Hymn suggestions for Sunday 2 February 2025
- General:
- Lectionary
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading
Today is Candlemas, which marks 40 days since Christmas. This period (‘Old Christmas’) is equivalent to the 40 days of Lent. On Candlemas, Christians recall the presentation of the baby Jesus at the Temple in Jerusalem by his parents, Mary and Joseph. (This despite the quirk of our Lectionary regime of readings that has already launched Jesus into his adulthood and ministry.) Read more about Candlemas, and suggested hymns, at Marking Candlemas.
February also marks 20 years of LGBT+ History Month in the UK. It takes as its theme this year ‘Activism and Social Change’ and highlights five LGBT+ historical figures:
- Octavia Hill
- Ivor Cummings
- Annie Kenney
- Charlie Kiss
- Olaudah Equiano
More information at https://lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history-month-2025/
General
As dawn awakes another day (StF 659)
Come with me, come wander (StF 462)
Go to the world! (StF 402)
Lord of creation, to you be all praise! (StF 449)
Sing for God's glory that colours the dawn of creation (StF 116)
Jeremiah 1: 4-10
A charge to keep I have (StF 658)
*Give me the faith which can remove and sink the mountain to a plain (StF 661)
Have you heard God’s voice (StF 662)
‘I have a dream’, a man once said (website only)
I was on your mind long before you formed the earth (StF 468)
O God, you search me and you know me (StF 728)
There is no moment of my life (StF 482)
Thou hidden source of calm repose (StF 366)
Psalm 71: 1-6
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
All my hope on God is founded (StF 455)
My soul finds rest in God alone (StF 633) based on Psalm 62
Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee (StF 434)
1 Corinthians 13: 1-13
Come, let us sing of a wonderful love (StF 443)
*Give me the faith which can remove and sink the mountain to a plain (StF 661)
I will speak out for those who have no voices (StF 702)
Make me a channel of your peace (StF 707)
Of all the Spirit’s gifts to me (StF 709)
Peace, perfect peace, is the gift of Christ our Lord (StF 710)
Sacred the body God has created (StF 618)
Luke 4: 21-30
Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire (StF 155)
God has spoken – by his prophets (StF 157)
God’s Spirit is in my heart (StF 404)
Listen for God (website only)
Speak, O Lord, as we come to you (StF 161)
We cannot bear the full light of your glory (website only)
Your words to me are life and health (StF 164)