Hymn Suggestions based on the “Revised Common Lectionary” – Year A (First Sunday in Advent through Transfiguration Sunday)
December 1, 2013 – First Sunday of Advent
(See Advent, 101-123)
GOSPEL:
112 – Keep Awake, Be Always Ready
HEBREW:
571 – O God of Love, O God of Peace
December 8, 2013 – Second Sunday of Advent
GOSPEL:
115 – The Baptist Shouts on Jordan’s Shore
EPISTLE:
158 – O Morning Star, How Clear and Bright
HEBREW:
108 – Isaiah the Prophet Has Written of Old
609 – Now Is the Time Approaching
114 – Return, My People
109- With Joy Draw Water
December 15, 2013 – Third Sunday of Advent
GOSPEL:
p. 732 – Canticle of Mary (Magnificat)
123 – May, Woman of the Promise
15 – My Heart Is Overflowing (The Song of Hannah)
106 – My Heart Sings Out with Joyful Praise
119 – My Soul Gives Glory to My God
HEBREW:
107 – Awake! Awake, and Greet the New Morn
612 – Strengthen All the Weary Hands
December 22, 2013 – Fourth Sunday of Advent
GOSPEL:
105 – Gentle Joseph, Joseph Dear
137 – Hitsuji wa nemureri (Sheep Fast Asleep)
138 – Jesus, Our Brother, Strong and Good
116 – O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
December 25, 2013 – Christmas Day
(See Christmas, 124-153)
GOSPEL:
140 – Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light
156, 157 – Brightest and Best
584 – I Am the Light of the World
165 – Love Came Down at Christmas
431 – Now Greet the Swiftly Changing Year
HEBREW:
110 – Now Bless the God of Israel
Christmas Day 2
(See Christmas Day 1)
Christmas Day 3
(See Christmas, 124-153)
GOSPEL:
44 – Beautiful Jesus
93 – Christ, Mighty Savior
p. 739 – O Holy Radiance, Joyous Light (Phos Hilaron)
57 – O Holy Spirit, Root of Life
87 – O Splendor of God’s Glory Bright
p. 740 – O Wisdom Breathed from God (O Sapientia)
PSALM:
36 – To God Compose a Song of Joy
HEBREW:
21 – God Reigns O’er All the Earth
December 29, 2013 – First Sunday after Christmas
GOSPEL:
161 – Amen, Amen
51 – O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
EPISTLE:
162 – In a Lowly Manger Born
209 – O Love, How Vast, How Flowing Free
148 – What Child Is This
January 1, 2014 – New Year’s Day
GOSPEL:
583 – Like a Mother Who Has Borne Us
538 – Standing at the Future’s Threshold
EPISTLE:
413 – By Gracious Powers
576 – For the Healing of the Nations
616 – I Want to Be Ready
613 – O Holy City, Seen of John
417 – This Is a Day of New Beginnings
HEBREW:
433 – In the Bulb There Is a Flower
January 5, 2014 – Second Sunday after Christmas
GOSPEL:
152 – Born in the Night
93 – Christ, Mighty Savior
154 – Go Tell It on the Mountain
142 – Manglakat na kita sa
p. 739 – O Holy Radiance, Joyous Light (Phos Hilaron)
87 – O Splendor of God’s
118 – Of the Parent’s Heart
APOCRYPHA:
p. 740 – O Wisdom Breathed from God (O Sapientia)
January 6, 2014 – EPIPHANY
(See Epiphany, 154-166)
GOSPEL:
126 – Angels from the Realms of Glory
156, 157 – Brightest and Best
584 – I Am the Light of the World
155 – Los magos que llegaron a Belén
165 – Love Came Down at Christmas
139 – The First Nowell
151 – ‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime
148 – What Child Is This
153 – Who Would Think That What Was Needed
HEBREW:
589 – Let There Be Light, O God of Hosts
168 – O Radiant Christ, Incarnate Word
January 12, 2014 – First Sunday after Epiphany/Baptism of Jesus
GOSPEL:
167 – Mark How the Lamb of God’s Self-Offering
285 – O Holy Dove of God Descending
168 – O Radiant Christ, Incarnate Word
169 – What Ruler Wades through Murky Streams
EPISTLE:
308 – At the Font We Start Our Journey
56 – Soplo de Dios viviente (Breath of the Living God)
January 19, 2014 – Second Sunday after Epiphany
GOSPEL:
281 – Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove
167 – Mark How the Lamb of God’s Self-Offering
513 – O Source of All That Is
January 26, 2014 – Third Sunday after Epiphany
GOSPEL:
502 – Dear God, Embracing Humankind
171, 172 – Jesus Calls Us, o’er the Tumult
493 – O Jesus, I have Promised
503 – O Savior, Let Me Walk with You
173 – Tu has venido a la orilla (You Have Come Down to the Lakeshore)
February 2, 2014 – Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
GOSPEL:
180 – Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit
EPISTLE:
436 – God of Grace and God of Glory
193, 194 – In the Cross of Christ I Glory
575 – O for a World
February 9, 2014 – Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
GOSPEL:
311 – Renew Your Church
528 – Sois la Semilla (You Are the Seed)
524 – This Little Light/This Joy I Have
525 – This Little Light of Mine
181 – You Are Salt for the Earth, O People
EPISTLE:
294 – There’s a Spirit in the Air
HEBREW:
573 – Lead On Eternal Sovereign
February 16, 2014 – Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
GOSPEL:
544 – Si Fui Motivo de Dolor, Oh Dios (If I Have Been the Source of Pain, O God)
EPISTLE:
370 – What Gift Can We Bring?
396 – Where Charity and Love Prevail
February 23, 2014 – Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
GOSPEL:
492 – I Would Be True
170 – Your Ways Are Not Our Own
EPISTLE:
400 – Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation
407 – How Firm a Foundation
403 – My Hope is Built on Nothing Less
386 – The Church’s One Foundation
March 2, 2014 – TRANSFIGURATION
GOSPEL:
183 – Jesus, Take Us to the Mountain
184 – O Wondrous Sight, O Vision Fair
182 – We Have Come at Christ’s Own Bidding