Sunday 6 July 2025
- General:
- Lectionary
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings are laid out as for the continuous form of the lectionary. Alternative related readings (OT and psalm only) are below. Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading
2 Kings 5: 1-14
God to enfold you, Christ to uphold you (StF 648)
O Christ, the Healer, we have come to pray for health (StF 653)
Wash me clean in that cool river (StF 453)
We cannot measure how you heal (StF 655)
When our confidence is shaken in beliefs we thought secure (StF 644)
Psalm 30
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
King of Glory, King of Peace (StF 56)
When I was lost, you came and rescued me (StF 367)
Galatians 6: (1-6) 7-16
Brother, sister, let me serve you (StF 611)
God grant us words to speak (StF 647)
Jesus, Lord, we look to thee (StF 686)
Let love be real, in giving and receiving (StF 615)
Make us your prophets, Lord (StF 665)
Thou God of truth and love (StF 620)
Luke 10: 1-11, 16-20
Come, sinners, to the gospel feast (StF 401)
Come with me, come wander (StF 462)
God’s spirit is in my heart (StF 404)
God, whose love is all around us (StF 585)
Lord, your Church on earth is seeking (StF 410)
Now let us from this table rise (StF 596)
There’s a wideness in God’s mercy (StF 416)
Alternative related readings
Isaiah 66: 10-14
*Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! (StF 88)
Pray, without ceasing, pray (StF 528)
Sing praise to God who reigns above (StF 117)
We gladly celebrate and praise (StF 120)
Psalm 66: 1-9
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
Let all the world in every corner sing (StF 57)
O for a thousand tongues to sing (StF 364)
*Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! (StF 88)
Rejoice, the Lord is King! (StF 335)
We sing of your glory (StF 96)
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)
Sunday 6 July 2025
He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest." (v. 2)