Hymn suggestions for Sunday 23 March 2025
3rd Sunday of Lent
The Methodist Church in Britain's Lent theme this year is Soul Food. Worship resources for each week of Lent follow the lectionary readings as below. They include specially selected hymns and songs from Singing the Faith and elsewhere, as well as an opening liturgy, prayer ideas and activities. The theme for Lent 3 is 'Soul Rest'.
Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading
*As water to the thirsty (StF 441)
Lord, we turn to you for mercy (StF 429)
Sing of the Lord’s goodness, Father of all wisdom (StF 65)
Where shall my wondering soul begin? (StF 454)
Worship God with the morning sunrise (StF 68)
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s them
*As water to the thirsty (StF 441)
Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father (StF 51)
Hark my soul! It is the Lord (StF 426)
I heard the voice of Jesus say (StF 248)
My soul finds rest in God alone (StF 633)
O for a heart to praise my God (StF 507)
Bread of Life, Truth Eternal, broken now to set us free (StF 578)
Faithful One, so unchanging (StF 628)
God of forgiveness, your people you freed (StF 425)
Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour (StF 593)
O Jesus I have promised to serve you to the end (StF 563)
The prophets' voice comes down the years (StF 162)
Victim divine, thy grace we claim (StF 600)
Your ceaseless, unexhausted love unmerited and free (StF438)
Almighty God, we come to make confession (StF 419)
Jesus – the name high over all (StF 357)
Just as we are (website only)
O for a heart to praise my God (StF 507)
There’s a wideness in God’s mercy (StF 416)
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)