Hymn Suggestions based on the “Revised Common Lectionary” – Year C (New Year’s Day through Easter)
January 1, 2013 – 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 6, 2013 – 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 13, 2013 – Baptism of Christ (First Sunday after Epiphany)
GOSPEL:
167 – Mark How the Lamb of God’s Self-Offering
285 – O Holy Dove of God Descending
169 – What Ruler Wades through Murky Streams
HEBREW:
82 – Go, My Children with My Blessing
354 – God, When I Came into This Life
407 – How Firm a Foundation
January 20, 2013 – Second Sunday after Epiphany (Second Sunday in Ordinary Time)
GOSPEL:
50 – I Sing the Praise of Love Almighty
EPISTLE:
177 – God of Change and Glory
163 – Many Are the Lightbeams
PSALM:
459 – Come, O Fount of Every Blessing
1 – Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
January 27, 2013 – Third Sunday after Epiphany (Third Sunday in Ordinary Time)
GOSPEL:
154 – Go Tell It on the Mountain
584 – I Am the Light of the World
273 – Praise with Joy the World’s Creator
EPISTLE:
177 – God of Change and Glory
394, 395 – In Christ There Is No East or West
163 – Many Are the Lightbeams
401 – O God in Whom All Life Begins
February 3, 2013 – Fourth Sunday after Epiphany (Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
GOSPEL:
161 – Amen, Amen
EPISTLE:
496 – Ekolu, Mea Nui (Three Greatest Things)
61 – Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost
461 – Let Us Hope When Hope Seems Hopeless
411 – Praise the Source of Faith and Learning
540 – We Plant a Grain of Mustard Seed
February 10, 2013 – Last Sunday after Epiphany/Transfiguration
GOSPEL:
183 – Jesus, Take Us to the Mountain
175 – O Christ, the Healer, We Have Come
184 – O Wondrous Sight, O Vision Fair
182 – We Have Come at Christ’s Own Bidding
EPISTLE:
43 – Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
293 – Sweet, Sweet Spirit
February 13, 2013 – ASH WEDNESDAY
(See also LENT, 189-212)
GOSPEL
187 – Again We Keep This Solemn Fast
185 – Savior, When in Tears and Dust
EPISTLE
75 – Christ, Make Me More Holy
186 – Dust and Ashes Touch our Face
HEBREW
573 – Lead On, Eternal Sovereign
114 – Return, My People
February 17, 2013 – First Sunday in Lent
GOSPEL:
205 – Forty Days and Forty Nights
211 – Lord Jesus, Who through Forty Days
209 – O Love, How Vast, How Flowing Free
EPISTLE:
72 – Sekai no Tomo (Here, O God, Your Servants Gather)
PSALM:
460 – Be Not Dismayed (God Will Take Care of You)
February 24, 2013 – Second Sunday in Lent
GOSPEL:
183 – Jesus, Take Us to the Mountain
212 – O Jesus Christ, May Grateful Hymns
184 – O Wondrous Sight, O Vision Fair
182 – We Have Come at Christ’s Own Bidding
March 3, 2013 – Third Sunday in Lent
GOSPEL:
586 – Come to Tend God’s Garden
45 – Cristo es la peña de Horeb (Christ Is the Mountain of Horeb)
23 – There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy
PSALM:
97 – Salup na ang Adlaw (Now the Sun Is Setting)
March 10, 2013 – Fourth Sunday in Lent
GOSPEL:
203 – Ah, What Same I Have to Bear
202 – O God, How We Have Wandered
EPISTLE:
614 – Camina, pueblo de Dios (Go Forth, O People of God)
43 – Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
476 – My Life Flows On in Endless Song (How Can I Keep from Singing)
March 17, 2013 – Fifth Sunday in Lent
GOSPEL:
206 – A Woman Came Who Did not Count the Cost
210 – Said Judas to Mary
536 – Savior, An Offering Costly and Sweet
EPISTLE:
491 – Awake, My Soul, Stretch Every Nerve
191 – Before Your Cross, O Jesus
224 – When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
PSALM:
461 – Let Us Hope when Hope Seems Hopeless
March 24, 2013 – Sixth Sunday in Lent
PALM SUNDAY
GOSPEL:
216, 217 – All Glory, Laud, and Honor
214 – Mantos y Ramos (Filled with Excitement)
215 – Ride On! Ride On in Majesty
EPISTLE:
304 – All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
PSALM:
65 – Este es el día (This Is the Day)
84 – This Is the Day
PASSION SUNDAY
(See also “Holy Week” 218-229)
GOSPEL:
343 – Jesus Took the Bread
330 – Let Us Break Bread Together
338 – Una Espiga (Sheaves of Summer)
EPISTLE:
199, 200 – Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed
304 – All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
162 – In a Lowly Manger Born
209 – O Love, How Vast, How Flowing Free
111 – O Loving Founder of the Stars
Monday in Holy Week – March 25, 2013
GOSPEL:
206 – A Woman Came Who Did Not Count the Cost
210 – Said Judas to Mary
536 – Savior, An Offering Costly and Sweet
PSALM:
459 – Come, O Found of Every Blessing
482 – I Will Life the Cloud of Bight
1 – Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
Tuesday in Holy Week – March 26, 2013
GOSPEL:
542 – Born of God, Eternal Savior
204 – “Take Up Your Cross,” the Savior Said
EPISTLE:
193, 194 – In the Cross of Christ I Glory
220 – Sing, My Tongue
Wednesday in Holy Week – March 27, 2013
GOSPEL:
225 – It Was a Sad and Solemn Night
EPISTLE:
491 – Awake, My Soul, Stretch Every Nerve
497 – Guide My Feet
385 – O What Their Joy and Their Glory Must Be
March 28, 2013 – MAUNDY THURSDAY
GOSPEL:
498 – Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love
396 – Where Charity and Love Prevail
EPISTLE:
339 – Adoro te devote (Truth Whom We Adore)
342 – Be Known to Us in Breaking Bread
346 – Bread of the World, in Mercy Broken
227 – Christ at Table There with Friends
225 – It Was a Sad and Solemn Night
333- O Bread of Life
PSALM:
511 – I Love My God, Who Heard My Cry
March 29, 2013 – GOOD FRIDAY
GOSPEL:
218 – Ah, Holy Jesus
190 – Beneath the Cross of Jesus
189 – Down at the Cross
219 – Journey to Gethsemane
222 – My Song Is Love Unknown
226 – O Sacred Head, No Wounded
195 – On a Hill Far Away (The Old Rugged Cross)
228 – Ruler of Life, We Crown You Now
220 – Sing, My Tongue
229 – Where You There?
223 – What Wondrous Love Is This
224 – When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
PSALM:
515 – O God, My God
221 – The Royal Banners Forward Fly
Holy Saturday – March 30, 2013
(See Good Friday)
March 31, 2013 – EASTER
(See EASTER, 230-245)
GOSPEL:
253 – Yours Is the Glory, Resurrected One!
262 – Hail, O Festal Day!
195 – On a Hill Far Away (The Old Rugged Cross)
228 – Ruler of Life, We Crown You Now
84 – This Is the Day
229 – Were You There?
EPISTLE:
308 – At the Font We Start Our Journey