Sunday 2 April, 2017

5th Sunday in Lent / 1st Sunday of the Passion

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

Ezekiel 37: 1-14

Day of judgment! Day of wonder! (StF 732)
In the beginning was darkness and nothing (StF 386)
O breath of life, come sweeping through us (StF 391)
When listening prophets dare to speak (StF 163)

Psalm 130

Hymns that echo the psalmist’s theme

Empty, broken, here I stand, Kyrie eleison (StF 421)
Only by grace can we enter (StF 565)
Out of the depths I cry to thee, Lord God! (StF 433)
There's a wideness in God's mercy (StF 416)

Romans 8: 6-11

Breathe on me, Breath of God (StF 370)
Holy Spirit, we welcome you (StF 385)
Father of everlasting grace (StF 378)
The Spirit lives to set us free, walk, walk in the light (StF 397)
When I was lost, you came and rescued me (StF 367)

John 11: 1-45

Christ, our King before creation (StF 318)
Eat this bread and never hunger (StF 582)
God, enfold us, through desolate loss (StF 733)
I am the bread, the bread of life (StF 587)
I know that my Redeemer lives (StF 303)
Jesus, lover of my soul (StF 355)
Jesus the Lord said: ‘I am the Bread, the Bread of Life’ (StF 252)
Jesus – the name high over all (StF 357)