Sunday 26 July 2026
- General:
- Lectionary
17th 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.
General
Best of all is God is with us (StF 610)
Heal us, Immanuel! Hear our prayer (StF 650)
The love of God comes close where stands an open door (StF 654)
Genesis 29: 15-28 These hymn choices made bearing in mind the sequel to this story, to be found in Genesis 29: 29-35
I will speak out for those who have no voices (StF 702)
Let love be real, in giving and receiving (StF 615)
Spirit who broods, Spirit who sings (StF 396)
Worship God with the morning sunrise (StF 68)
Psalm 105: 1-11, 45b or Psalm 128
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
O God, our help in ages past (StF 132)
Praise to the living God! (StF 87)
Sing to the great Jehovah's praise (StF 127)
We trust the mighty love of God (StF 742)
Romans 8: 26-39
All for Jesus - all for Jesus (StF 341)
Have faith in God, my heart (StF 466)
Neither death, nor life, nor angels nor powers (StF 474)
O for a heart to praise my God (StF 507)
Through the love of God our Saviour (StF 639)
What kind of love is this that gave itself for me? (StF 286)
Matthew 13: 31-33, 44-52
*Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart (StF 545)
Eternity (When a seed, only small) (website only)
Food to pilgrims given (StF 584)
How small a spark has lit a living fire! (StF 408)
Let him to whom we now belong (StF 557)
Seek ye first the kingdom of God (StF 254)
The kingdom of God is justice and joy (StF 255)
We gather round this table (website only) communion hymn
What shall we offer our good Lord (StF 671)
Alternative related readings:
1 Kings 3: 5-12
*Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart (StF 545)
Give to me, Lord, a thankful heart (StF 520)
Happy are they who find the grace (StF 500)
Lord, we have come at your own invitation (StF 595)
Psalm 119: 129-136
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
O God of Bethel, by whose hand thy people still are fed (StF 475)
Speak, O Lord, as we come to You (StF 161)
Your words to me are life and health (StF 164)
A prayer for courage to join God's song
God,
whose life dances in and beyond all creation,
whose song resounds throughout the universe and beyond,
you call us to add our voices to your harmony
and long all voices to be part of your song of infinite grace.
May we have the courage to raise our voices to join your song
and the sensitivity to enable all voices to be heard.
May we know and rest in the silence that births new melodies.
May all hearts echo with the resonance of your love.
May our voices be raised in shouts of protest,
in howling cries of grief and in gentle sounds of comfort.
May we join the yearning choir in the reality of deep lament
that longs for change and brings healing into being. Amen.
Rachel Bending, Chair, Southampton District
A prayer for forgiveness and healing - Alternative Prayer
Grant us the grace, O God, to surrender the grievance that separates and the forgiveness that is withheld. Assure us that no sin is so great that it cannot be confessed, no wound so deep it cannot be healed, and no sinner so lost that grace cannot bring them home.
William Booth (1829-1912)