Hymn suggestions for Sunday 3 November 2024
31st 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
This Sunday and next (10 November) are also suggested as days to mark the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP). The World Evangelical Alliance has headed up this day for more than two decades. It is also supported by Open Doors, the international charity founded by Brother Andrew, a Dutch Christian missionary who was known as “God’s Smuggler”. Open Doors provides an accessible way of finding out about 50 countries in world where Christian lives are most at risk.
All praise to our redeeming Lord (StF 608)
Christ, from whom all blessings flow (StF 676)
Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love (StF 249)
Lord save us from the desert (website only)
O God of Bethel, by whose hand (StF 475)
Thou God of truth and love (StF 620)
When we are living, we are in the Lord (StF 485)
You call us to the wilderness (website only)
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
I'll praise my make while I've breath (StF 79)
*I will speak out for those who have no voices (StF 702)
Lord, I lift your name on high (StF 322)
O for a thousand tongues to sing (StF 364)
Sing praise to God who reigns above (StF 117)
Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord! (StF 186)
*There's a wideness in God's mercy (StF 416)
We cannot bear the full light of your glory (website only)
Christ is the world's light (StF 346)
Light out of darkness (website only)
Lord Jesus Christ, you have come to us (StF 594)
*There's a wideness in God's mercy (StF 416)
Victim divine, thy grace we claim (StF 600)
A new commandment I give unto you (StF 242)
Christ be in my understanding (website only)
Community of Christ (StF 681)
Fill thou my life, O Lord my God (StF 73)
*I will speak out for those who have no voices (StF 702)
Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love (StF 249)
Alternative related readings
A charge to keep I have (StF 658)
I will worship (StF 54)
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
Help us, O Lord to learn (StF 501)
My eyes be open to your presence (StF 560)