Sunday 19 November, 2023
33rd 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.
Seeking justice: 15 October to 19 November
Complementing the Methodist Conference Report A Justice-seeking Church and the new resources following from that, the Revd Wendy Walker (Tamworth and Lichfield Methodist Circuit) has produced a six-week series of sermon and worship starter-guides. They link to the lectionary readings for the six Sundays 15 October to 19 November, 2023. For each Sunday, there is a possible approach to a sermon/reflection, a quote from the Conference report, and suggested hymns.
General
Be the light in my darkness (website only)
Christ be in my understanding (website only)
Ye servants of God (StF 340)
Come, divine Interpreter (StF 154)
God of forgiveness, your people you freed (StF 425)
*Help us, O Lord, to learn the truth your word imparts (StF 501)
Lord, we turn to you for mercy (StF 429)
*Praise to the God who clears the way (StF 183)
The prophets' voice comes down the years (StF 162)
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
Almighty God, we come to make confession (StF 419)
Behold the servant of the Lord! (StF 546)
Hark, my soul! It is the Lord (StF 426)
All praise to our redeeming Lord (StF 608)
Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart (StF 545)
Darkness like a shroud covers the earth (StF 170)
I am the bread, the bread of life (StF 587) communion hymn
My soul finds rest in God alone (StF 633)
*Praise to the God who clears the way (StF 183)
Sing we the King who is coming to reign (StF 185)
Soldiers of Christ, arise (StF 637)
Thou God of truth and love (StF 620)
We pray until the hour (StF 741)
*Come, let us anew our journey pursue (StF 460)
Give me the faith which can remove and sink the mountain to a plain (StF 661)
Giving it all to you (StF 551)
*Help us, O Lord, to learn the truth your word imparts (StF 501)
I will offer up my life (StF 446)
May the mind of Christ my Saviour (StF 504)
Take my life, and let it be (StF 566)
Take this moment, sign, and space (StF 513)
Alternative related readings:
Day of judgment! Day of wonder! (StF 732)
Heaven shall not wait for the poor to lose their patience (StF 701)
In an age of twisted values (StF 703)
Love inspired the anger (StF 253)
The right hand of God is writing in our land (StF 715)
We pray until the hour (StF 741)
Who can sound the depths of sorrow (StF 723)
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
*Come, let us anew our journey pursue (StF 460)
Immortal, invisible, God only wise (StF 55)
Lord of the boundless curves of space (StF 111)
O God, our help in ages past (StF 132)
Lord, you have been our refuge (StF 816) (Psalm 90: spoken, responsive)
Who can sound the depths of sorrow in the Father heart of God (StF 723)