Hymn suggestions for Sunday 4 August 2024
- General:
- Lectionary
18th 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
August 6th is Hiroshima Day – a day on which to reflect not only on past nuclear horrors but also on present dangers and, more widely, the atrocities of war.
A number of resources published by Singing the Faith will help you get started:
Hiroshima – the fallout
Hiroshima hymns
Eliminating nuclear weapons: international negotiations
Empty broken, here I stand (StF 421)
'Forgive our sins as you forgive' (StF 423)
I will speak out for those who have no voices (StF 702)
Out of the depths I cry to thee (StF 433)
There's a wideness in God's mercy (StF 416)
Word of God, dynamic Spirit (StF 400)
Psalm 51
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
Father, we have sinned in word, and deed, and thought (StF 422)
God forgave my sin in Jesus' name (StF 424)
Jesus, the First and Last (StF 329)
Just as I am, without one plea (StF 556)
Let us break bread together with the Lord (StF 592)
Lord, we turn to you for mercy (StF 429)
O for a heart to praise my God (StF 507)
Take this moment, sign, and space (StF 513)
All praise to our redeeming Lord (StF 608)
Because the Saviour prayed that we be one (StF 675)
Christ, from whom all blessings flow (StF 676)
Come, all who look to Christ today (StF 678)
In Christ there is no east or west (StF 685)
One is the body and one is the Head (StF 688)
Put peace into each other’s hands (StF 712)
Summoned by the God who made us rich in our diversity (StF 689)
The Church’s one foundation (StF 690)
The Saviour, when to heaven he rose (StF 669)
Bread of life, hope of the world (StF 577)
*Break thou the bread of life, O Lord, to me (StF 153)
Eat this bread, drink this cup (StF 583) the verses could be sung by a cantor or group
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds (StF 322)
I am the bread, the bread of life (StF 587)
I, the Lord of sea and sky (StF 663)
Jesu, the joy of loving hearts (StF 365)
Jesus, the Lord said: 'I am the bread' (StF 252)
Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour (StF 593)
Praise and thanksgiving, Father, we offer (StF 125)
Alternative related readings
Dear Lord and Father of mankind (StF 495)
Food to pilgrims given (StF 584)
*Guide me, O thou great Jehovah (StF 465)
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds (StF 322)
Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour (StF 593)
O God of Bethel, by whose hand (StF 475)
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
Bread is blessed and broken (StF 576)
*Break thou the bread of life, O Lord, to me (StF 153)
*Guide me, O thou great Jehovah (StF 465)