Hymn suggestions for Wednesday 16 April 2025
Wednesday in Holy Week
Also see Holy Week – a Singing the Faith introduction
Isaiah 50: 4-9a
God grant us words to speak (StF 647)
I am not skilled to understand what God has willed (StF 349)
“I have a dream”, a man once said (website only)
Open, Lord, my inward ear (StF 450)
Psalm 70
Hymns echoing the psalmist's theme
Amazing grace – how sweet the sound (StF 440)
I’ve had questions without answers (StF 632)
Hebrews 12: 1-3
Author of faith, eternal word (StF 457)
Give me the wings of faith to rise within the veil (StF 747)
Jesus Christ, I think upon your sacrifice (StF 274)
Ye servants of God (StF 340)
John 13: 21-32
Come and see, come and see (StF 270)
God, how can we forgive (StF 613)
Jesus Christ – Perfect Love (StF 325)
O the bitter shame and sorrow (StF 432)
A prayer for the needs of the world
Loving God, we rejoice in the signs of your presence in the world:
for every child who has a home, we praise and thank you God;
for every war that has an end, we praise and thank you God;
for every wound that has been healed, we praise and thank you God;
for every debt that is no more, we praise and thank you God.
And for the dawning of hope for all people, we pray:
where there is hunger and there is need, your kingdom come, O Lord;
where there are walls and barriers of hate, your kingdom come, O Lord;
where the poor pay the price, and the rich take the profit, your kingdom come, O Lord;
and where the earth lies wasted, and the skies are polluted, your kingdom come, O Lord.
Amen.
Richard Sharples, superintendent presbyter, Cleveland and Danby Circuit
A prayer to be filled with the spirit of Christ - Alternative Prayer
Saviour Christ, lifting up your hands perpetually on behalf of all humankind, by your Spirit, breathe such love into our prayers, that they may be taken into yours, and prevail with yours, for your own name’s sake. Amen.
Jean-Jacques Olier (1608-57)