Hymn suggestions for Sunday 27 April 2025

2nd Sunday of Easter

Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading

Acts 5: 27-32

Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord (StF 295)
Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son (StF 313)
When you prayed beneath the trees, it was for me (StF 339)

Psalm 118: 14-29 or Psalm 150

Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme

Sing a song, sing a joyful song (StF 310)
Sing of the Lord’s goodness, Father of all wisdom (StF 65)
Praise the Lord, his glories show (StF 84)
Praise the Lord who reigns above and keeps his courts below (StF 85)
When, in our music, God is glorified (StF 731)

For Psalm 118, also see Easter Day and Sunday 13 April

Revelation 1: 4-8

Crown him with many crowns (StF 347)
Jesus is the name we honour (StF 354)
Lo, he comes with clouds descending (StF 177)
Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour (StF 593)
Low in the grave he lay (StF 305)
To God be the glory, great things he has done! (StF 94)

John 20: 19-31

Christ has risen while earth slumbers (StF 296)
Come, let us with our Lord arise (StF 148)
Empty, broken, here I stand, Kyrie eleison (StF 421)
I know that my Redeemer lives and ever prays for me (StF 502)
I know that my Redeemer lives, what joy the blest assurance gives! (StF 303)
Mary, you were there (website only)
Safe, locked inside that upper room (website only)
This joyful Eastertide (StF 314)
What peace is there for tarnished lives (website only)
We cannot measure how you heal (StF 655)
When Easter to the dark world came (StF 316)
When our futures are uncertain (website only)