)
Have faith in God, my heart (StF 466)
Lord we turn to you for mercy (StF 429)
Psalm 37: 1-11, 39-40
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
Captain of Israel’s host, and Guide (StF 459)
The Lord’s my Shepherd (StF 481) (Townend version)
1 Corinthians 15: 35-38, 42-50
Author of faith, eternal Word (StF 457)
*Come, let us with our Lord arise (StF 148)
*I know that my Redeemer lives (StF 303)
Now the green blade rises (StF 306)
Praise to the holiest in the height (StF 334) esp. vv.3&4
Luke 6: 27-38
‘Forgive our sins as we forgive’ (StF 423)
God, how can we forgive (StF 613)
God! When human bonds are broken (StF 649)
Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love (StF 249)
Jesus, Lord, we look to thee (StF 686)
Let love be real, in giving and receiving (StF 615)
Stay here where nails are driven (StF 282) esp. v.2
What shall I do my God to love (StF 436)
A prayer for God's justice
O God, how long? How long must we wait to see your justice lifted high? How long must we groan under oppression and injustice? The poor get poorer, and the rich get richer. Help us to sing a new song. Help us, through your Holy Spirit, to sing your song of a world renewed, of dignity freely given, of right living between sibling and sibling. But it begins with me. It begins with my willingness to partner with the God of all the earth. Help us to see the riches you have placed within us and let us add our voices to the song all creation longs to sing.
Then our souls shall truly magnify the Lord,
today and always.
Amen.
Sonia Hicks, District Chair, Northampton District
A prayer for strength - Alternative Prayer
Be strength to our hearts, O Love most powerful. Be goodness to our taste, O Love most sweet. Be life to our souls, O Love most dear. Be comfort and support to us, O Love most faithful. Be endurance and hope to us, O Love most victorious. Amen.
Gertrude of Helfta (1256-1302)