Thursday 14 May 2026
- General:
- Lectionary
Ascension Day
Hymns and readings listed for today are also suitable for use on the following Sunday and vice versa.
Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are not mentioned again in other sections but may be considered appropriate elsewhere.
Acts 1: 1-11
*Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (StF 568)
Born in song! (StF 21)
Hail the day that sees him rise, Alleluia! (StF 300)
*He is exalted (StF 52)
Like the murmur of the dove’s song (StF 389)
Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour (StF 593)
Now let us from this table rise renewed in body, mind and soul (StF 596) (following communion)
Sing to him in whom creation (StF 14)
Psalm 47
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
How shall I sing that majesty (StF 53)
The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended (StF 147)
Worship God with the morning sunrise (StF 68)
OR
Psalm 93
All creatures of our God and King (StF 99)
God, whose almighty word chaos and darkness heard (StF 106)
*Morning glory, starlit sky (StF 12)
Ephesians 1: 15-23
All praise to our redeeming Lord, who joins us by his grace (StF 608)
Christ is alive! Let Christians sing (StF 297)
Christ, our King before creation (StF 318)
*Christ triumphant, ever reigning (StF 319)
He is Lord, he is Lord (StF 348)
Rejoice, the Lord is King! (StF 335)
The Church’s one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord (StF 690)
Luke 24: 44-53
All heaven declares the glory of the risen Lord (StF 293)
Because you came and sat beside us (StF 420)
God forgave my sin in Jesus' name (StF 424)
O for a thousand tongues to sing (StF 364)
The Saviour, when to heaven he rose, in splendid triumph o'er his foes (StF 669)
We sing the praise of Jesus (StF 315)
A prayer that God's story be our story
Story-telling God,
as you gathered the crowds in Galilee,
and stretched the imaginations of the affluent and defeated,
enter our world today.
Where the lonely stare at screens,
and deception comes via glamourous lies,
when we cultivate the ethos of insiders and outsiders –
speak into our hearts the depths of your love story.
A story of grace, hope and beautiful mercy.
A story of joy-filled expectation.
A story of new beginnings.
A story of hope.
Enable us to make love real.
May your story be our story.
Our end, our beginning and our whole life’s journey. Amen.
Helen Hollands, District Chair, East Anglia District
A contemplative breath prayer - Alternative Prayer
“And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” Hebrews 10:24-25
(Breathe in) Fill us with abundant love.
(Breathe out) That we might build each other up.
A contemplative breath prayer