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Hymn suggestions for the Feast of the Sacred Heart (19 days after Pentecost)

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 17:30:40 +0000

A selection of hymns and songs, based on themes from the Roman Catholic lectionary for the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus or on the devotions traditionally associated with the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This day is celebrated 19 days after Pentcost, ie on the 50th day of Easter. It is immediately before the Soleminty of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Most are free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free), so words can be copied and sung to at least one tune with no concerns about copyright or performance licensing. Many such hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included. A few hymns which may still be copyright may also be included, if they are particularly appropriate.

Suggestions about hymns that could be included are welcome: leave a messages in the Comments box near the bottom of the page.

Readings

First: Deuteronomy 7:6-11 - You are a people holy to the Lord ... God has chosen you out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, ... not because you were more numerous but because the Lord loved you and kept the oath that he swore to your ancestors ... rescuing you from Egypt.

Psalm 103 - The Lord's kindness is everlasting to those who fear him / Bless the Lord all my soul / He pardons all your inequities / Merciful and gracious is the Lord.

Second: 1 John 4:7-16 - Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. ... God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.

Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30 - Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; ... no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest ... For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”.

Themes

The love of Jesus for each of us as symbolized in his human heart.
God is faithful to his chosen people, who are dear to his heart.
God has poured his love into us, through his Son and the Holy Spirit.
Knowing Jesus is our sure way to know and love God.

Free-use hymns

A Message from the Sacred Heart
All Ye who Seek a Comfort Sure

Heart of Christ we Sing your Praises
Heart of Jesus Burning with Love for Me
Heart of Jesus Hear / Heart of Jesus Meek and Mild
Heart of Jesus by Thy Reign
Heart of Jesus Sacred Heart

Love Divine all Loves Excelling
O Christ Behind Thy Temple's Veil
O Sacred Heart O Love Divine
O Sacred Heart of Jesus
O Sacred Heart of Jesus Dear
O Sacred Heart what Shall I Render Thee
O Take me to Thy Sacred Heart

Sacred Heart in Accents Burning
Sweet Heart of Jesus Fount of Love and Mercy

Sacred Heart of Jesus Hear

To Christ the Prince of Peace
To Jesus, Heart All Burning

Hymns which may still be copyright

Heart of Jesus Hear - Figueroa

Heart of Jesus Holy Mystery - Hurd

Jesus in Your Heart we Find

O Christ Your Heart Compassionate - Stuempfle

Tell the Gospel's Boundless Riches - Dufner

Pictures for the 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A - Catholic lectionary

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:06:59 +0000

This is a small selection of free-use illustrations, photographs or images based on the readings and prayers/propers in the Roman Catholic lectionary for the eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A. It is part of the Lectionary Art Series.

See hymn suggestions for this Sunday for more information about the readings and seasonal notes about this day, and links to other weeks.

Classical

St Matthew and the Angel

(linked to Matthew 10:3)

Source: https://www.artbible.info/art/large/206.html
Artist: Caravaggio 1573 – 1610

Contemporary

Eagles Wings

Source: Wikimedia
Artist: Neil Mishler/USFWS

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic

Go Now

Source: Own work
Artist: www.LiturgyTools.net

Licence: CC0, may be freely used

Line Art

Mount Horeb, Sinai

Source: Wikimedia
Artist: Francis Frith (English, 1822 - 1898)

Eagles Wings - adapted

Source: Wikimedia
Artist: Neil Mishler/USFWS

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic

Greyscale, no background

No sky

See more ....

Hymns for the 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A (14 June 2026) - Catholic lectionary

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:04:41 +0000

A selection of hymns and songs, based on themes from the Roman Catholic lectionary for the eleventh Sunday of Ordinary time, Year A.

Most are free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free) meaning the words can be copied and sung to at least one tune with no concerns about copyright or performance licensing. Many such hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included. A small selection of hymns which are, or may be, still copyright are also included where they are a particularly good for for the theme(s).

Suggestions about other free-to-use hymns that could be included are welcome: leave a message in the Comments box near the bottom of the page.

11th Sunday, Ordinary Time, C

Body and Blood of Christ, Year A

12th Sunday, Ordinary Time, A

11th Sunday, Ordinary Time, B

Readings

First: Exodus 19:2-6 - The Israelites camped in the wilderness facing the mountain. Moses went up to God, and God said "If you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you of all the nations shall be my very own, for all the earth is mine".

Psalm 99 - We are his people the sheep of his flock / Cry out with joy to the Lord all the earth / How that he, the Lord is God / Indeed how good is the Lord.

Second: Romans 5:6-11 - What proves that God loves us is that Christ died for us while we were still sinners.

Gospel: Matthew 9:36 - 10:8 - Jesus sends the apostles out to the lost sheep of the House of Israel, to proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is close at hand, and to cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers and cast out devils.

Themes

The Kingdom is close at hand. The apostles as servants of God's people. God's covenant. The people of God. Christ as mediator of the kingdom. Spreading the Good News

Artwork

See lectionary art for this Sunday for suggested pictures and art-works based on today's readings.

Free-use hymns

All People that on Earth Do Dwell

God is Working His Purpose Out

Let all the World in Every Corner Sing

Lord Make me and Instrument of Peace

O Be Joyful in the Lord all Ye Lands - unknown

O Jesus I have Promised

O God our Help in Ages Past

Rejoice the Lord is King

Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life - North

Hymns that are or may be copyright

All that is Hidden

Eagles Wings - Andersen

Freely Feely

Forth in the Peace of Christ we Go

Go Tell Everyone

God has Chosen Me - Farrell

I Will be with You Wherever You Go

On Eagles Wings

Sent Forth by God's Blessing

Hymns for Proper 6 (11), Year A - Revised Common Lectionary (3rd Sunday after Pentecost, 14 June 2026)

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:03:54 +0000

A selection of hymns and songs, based on themes from the Revised Common lectionary for Proper 6, Year A.

Most are free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free) meaning the words can be copied and sung to at least one tune with no concerns about copyright or performance licensing. Many such hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included. A small selection of hymns which are, or may be, still copyright are also included where they are a particularly good for for the theme(s).

Suggestions about other free-to-use hymns that could be included are welcome: leave a message in the Comments box near the bottom of the page.

Proper 5, Year A

Proper 7, Year A

Readings

First:

Genesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7) The Lord visits Abraham and Sarah: a feast is prepared and shared. The visitor says that Sarah will have a son: she laughs in disbelief, because of her age. But the Lord made it possible: she conceived and bore Isaac when Abraham was 100 years old. ... Sarah said, "God has brought laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me."

Exodus 19:2-8a - The Israelites camped in the wilderness facing the mountain. Moses went up to God, and God said "If you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you of all the nations shall be my very own, for all the earth is mine".

Psalm 99 - We are his people the sheep of his flock / Cry out with joy to the Lord all the earth / How that he, the Lord is God / Indeed how good is the Lord.

Second: Romans 5:1-8 - What proves that God loves us is that Christ died for us while we were still sinners.

Gospel: Matthew 9:36 - 10:8 - Jesus sends the apostles out to the lost sheep of the House of Israel, to proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is close at hand, and to cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers and cast out devils.

Themes

The Kingdom is close at hand. The apostles as servants of God's people. God's covenant. The people of God. Christ as mediator of the kingdom. Spreading the Good News. The faith of Abraham.

Free-use hymns

All My Hope is Firmly Grounded - Neander / Jacobi

All People that on Earth Do Dwell

All Who would Valiant Be

And can it be that I Should Gain

Be Still My Soul

Being of Beings, God of Love - Wesley

Come Down O Love Divine

Come, let us sing of a Wonderful Love - Walmsley

Come Sinners to the Gospel Feast - Wesley

Come, ye Thankful People, Come - Alford

Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord - Neale

Father, in Whom we Live - Wesley

Food to Pilgrims Given - Riley

Give Me the Faith Which Can Remove - Wesley

God of Bethel by Whose Hand - Doddridge

God Will Take Care of You - Martin

Hail, thou once-despised Jesus! - Bakewell

Here I am Send Me (Hark, the Voice of Jesus Calling - March)

I Love to Tell the Story Hankey / Fischer

Lead us Heavenly Father Lead Us

Longing to be Established in Love (My God! I know, I feel thee mine ) - Wesley

Love Divine, all Loves Excelling

May the mind of Christ my Saviour - Wilkinson

My God how Wonderful Thou Art - Faber

My Hope is Built

New every Morning is the Love - Keble

O Breath of Life - Head

O God our Help in Ages Past

O Love Divine how Sweet Thou Art! - Wesley

Only Trust Him - Stockton

Our Father, By Whose Name - Tucker

Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior - Crosby

Rise Up, O People of God - Merrill

Son of God, eternal Saviour - Lowry

Songs of Thankfulness and Praise

Spread, O Spread, Almighty Word - Winkworth

Standing on the Promises of God - Carter

The God of Abraham Praise - Olivier

The Lord our Righteousness (Jesus, thy blood and righteousness) - Wesley

There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy

This Little Light of Mine - unknown

Tis so Sweet to Trust in Jesus

When we Walk with the Lord (Trust and obey)

Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life - North

Ye Servants of God, your Master Proclaim - Wesley

Hymns that may be copyright

Freely Feely

God of Justice Saviour to all - Hughes

Hear the call of the kingdom - Getty / Townend

Lord, You Give the Great Commission - Rowthorn

On Eagles Wings

The Summons

We Are All One in Mission - Edwards

We have a Gospel to Proclaim - Burns

Title-slide for the Body and Blood of Christ, Sunday, Year A

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:28:33 +0000

This is a title-page picture for the feast of the Body and Blood of Jesus (Corpus Christi) in, Year A.

It is part of the Sunday-cover-page series, based on an art-work which is in the public domain: It can be used freely, with no concerns about copyright.

Artwork

Adapted from Manna from heaven, detail from medieval stained glass in Great Malvern Priory Worcestershire, England - photographed by J.Hannan-Briggs and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons license

Horizontal, 4:3 ratio

Horizontal, 16:9

Portrait / vertical format

Hymns for The Body and Blood of Christ / Corpus Christi, Year A - Catholic lectionary (7 June 2026)

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Thu, 28 May 2026 20:15:49 +0000

A selection of free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free) hymns and songs, based on themes from the Roman Catholic lectionary for solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (previously called Corpus Christi), Year A.

Most are "Free-to-use" meaning the words can be copied and sung to at least one tune with no concerns about copyright or performance licensing. Many such hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included.

Suggestions about other free-to-use hymns that could be included are welcome: leave a message in the Comments box near the bottom of the page.

Body and Blood of Christ, Year C

Trinity Sunday, Year A

11th Ordinary Time, Year A
or
12th Ordinary Time, Year A

Body and Blood, Year B

Readings

First: Deuteronomy 8: 2-3, 14-16 - Moses reminds the people that God fed them in the desert with manna, and brought them out of slavery in Egypt

Psalm: 147 - O praise the Lord Jerusalem / He established peace on your borders / He makes his word known to Jacob.

Second: I Corinthians 10: 16-17 - The blessing cup that we bless is a communion with the blood of Christ ... there is only one loaf - thought there are many of us, we form a single body.

Sequence: Sing forth, O Zion, sweetly sing ...

Gospel: John 6: 51-58 - I am the living bread come down from heaven ... Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood has eternal life, and I shall raise him up on the last day.

Themes

Jesus, bread of life. Food and drink of eternal life. Manna in Old Testament times is equivalent to Christ today.

Free-to-use artwork

See lectionary art for this Sunday for suggested pictures and art-works based on today's readings.

Free-use hymns

Alleluia Sing to Jesus (esp verse 3)

Come and Take the Flesh of Christ

Draw Nigh (Near) and Take the Body of our Lord

Draw us in the Spirit's Tether

Godhead Here in Hiding

Guide me O Thou Great Redeemer

Here is Salvation

Jesu Thou Joy of Loving Hearts

Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (esp verse 2)

Let us Break Bread Together

Lord Enthroned in Heavenly Splendour (esp verse 5)

My God and is Thy Table Spread

O Bread of Heaven

O Bread of Life from Heaven

O Godhead Hid

O Sacrament Most Holy

Panga Lingua Gloriosi

Praise we Christ's Immortal Body

Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless

Thou who at Thy First Eucharist

Hymns which may still be copyright

All who Hunger Gather Gladly - Dunstan

Beyond the Days

Bread for the World - Farrell

Bread of Angels (we receive you)

Bread of Life Truth Eternal

Christians Let us Love One Another (Tune PICARDY)

Eat This Bread - Taizé

Gift of Finest Wheat

I am the Bread of Life - Toolan

I am the Bread of Life - Konstant

In the Breaking of the Bread

Jesus the Bread of Life - Brown

Now in thus Banquet - Haugen

One Bread One Body

Seed, Scattered and Sown - Feiten

Shepherd of our Hearts - Chepponis

The Supper of the Lord - Rosania

Hymns for Proper 5 (10), Year A - Revised Common Lectionary (2nd Sunday after Pentecost, 7 June 2026)

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Thu, 28 May 2026 20:14:27 +0000

A selection of hymns and songs, based on themes from the Revised Common lectionary for Proper 5 (10) in Year A.

Most are free-to-use meaning the words can be copied and sung to at least one tune with no concerns about copyright or performance licensing. Many such hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included. A small selection of items that may still be copyright may also be included.

Suggestions about other free-to-use hymns that could be included are welcome: leave a message in the Comments box near the bottom of the page.

Trinity Sunday, Year A
OR
Proper 4, Year A

Proper 6, Year A

Readings

First: Genesis 12:1-9 The Lord told Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation ..." Abram, with Sarah and Lot went to Canaan, where the Lord said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So Abram built there an altar to the Lord, then pitched his tent.

Hosea 5:15-6:6 The prophet expresses God's frustration with shallow repentance, and desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Second: Romans 4:13-25 God's promise is realised through Abraham's faith: he believed that he would become "the father of many nations," ..." He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body

Gospel: Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 Jesus calls Matthew the tax-collector - and so dines with many tax collectors and sinners. The Pharisees criticized, but he says "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick": I desire mercy, not sacrifice. For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners. He then heals the woman who has been hemorrhaging, saying "Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well." And he raises Jairus' daughter, who he says is just sleeping.

Themes

Being sent by God to reach the lost - and responding faithfully to God's promises. God wants our mercy and love, not ritual action.

Free-use hymns

All my Hope on God is Founded

Be Still, My Soul

Be Thou My Vision

Blessed Assurance

Blessed Jesus at Your Word

Chief of Sinners Though I Be - McComb

Christ, a True Friend (One there is, above all others) - Newton

Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast - Wesley

Dear Lord and Father of Mankind

Draw Us in the Spirit’s Tether

Give Me Jesus (In the morning when I rise) - unknown

He Leadeth Me: O Blessed Thought - Gilmore

Heal Us, Emmanuel, Hear Our Prayer - Cowper

I Can Hear My Savior Calling - Blandly

I Have Decided to Follow Jesus

I Know the Lord's Laid His Hands on Me

I'll go in the Strength of the Lord - Turney

Immortal Love for ever Full - Whittier

Jesus Calls us! O'er the Tumult - Alexander

Jesus Came, the Heavens Adoring - Thring

Jesus, Lord of All Creation - Wesley

Let Us Plead for Faith Alone - Wesley

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

My Faith Looks Up to Thee

My Hope is Built on Nothing Less

O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing - Wesley

O God of Bethel by Whose Hand - Doddridge

O Perfect Love - Gurney

Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven

Praise to the Lord

See How Great a Flame Aspires - Wesley

Standing on the Promises of God - Carter

The God of Abraham Praise - Olivers

The Lily of the Valley - Fry

The Voice of God is Calling (public domain in the USA)

The Work of Faith (Author of faith, eternal word) - Wesley

Through all the Changing Scenes of Life - Tate and Brady

Trust and Obey (When We Walk with the Lord)

We Would See Jesus - Warner

What Wondrous Love is This

Where He Leads Me - Blandy

Where Shall my Wondering soul Begin - Wesley

Wonderful Words of Life - Bliss

Hymns which may still be copyright

A Woman in the Crowd - Wren

El Shaddai

He Touched Me (Shackled by a Heavy Burden) - Gaither

Jesus' Hands were Kind Hands (especially for children)

The Summons

To Abraham and Sarah - Fetter

What Does the Lord Require - Bayly

When from Bondage We Are Summoned

When Jesus the Healer Passed Through Galilee

Woman in the night - Wren

Pictures for the Body and Blood of Christ, Year A

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Thu, 28 May 2026 20:13:18 +0000

This is a small selection of free-use illustrations, photographs or images based on the readings and prayers/propers in the Roman Catholic lectionary for the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi), in Year A. It is part of the Lectionary Art Series.

See hymn suggestions for this Sunday for more information about the readings and seasonal notes about this day, and links to other weeks.

Classical

Manna reigning from heaven on the Israelites

Source: Wikimedia
Artist: Unknown, from the Maciejowski Bible circa 1250

The Israelites gathering Manna

Source: Wikimedia
Artist: Ercole de' Roberti ( –1496)

In process

"King David kneeling in front of a sacrificial altar, oil on canvas, 106 x 81 cm. Book excerpt from the Gospel of John chapter 6, verse 58: "Lapsis in remedium ...". At the altar step, the donor's inscription "Wallranus de Beche / Rethor punebat"

Source: Wikimedia
Artist: Anonymous 17th century Master in the manner of Jan de Bray

Contemporary

Manna from heaven

Source: Wikimedia
Artist: Unknown - Detail, medieval stained glass, Great Malvern Priory
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

John, Chapter 6, Verse 51 - living bread come down from heaven

Source: Wikimedia
Artist: Unknown - from St. Paul the Apostle Orthodox Church, Dayton, Ohio.
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en

The Eucharist

Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mike52ad/3314190732
Artist: Unknown

Corpus Christi

Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Traditional_Catholic_Digital_Graphics_(58).png
Artist: BellatorDei of AngelQueen.org

Line Art

The Living Bread Come Down from Heaven

Source: Adapted from here Wikimedia by www.liturgytools.net
Artist: Unknown - from St. Paul the Apostle Orthodox Church, Dayton, Ohio.
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en

Corpus Christi decorative panel

Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/musicasacra/410320657/in/album-72157600482960722/
Artist: Unknown

Hymns for Trinity Sunday, Year A (31 May 2026) - Catholic lectionary

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Mon, 25 May 2026 10:59:42 +0000

A selection of hymns and songs, based on themes from the Roman Catholic lectionary for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity (Trinity Sunday), Year A.

Most are free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free) so the words can be copied and sung to at least one tune with no concerns about copyright or performance licensing. Many such hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included. A small selection of hymns which may still be copyright is included, if these are particularly appropriate.

Suggestions about hymns that could be included are welcome: leave a comment below.

Trinity Sunday, Year C

Pentecost Sunday, Year A

Body and Blood of Christ, Year A

Trinity Sunday, Year B

Readings

First: Exodus 34:4-6, 8-9 - Moses goes up Mt Sinai as the Lord had commanded, and proclaims God ".. a God of tenderness and compassion, slow to anger, rich in kindness and faithfulness" - he begs God to be with his people.

Psalm: Daniel 3 - To you glory and praise forever more.

Second: II Corinthians 13:11-13 - Be united .. live in peace ... The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you.

Gospel: John 3:16-18 - God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten son so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.

Themes

Trinity - God the three in one.

Free-use artwork

See lectionary art for this Sunday for suggested pictures and art-works based on today's readings.

Free-use hymns

All Creatures of our God and King
All Glory Be to God on High - Winkworth
All Hail Adored Trinity - John David Chambers(1805-1893)
All People that on Earth do Dwell
Alleluia Sing to Jesus
At the Name of Jesus
Be Still and Know that I Am God - Unknown
Blessed Assurance

Christ is Made the Sure Foundation
Come Down O Love Divine
Come Holy Ghost Creator Come - Unknown, pre 1872
Come Thou Almighty King - Unknown, circa 1757
Come, Holy Ghost, who Ever One - John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
Creator of the Stars of Night - Caswall
Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
Eternal Father Strong to Save (The Navy Hymn)

Father Most Holy Merciful and Tender - Percy Dearmer (1867-1936)
Father, we Praise Thee, Now the Night is Over - Percy Dearmer (1867-1936)
Father, Whose Creating Hand - Thomas B. Pollock (1836-1896)
Firmly I Believe and Truly
For the Beauty of the Earth
Glory be to God the Father - Bonar
Glory to God - Peruvian - Unknown
God Loved the World So that He Gave - Crull (1845-1923)
God, whose Almighty Word - Marriott

Holy God we Praise Thy Name
Holy Holy Holy (early in the morning) - Heber
Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord (Holy is the Lord God Almighty) - Unknown
How Can I Keep from Singing (My life flows on in endless song)
How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place - Unknown - from the Scottish Psalter (1650)
I Sing the Mighty Power of God
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
Lead us Heavenly Father Lead Us - James Edmeston (1791-1867)
Let There be Light (God, whose almighty word) - John Marriott (1780-1825)

Most Ancient of all Mysteries
Now Thank we all our God
O Thou Who Camest From Above - Wesley
O Trinity of Blessed Light - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
Praise God From Whom all Blessings Flow - Thomas Ken
St Patrick's Lorica (I Bind Unto Myself Today) - Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895)

The Church's One Foundation - Samuel John Stone (1839–1900)
The Trinity (Hail, holy, holy, holy Lord) - Wesley
Thou Whose Almighty Word - John Marriott (1780-1825)
To God be the Glory - Frances Jane (Fanny J) Crosby (1820–1915)
We Gather Together (to ask the Lord's blessing)
We Give Immortal Praise - Isaac Watts
We Walk By Faith
What Wondrous Love - Unknown (pre 1811)

Hymns which may still be copyright

A Walking Prayer (Father above me) - Karen Schneider Kirner
All Creation Bless the Lord - Hayward Osborne (b. 1948)
All Hail, Majestic Trinity - Michael Saward (1932-2015) As Breath Swept over Formless Sea - Adam Tice
Daniel 3: Glory and Praise for Ever - Timothy R. Smith (b. 1960)
Every Tiny Star / God still Loves the World - Peter Gonsalves

Father in Heaven - Niles (1908-1970)
Father we Adore You / Father I Adore You - Coelho
Father, Lord Of All Creation - Cross (1928-1989)
Father, Lord of Earth and Heaven - James Quinn (1919-2010)
Father, Saviour, Holy Spirit - Christopher Idle (b. 1938)
For God So Loved the World - Marty Haugen (b. 1950), Susan Briehl (b. 1952)
God We Praise You God We Bless You - Idle (b 1938)

Hear Us Now, Our God and Father - Verse 1-: Harry N. Huxhold (1922-2006), verse 3:John Newton
Holy (Jesus You Are) - Charles Billingsley (b. 1970)
Holy, Holy Holy (God with us) - Verses Reginald Heber (1783–1826), Chorus Matt Maher
How Deep the Father's Love for Us - Stuart Townend (b. 1963)
How Wonderful the Three-in-One - Wren
I Believe in God the Father

I Will Praise Your Name - Warner - Warner, Steven C.
I Will Praise Your Name (forever, my king and my God) - Christopher Willcock (b. 1947)
I will Praise your Name Forever - Leon C. Roberts (1950-1999)
In the Name of the Father - Matthew Leon, Michael Paul Leon, David Stanton
King of Kings (In the darkness | Praise the Father) - Brooke Ligertwood (b. 1983), Jason Ingram (b. 19764), Scott Ligertwood
O Salutaris Hostia, O Saving Lamb - Verses: Edward Caswall (1814-1878). Refrain: Tom Booth
Praise The Father, Praise The Son (O soverign God) - Chris Tomlin, Ed Cash

Sing Praise to our Creator / O most holy Trinity - Omer Westendorf (1916-1997)
Song to the Trinity (Father I Know) - Stanley - Mike Stanley (1965-2013)
The Light of Christ - Fishel
The Living God (Sing praises to the ...) - Sebastian Temple (1928-1997)
This I Believe (The Creed) - Ben Fielding (b. 1988), Matt Crocker (b. 1987)
Till the End of Time - Michael Mangan
Trinity Song (Father in my Life I See) - Frank Andersen
We Are Many Parts - Marty Haugen (b. 1950)
We Believe (in God the Father, maker of the universe) - Kendrick - Graham Kendrick (b. 1950)

Hymns for Trinity Sunday, Year A - Revised Common Lectionary (31 May 2026)

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Mon, 25 May 2026 10:59:02 +0000

A selection of hymns and songs, based on themes from the Revised Common lectionary for Trinity Sunday, Year A.

Most are free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free) so the words can be copied and sung to at least one tune with no concerns about copyright or performance licensing. Many such hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included. A small selection of hymns which may still be copyright is included, if these are particularly appropriate.

Suggestions about hymns that could be included are welcome: leave a comment below.

Trinity Sunday, Year C

Pentecost Sunday, Year A

Proper 5, Year A

Readings

First: Genesis 1:1-2:4a The

The creation story from the earth as a formless void in darkness covered the face of the deep, thru a wind from God sweeping over the waters, God creating and naming light / Day, the sky, the land, plants, animals, seasons, years, the stars, birds, fish, animals, humans - and resting on the 7th day.

Psalm: Daniel 3 - To you glory and praise forever more.

Second: II Corinthians 13:11-13 - Be united .. live in peace ... The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you.

Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20

The eleven disciples went to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them, and worshiped him. Jesus sends them out to "make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" - and teaches that "I am with you always, to the end of the age."

Themes

Trinity - God the three in one.

Free-use artwork

See lectionary art for this Sunday for suggested pictures and art-works based on today's readings.

Free-use hymns

All Creatures of our God and King - esp verse 6

All Hail Adored Trinity

All things Bright and Beautiful

Alleluia Sing to Jesus

Father Most Holy - Dearmer

God Himself is Present - Foster / Miller

God is Love: let Heaven Adore Him - Rees

God who Made the Earth - Rhodes

God, who Made the Earth and Heaven - Heber

Holy God we Praise Thy Name

Holy Holy Holy

I Bind Unto Myself Today

I sing the Almighty Power of God

Jesus, Lord, we look to thee - Wesley

Lead us Heavenly Father Lead Us

Let There be Light (God, whose almighty word) - Marriott

Let us, with a Gladsome Mind - Milton

May the grace of Christ our Saviour - Newton

Now Thank We All Our God (verse 3)

O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing - Weley

O God our Help in Ages Past

O Holy Spirit, Lord of Grace - Chandler

O Worship the King all-Glorious Above

Of the Glory of God in the Starry Heavens (The spacious firmament on high) - Addison

Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow - Ken

Praise the Lord who reigns above - Wesley

The God of Abraham Praise - Oliviers

This Day at Thou Creating Word - How

We Thank Thee O Our Father - MacSorley

Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim - Wesley

Hymns which may still be copyright

Born in song! -Hoare

Come, Join the Dance of Trinity - Leach

Father, Lord of all Creation - Cross

First of the Week and Finest Day - Mowbray

Freely Freely (God forgave my sin in Jesus' name)

Go Forth and Tell O Church of God, Awake - Seddon

Go Forth for God: go Forth to the World in Peace - Peacey

Go Make of All Disciples - Adkins

Go Tell Everyone (God's spirit is in my heart)

Go to the World! Go into all the Earth - Dunstan

God has Spoken by his Prophets - Briggs

How shall they Hear, who have not Heard - Dudley-Smith

How Wonderful the Three-in-One

Lord you give the Great Commission - Rowthorn

Now through the Grace of God we Claim - Perry

Thuma mina (Send me, Lord)

Thy Strong Word did Cleave the Darkness - Franzmann

We believe in God the Father

Pictures for Trinity Sunday - Year A

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Mon, 25 May 2026 10:57:38 +0000

This is a small selection of free-use illustrations, photographs or images based on the readings and prayers/propers in the Roman Catholic lectionary for the feast of the Holy Trinity (Trinity Sunday), Year A. It is part of the Lectionary Art Series.

See hymn suggestions for this Sunday for more information about the readings and seasonal notes about this day, and links to other weeks.

Classical

Holy Trinity

Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=46135
Artist: Andreĭ Rublev (d. ca. 1430)

Christ Instructing Nicodemus

Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55053
Artist: Jacob Jordaens 1593-1678)

Christ and Nicodemus

Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56263
Artist: James Tissot (1836-1902)

Contemporary

Nicodemus

Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48385
Artist: Jesus MAFA Project

Salvation Mountain

Source: Art in the Christian Tradition
Artist: Leonard Knight (1931-)

For God so Loved the World ...

Source: Background adapted from this image

Line Art

Trinity

Source: https://pixabay.com/p-310931/?no_redirect

Word cloud based on Exodus 34: 4-6, 8-9

Source: Generated using WordClouds and the day's first reading.

Trinity decorative panel

Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/musicasacra/410320657/in/album-72157600482960722/
Artist: Unknown

Title-slide for Trinity Sunday, Year A

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Mon, 25 May 2026 00:41:00 +0000

This is a title-page picture for the Trinity Sunday, Year A.

It is part of the Sunday-cover-page series, based on an art-work which is in the public domain: It can be used freely, with no concerns about copyright.

Artwork

Adapted from The Holy Trinity, miniature from the Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany, Queen consort of France (1477-1514) - by French painter and manuscript illuminator, Jean Bourdichon (1457–1521).

Horizontal, 4:3 ratio

Horizontal, 16:9

Portrait / vertical format

Title-slide for the 6th Sunday in Easter, Year A

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Sat, 16 May 2026 19:43:48 +0000

This is a title-page picture for the seventh Sunday in Easter, in Year A.

It is part of the Sunday-cover-page series, based on an art-work which is in the public domain: It can be used freely, with no concerns about copyright.

Artwork

Adapted from Save a prayer for me now - by Zoltán Vörös via Flickr - License CCby2.0

Horizontal, 4:3 ratio

Horizontal, 16:9

Portrait / vertical format

Hymn suggestions, Pentecost Sunday, Year A (24 May 2026) - Catholic lectionary

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Sat, 16 May 2026 10:48:48 +0000

A selection of free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free) hymns and songs, based on themes from the Roman Catholic lectionary for Pentecost Sunday in Year A.

"Free-to-use" means the words can be copied and sung to at least one tune with no concerns about copyright or performance licensing - sometimes in a limited setting. Many of these hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles and genres are included. A small list of hymns that are still copyright, but are particularly relevant, may also be included.

Suggestions about hymns that could be included are welcome: leave a message in the Comments box near the bottom of the page.

Seasonal Note

Separate readings are used for Vigil Masses, so the following applies to Masses during the day.

Many of the suggested hymns for Confirmation are also suitable for Pentecost.

Pentecost Sunday, Year C

Ascension, Year A

Trinity Sunday, Year A

Pentecost Sunday, Year B

Readings

First: Acts 2: 1-11 - The gathered apostles heard the wind, were filled with the Holy Spirit, and able to speak in the languages of everyone in Jerusalem.

Psalm: 103 - Send forth your spirit O Lord and renew the face of the earth / Bless the Lord my soul / You take back your spirit they die / May the glory of the Lord last forever

Second: Corinthians 12: 3-7, 12-13 - There is a variety of gifts, but always the same Spirit .. in whom we are all baptised.

Gospel: John 20: 19-23 - Peace be with you - as the Father sent me, so I am sending you - receive the Holy Spirit.

Themes

Receiving the Holy Spirit - being taught and empowered by it, and sent out to the world.

Free-use artwork

See lectionary art for this Sunday for suggested pictures and art-works based on today's readings.

Free-use hymns

All Hail Adored Trinity
Amazing Grace
Awake My Soul And With the Sun - Ken
Be Thou my Vision

Come Down O Love Divine
Come Holy Ghost Creator Blest / Come O Creator Spirit Blest - Edward Caswall (1814-1878)
Come Holy Ghost Creator Come - Unknown, pre 1872
Creator Spirit, by Whose Aid - John Dryden (1631-1700)
Hail Thee Festival Day - composite trans from the English Hymnal 1906
Hail this joyful Day's Return - Robert Campbell (1814-1868)
Holy Spirit Breathe on Me (until my heart is clean) - Baylus Benjamin (BB) McKinney (1886-1952)
Holy Spirit Lord of Light - Edward Caswall (1814-1878)
Holy Spirit Truth Divine - Longfellow

If you Believe and I Believe
In Christ there is no East or West - William A. Dunkerley (pseudonym John Oxenham, 1852-1941)
Joy Because the Circling Year - John Ellerton (1826-1893) and Fenton J. A. Hort (1828-1892)
Love Divine all Loves Excelling

O Breath of God - Alfred H. Vine (1845-1917)
O Breathe on Me O Breath of God - Edwin Hatch (1835-1889)
O Holy Ghost (thy people bless - PD
O Holy Spirit, Enter In - Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878)
O Spirit of the Living God - James Montgomery (1771-1854)
O Thou Who Camest From Above - Wesley

Praise God From Whom all Blessings Flow - Thomas Ken
Spirit Divine Attend Our Prayers - Reed
The Church's One Foundation - Samuel John Stone (1839–1900)
Thine be the Glory - Richard Birch Hoyle (1875-1939)

There are various settings of these Latin chants - some copyright, some not:

Veni Creator Spiritus
Veni Lumen Cordium
Veni Sanctus Spiritus
Veni Lumen Cordium
Adsumus Sancte Spiritus

There are various setting of the Pentecost Sequence (Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful ...) - some free-use, some not.

Hymns which may still be copyright

Abba Father Send Your Spirit - Virginia (Ginny) Vissing
Anointing Fall on Me - Donn Thomas (1949-2023)
Awakening (In our hearts, Lord, in this nation) - Chris Tomlin (), Reuben Morgan ()
Breathe on Us - Ed Cash, Kari Jobe
Burning in My Soul - Daniel Carson, Matt Maher, Jesse Reeves, Brett Younker
By the Waking of Our Hearts - Ricky Manalo

Christ, Our Peace - Marty Haugen (b. 1950)
Come Holy Spirit I Need You - Gaither / Gaither
Come, O Holy Spirit, come (and from your celestial home) - Owen Alstott
Consuming Fire (There must be more than this) - Tim Hughes (b. 1977)
Enemy of Apathy - John L Bell (b. 1949), Maule (1958-2019)

Fall Afresh (Awaken my soul) - Jeremy Riddle
Fall Like Rain - Passion - Beau Maddox, Bede Benjamin-Korporaal, Zahriya Zachary, Brett Younker
Fire of God, Undying Flame - Albert F. Bayly (1901-1984)
Flowing River (Pour Your Holy Spirit upon me) - Rita Baloche (1998)
Forth in the Peace of Christ we Go - Quinn - James Quinn (1919-2010)

Go Make of All Disciples - Adkins (1896-1986)
Go Tell Everyone (God's Spirit is in my Heart) - Dale / Richards - Dale / Richards
Go, Be Justice (to God's people) - Martin Willett (b. 1960)
God, Whose Purpose Is to Kindle - David E. Trueblood (1900-1994)
Holy Spirit (There's nothing worth more) - Bryan Torwalt, Katie Torwalt
Holy Spirit Come Confirm Us - Brian Foley (1919-2000)
Holy Spirit, Come Now - Jesse Manibusan
Holy Spirit, We're Calling You - Ed Bolduc

I Send You Out - John Angotti
Let the Weight of Your Glory Fall - Steve Merkel
Litany of the Spirit - Paul Hillebrand
Living Spirit Holy Fire - Duck (b. 1947)
Lord Send Your Spirit - Aaron Thompson
Lord, Send Out Your Spirit - Joe Zsigray (1953-2014)
Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Bless the Lord, O my soul,) - Paul Lisicky (b. 1959)

O Holy Spirit, by Whose Breath - John Webster Grant (1919-2006)
O Living Water, Refresh My Soul - Virginia (Ginny) Vissing
On Pentecost They Gathered - Jane Parker Huber (1926-2008)
One Bread One Body - Foley
Rest of Us (Come down Spirit when You move) - Brandon Lake, Elyssa Smith, Harvest Bashta, Jonathan Jay, Rebekah White, Tony Brown

Send Forth Your Spirit, O Lord - Steven C. Warner (b. 1954)
Send Forth Your Spirit, O Lord (Bless the Lord O my soul) - Christopher Walker
Send Out Your Spirit, Lord - John Angotti
Send us as Your Blessing - Christopher Walker (b. 1947)
Send Your Glory Down - Tom Booth, Trevor Thomson
Sent Forth by God's Blessing - Omer Westendorf (1916-1997)
Song of the Holy Spirit aka Our God Provides - Tony Barr (b. 1945)
Song Over the Waters - Marty Haugen (b. 1950)
Spirit Breathe - Sarah Hart, Sarah Kroger, Chase Wagner, Ben Walther
Spirit Come, Transform Us - Gregory Norbot
Spirit of God - Spirit Blowing Through Creation - Marty Haugen (b. 1950)
Spirit of God in the Clear Running Water - Miriam Therese Winter (b. 1938)
Spirit of God Within Me - Timothy Dudley-Smith (1926-2024)
Spirit of the Living God fall afresh on me - Iverson - Inverson

The Gift of the Holy Spirit - Katherine Boschetti
The Spirit Sends us Forth to Serve - Dufner
The Voice of God Goes out to all the World - Connaughton / Inwood
Walk in the Light - Lundy
We Are Many Parts - Marty Haugen (b. 1950)
With One Voice (Take the Word and go out to every land) - Ricky Manalo

Hymns for Pentecost Sunday / Whitsun, Year A - Revised Common Lectionary (24 May 2026)

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Sat, 16 May 2026 10:47:55 +0000

A selection of hymns and songs, based on themes from the Revised Common lectionary for Pentecost Sunday (Whitsun) in Year A.

Most are free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free) meaning the words can be copied and sung to at least one tune with no concerns about copyright or performance licensing - sometimes in a limited setting. Many of these hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles and genres are included. A small list of hymns that are still copyright, but are particularly relevant, may also be included.

Suggestions about hymns that could be included are welcome: leave a message in the Comments box near the bottom of the page.

Pentecost Sunday, Year C

Ascension, Year A

Trinity Sunday, Year A

Readings

First: Acts 2: 1-21 - The gathered apostles heard the wind, were filled with the Holy Spirit, and able to speak in the languages of everyone in Jerusalem.

Psalm: 103 - Send forth your spirit O Lord and renew the face of the earth / Bless the Lord my soul / You take back your spirit they die / May the glory of the Lord last forever

Second: I Corinthians 12: 3b-13 - There is a variety of gifts, but always the same Spirit .. in whom we are all baptised.

Gospel: John 20: 19-23 - Peace be with you - as the Father sent me, so I am sending you - receive the Holy Spirit.

Themes

Receiving the Holy Spirit - being taught and empowered by it, and sent out to the world. The gift of peace.

Free-use artwork

See lectionary art for this Sunday for suggested pictures and art-works based on today's readings.

Free-use hymns

At the Name of Jesus

Be still and know that I am God

Come Down O Love Divine
(the words are no longer copyright in most countries, but the most commonly-used tune is)

Come Gracious Spirit, Heavenly Dove - Browne

Come Holy Ghost Creator Blest

Come Holy Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire

Come Holy Ghost Thy Influence Shed - Wesley

Come, O Holy Spirit, Come - Caswall

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Creator Spirit, Heavenly Dove Luther/Massie

Crown Him with Many Crowns

Eternal Father, Strong to Save

Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost - Wordsworth

Great is Thy Faithfulness

Hail Thee, Festival Day (with Pentecost refrain)

Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling - Rees

Holy Spirit, Truth Divine - Longfellow

I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord - Dwight

I’ll Praise My Maker while I’ve Breath - Watts

In Christ There Is No East or West

Jesus Stand Among Us

Jesus, Thine All-Victorious Love - Wesley

Lead us Heavenly Father Lead Us

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Lord God the Holy Ghost - Montgomery

My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less

My Life Flows On

Now Thank We All Our God

O Breath of Life, Come Sweeping Through Us - Head

O Breath on me O Breath of God

O Day of Rest and Gladness - Wordsworth

O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing - Wesley

O Holy Spirit Enter In - Winkworth

O Spirit of Life - Mattes

O Thou, who at Thy Eucharist didst Pray

O Thou who Camest from Above - Wesley

Our Great Redeemer, as He Breathed - Auber

Peace Perfect Peace in this Dark World of Sin

Revive your Church, O Lord - Midlane

See How Great a Flame Aspires - Wesley

Spirit Divine Attend our Prayers - Reed

Spirit of Faith, Come Down - Wesely

Spirit of God, Descend Upon my Heart - Croly

Take my life and Let it Be

The Church's One Foundation

Hymns which may still be copyright

As a Fire Is Meant for Burning - Duck

Be Still for the Presence of the Lord

Colours of Day Dawn into the Mind

Come Holy Spirit I need You

Come to us, Creative Spirit - Mowbray

Filled with the Spirit's Power - Peacey

Great Is The Darkness (Come Lord Jesus) - Richards /Coates

Here, O Lord, Your Servants Gather - Stowe

Holy Spirit, Come Confirm Us - Foley

Holy Spirit, Come with Power - Rupp

Holy Spirit, Wind of Heaven - Garnaas-Holmes (tune ODE TO JOY)

Let every Christian Pray - Green

Let It Breathe on Me

Like the Murmur of the Dove's Song - Daw

Of All the Spirit’s Gifts to Me - Green

One is the body and one is the Head - Bell

She Comes Sailing on the Wind - Light

Shine, Jesus Shine

Spirit, Now Live in Me - Leech

Spirit of God Unleashed on Earth - Arthur

Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness - Manley

Spirit of the Living God

Surely the Presence of the Lord - Wolfe

Sweet, Sweet Spirit -Ackers

The Spirit came, as Promised - Seddon

The Spirit Sends Us Forth to Serve - Dufner

There’s a Spirit in the Air - Wren

We All Are One in Mission - Edwards

We Are the Church - Avery / Marsh

Wind Who Makes All Winds That Blow - Troeger

Pictures for Pentecost Sunday, Year A

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Sat, 16 May 2026 10:47:05 +0000

This is a small selection of free-use illustrations, photographs or images based on the readings and prayers/propers in the Roman Catholic lectionary for the feast of Pentecost, Year A. It is part of the Lectionary Art Series.

See hymn suggestions for this Sunday for more information about the readings and seasonal notes about this day, and links to other weeks.

Classical

Jesus appeared to the Eleven

Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/waitingfortheword/6876110118
Artist: James Tissot (1836–1902)

Dove (Holy Spirit) - as part of the Holy Trinity

Source: Wikimedia
Artist: Johann Michael Rottmayr ( 1714 )

Tongues of fire descend on the apostles at Pentecost

Source: Wikimedia
Artist: Unknown

Descent of the Holy Spirit

Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48043
Artist: Greco (1541?-1614)

Contemporary

John 20

Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/waitingfortheword/7022212339
Artist: Unknown

Pentecost

Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48388
Artist: JesusMAFA Project

Line Art

Title-slide for the 6th Sunday in Easter, Year A

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Fri, 08 May 2026 20:23:00 +0000

This is a title-page picture for the sixth Sunday in Easter, in Year A.

It is part of the Sunday-cover-page series, based on an art-work which is in the public domain: It can be used freely, with no concerns about copyright.

Artwork

Adapted from an image of Jesus and his Disciples- by Rembrandt (1606–1669) via Wikipedia.

Horizontal, 4:3 ratio

Horizontal, 16:9

Portrait / vertical format

Hymns for the 7th Sunday of Easter, Year A (17 May 2026) - Catholic lectionary

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Wed, 06 May 2026 23:41:00 +0000

A selection of free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free) hymns and songs, based on themes from the Roman Catholic lectionary for seventh Sunday of Easter, Year A.

"Free-to-use" means the words can be copied and sung to at least one tune with no concerns about copyright or performance licensing. Many such hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included.

Suggestions about hymns that could be included are welcome: leave a message in the Comments below.

Seasonal Note

In some countries, the Ascension is celebrated on a Sunday, while in others it is a mid-week feast and the 7th Sunday of Easter is also observed. See your local liturgical calendar for details.

7th Sunday of Easter, Year C

6th Sunday of Easter, Year A

Pentecost Sunday, Year A

7th Sunday of Easter, Year B

Readings

First: Acts 1:12-14 - After Jesus ascended, the apostles returned to the upper room and joined in continuous prayer.

Psalm: 26 - I am sure I shall see the Lord's goodness in the land of the living / The Lord is my light and my help / There is one thing I ask of the Lord / O Lord hear my voice when I call.

Second 1 Peter 4:13-16 - If anyone should suffer for being a Christian, then he is not to be ashamed of it - he should thank God that he has been called one.

Gospel: John 17:1-11 - Jesus prayed "Father .. glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you ... I have finished the work that you gave me to do ... I have made your name known ... I am not in the world an longer, but they are in the world.

Themes

Prayer, praising God, living in the world now that Jesus has gone to heaven.

Free-to-use artwork

See lectionary art for this Sunday for suggested pictures and art-works based on today's readings.

Free-use hymns

All Creatures of our God and King

Bless the Lord O my Soul

Crown Him with Many Crowns

Fight the Good Fight

God is my Strong Salvation

Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise

How Great is our God

I Cannot Tell

I Know that my Redeemer Lives

If You Believe and I Believe

Lord Enthroned in Heavenly Splendour

Lord, Who at Your First Eucharist

O Breathe on my O Breath of God

Psalm 26 - Music for Mass setting

Rejoice the Lord is King

The Head that Once was Crowned with Thorns

We Walk by Faith

Hymns which may still be copyright

Be Glorified - many different settings

Be Still and Know I am with You - Conway

Goodness of God

Hear O Lord - Repp

Hymns for the 7th Sunday of Easter, Year A - Revised Common Lectionary (17 May 2026)

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Wed, 06 May 2026 23:41:00 +0000

A selection of free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free) hymns and songs, based on themes from the Revised Common lectionary for seventh Sunday of Easter, Year A.

"Free-to-use" means the words can be copied and sung to at least one tune with no concerns about copyright or performance licensing. Many such hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included.

6th Sunday of Easter, Year A

Pentecost Sunday, Year A

Readings

First: Acts 1:6-14 - After Jesus ascended, the apostles returned to the upper room and joined in continuous prayer.

Psalm: 68 - Let god rise up, let his enemies be scattered.

Second 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11 - If anyone should suffer for being a Christian, then he is blessed. After you have suffered, the God of all grace will himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.

Gospel: John 17:1-11 - Jesus prayed "Father .. glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you ... I have finished the work that you gave me to do ... I have made your name known ... I am not in the world any longer, but they are in the world.

Themes

Prayer, praising God, living in the world now that Jesus has gone to heaven.

Free-use hymns

A Charge to Keep I Have - Wesley

All Creatures of our God and King

Alleluia! Sing to Jesus

At the Name of Jesus Every Knee Shall Bow

Beautiful Savior - Seiss

Blest be the Tie that Binds - Fawcett

Blessed Assurance

Blessing and Honor and Glory and Power - Bonar

Christ is the King O Friends Rejoice - Bell

Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies - Wesley

Come Down, O Love Divine - Littledale

Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain - Neale

Crown Him with Many Crowns

Fight the Good Fight

Give to Our God Immortal Praise - Watts

God of Mercy, God of Grace - Lyte

Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise

Hail Thee, Festival Day - composite

Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus - Bakewll

Help us to Help Each Other Lord - Wesley

Here O my Lord I see Thee - Bonar

How Firm a Foundation - Keith / Keen

Holy Spirit, Truth Divine - Longfellow

I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath - Wesley

Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

Immortal Love for ever Full - Whittier

In Christ There is no East or West

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending - Wesley

May the Grace of Christ our Saviour - Newton

O Food to Pilgrims Given - Riley

O Jesus, I Have Promised

O One With God the Father - How

O Thou who at Thy Eucharist Didst Pray

Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven

See How Great a Flame Aspires - Wesley

Son of God, eternal Saviour - Lowry

Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart - Croly

The Head that once was Crowned with Thorns - Kelly

Thou Hidden Love of God - Wesley

What a Friend we have in Jesus

When Morning Gilds the Skies - Caswall

When We All Get to Heaven

Hymns which may still be copyright

Be Glorified - settings by Kilpatrick, and others

O Christ, when you ascended - Gillette (ref)

One is the body and one is the Head - Bell

When Thomas Heard from Jesus - Gillette (ref)

Suggestions about hymns that could be included are welcome: leave a message in the Comments below.

Hymns for the Ascension of the Lord - Year A (14 or 17 May 2026) - Catholic lectionary

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Wed, 06 May 2026 23:40:00 +0000

A selection of free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free) hymns and songs, based on themes from the Roman Catholic lectionary for the feast of the Ascension of the Lord, Year A.

"Free-to-use" means the words can be copied and sung to at least one tune with no concerns about copyright or performance licensing. Many such hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included.

Suggestions about other free-to-use hymns that could be included are welcome: leave a message in the Comments box near the bottom of the page.

Seasonal Note

In some countries, the Ascension is celebrated on a Sunday, while in others it is a mid-week feast and the 7th Sunday of Easter is also observed. See your local liturgical calendar for details.

Ascension, Year C

6th Sunday of Easter, Year A

7th Sunday of Easter, Year A
OR
Pentecost Sunday, Year A

Ascension, Year B

Readings

First: Acts 1:1-11 - Paul recalls that Jesus said "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you" - and as he said this he was lifted up and a cloud took him from their sight.

Psalm: 46 - God goes up with shouts of joy, the Lord goes up with trumpet blast / All peoples clap your hands / God goes up with shouts of joy / God is king of all the earth.

Second: Ephesians 1: 17-23 - May God give you a spirit of Wisdom and perception ... God raised him from the dead, and bid him sit at the right far above every soverignty, authority, power or dominion ... the head of the church, which is hid body.

Gospel: Matthew 28: 19-20 - The apostles meet Jesus on the mountain, he sends them to make disciples of all the nations.

Themes

Christ's ascension to his kingdom.

Free-use artwork

See lectionary art for this Sunday for suggested pictures and art-works based on today's readings.

Free-use hymns

A Hymn of Glory Let us Sing - Benjamin Webb (1819-1885)
All Creatures of our God and King
All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
All People that on Earth do Dwell
Alleluia Sing to Jesus
At the Name of Jesus
Awake My Soul And With the Sun - Ken

Be Still and Know that I Am God - Unknown
Christ is the World's Redeemer - Duncan McGregor (1854-1923)
Christ the Lord is Risen Today
Come Down O Love Divine
Come Holy Ghost Creator Blest / Come O Creator Spirit Blest
Come Holy Ghost Creator Come - Unknown
Crown Him With Many Crowns

Do Not Stand and Stare in Wonder (Hymn for Ascension) - Adam Michael Wood
Hail Redeemer King Divine
Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise Alleluia - Wesley
He is Lord, He is Lord / You are Lord - Unknown
Holy God we Praise Thy Name
In Christ there is no East or West - William A. Dunkerley (pseudonym John Oxenham, 1852-1941)
Jesus Christ is Risen Today

Look Ye Saints the Sight is Glorious - Kelly
Lord Enthroned in Heavenly Splendour
Love Divine all Loves Excelling
O Breathe on Me O Breath of God - Edwin Hatch (1835-1889)
O Splendor of God’s Glory Bright - Benson (1855-1930)
Rejoice the Lord is King
See, the Conqueror Mounts in Triumph - Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885)
Sing We Triumphant Hymns of Praise - John David Chambers (1805-1893)

The Church's One Foundation
The Head that Once Was Crowned With Thorns - Kelly
This Joyful Eastertide - Woodward
We Walk By Faith
Ye Watchers And Ye Holy Ones - Riley

Hymns that may still be copyright

Alleluia to the End of Time - Paul Inwood
Ascended Christ Who Gained - Christopher Idle (b. 1938)
Be Lifted High - Matt Maher, Josh Blakesley
Be Not Afraid (You shall cross the barren desert) - Bob Dufford

Christ Has No Body Now but Yours (Yours are the hands) - David Ogden
Christ has not Hands but Ours - Martin Foster
Christ Triumphant Ever Reigning - Saward
Clap Your Hands all Ye Nations - Bell
Clap Your Hands, All Ye Nations (shout to God) - Bob Kauflin
Do not be Afraid for I am With You (When you Walk through the Waters) - Markland - Gerard Markland (b. 1953)
Father, Lord of Earth and Heaven - James Quinn (1919-2010)

Glory and Praise to our God - Daniel (Dan) L Schutte (b. 1947)
Go Into the World - Tom Booth
Go Make a Difference - Tom Tomaszek, Steve Angrisano
Go Make of All Disciples - Adkins (1896-1986)
Go Out (go out, go out to the world) - W. Clifford Petty (b. 1967)
Go Out in the World (Go make disciples of all the nations) - Ed Bolduc
Go out, Go Out (Psalm 117) - Curtis Stephan
Go Tell Everyone (God's Spirit is in my Heart) - Dale / Richards - Dale / Richards
Go, Be Justice (to God's people) - Martin Willett (b. 1960)
God Goes Up with Trumpet Blast - Steven C. Warner (
God Mounts His Throne to Shouts of Joy - Val Parker

He is Exalted - Paris
Here is our King, Here is our Love - David Crowder (b. 1971)
High and Lifted Up - Darlene Zschech (b. 1965), Mike Guglielmucci (b. 1978)
I Send You Out - John Angotti
I Will be With You Wherever You Go - Markland - Bob Hurd (b 1950)
I Will Rise (There's a peace I've come to know) - Chris Tomlin
Let the Earth Rejoice and Sing, Alleluia - Melvin Farrell

One Sacrifice of Christ - Rick Modlin, Robert Feduccia
Send Down the Fire of Your Justice - Marty Haugen (b. 1950)
The Fullness of God - Frank Andersen
The King of Kings, Christ Jesus Reigns - Melvin Farrell (1930-1986)
The Saviour Leaves - John L Bell (b. 19)

Pictures for the feast of the Ascension, Year A

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Wed, 06 May 2026 23:40:00 +0000

This is a small selection of free-use illustrations, photographs or images based on the readings and prayers/propers in the Roman Catholic lectionary for the feast of the Ascension of the Lord, Year A. It is part of the Lectionary Art Series.

See hymn suggestions for this Sunday for more information about the readings and seasonal notes about this day, and links to other weeks.

Classical

Christ Appears to the Disciples on the Mountain in Galilee

Source:     http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=49158
Artist:   Duccio, di Buoninsegna, d. 1319
License:    Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial ShareAlike 3.0 License

Ascension of Christ

Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=46207
Artist: Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506)

The Ascension - Copley

Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=50177
Artist: John Singleton Copley (1738-1815)

Ascension from the Rabbula Gospels

Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=53846
Artist: Unknown, circa 566

Contemporary

The mission to the world

Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48314
Artist: Jesus MAFA project

Jesus Ascending

Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54259
Artist: Unknown

Line Art

Ascension - decorative panel

Source: Flickr
Artist: Unknown

Christ Ascending - line drawing

Source: Flickr
Artist: Unknown

Blank music team rota, May through July, 2026

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Sat, 02 May 2026 11:07:00 +0000

This is a printable music-team roster for May to July 2026. It has:

One row for each Sunday in this period, labelled with the corresponding feast from the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar for England and Wales(*), and notes about other observances that day or in the coming week.

Extra rows for any non-Sunday days when churches may observe special feast days.

Two columns with the dates and names of the feast or liturgical calendar day.

Three columns for your use. These are labelled Co-ordinator, Musician(s), Audio-visual.
Change them to suit you team (eg you may need Choir Cantor, Animator, Organist, Worship Leader, etc)

(*) Why England and Wales? Because the person who prepared this is based in Ireland, but the Irish liturgical calendar is no longer published online. So England and Wales is the easiest to check

Please do review this against your country's liturgical calendar, and add your own feasts as needed.

Things to note in this time period

This is a quieter period for church-musicians in the northern hemisphere: The feast of Pentecost marks the start of summer holidays for many choirs, although it is followed by Trinity, Body and Blood of Christ and Saints Peter & Paul.

Downloads

MS Word version - lets you change the contents eg add local feasts,

PDF file - prints with exactly how you see it screen

To download a file, right-click it. Choose Save link as or Save As (depending on your computer) - and then where to put it on your own computer.

This printable is for your own use in your parish / school / etc.

If you’d like to share it with friends and associates, please give them the link to this post.

Why this three month period

Planning in these three-month periods fits both the liturgical and secular seasons:

Feb - Mar - April (includes Lent and Easter)
May - Jun - Jul (spring / summer in Europe, winter in the southern hemisphere)
Aug - Sept - Oct (Back-to-school = start of a new year in Europe)
Nov - Dec - Jan (New Year and summer-holidays in the south, people get together in late January to plan for the rest of the year).

If this combination doesn't suit your church, then it may be better to use the blank music roster template.

The next version, for August - October will be available in mid July. Please leave a message in the Comments section near the bottom of the page if you have requests about what it should include.

Hymns for the 6th Sunday of Easter - Year A (10 May 2026) - Catholic lectionary

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:21:00 +0000

A selection of hymns and songs, based on themes from the Roman Catholic lectionary for the 6th Sunday of Easter, Year A.

Most are free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free) meaning the words can be copied and sung to at least one tune with no concerns about copyright or performance licensing. Many such hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included.

A small selection of hymns that are still subject to copyright may be included, where they are particularly appropriate.

6th Sunday of Easter, Year C

5th Sunday of Easter, Year A

7th Sunday of Easter, Year A
Or
Ascension of the Lord, Year A

6th Sunday of Easter, Year B

Readings

First: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 - Philip preached in Samaritan town, and converted many - the apostles sent Peter and John to them and prayed for the Samaritans to receive the Holy Spirit.

Psalm: 32 - Cry out with joy to God all the earth / Cry out with joy to God all the earth / Before you all the earth shall bow / He turned the sea into dry land / Come and hear, all who fear God.

Second: I Peter 3:15-18 - Reverence Christ in your hearts .. have your answer ready for those who ask you the reason for your hope ... Christ himself has died for sins - in the body he was put to death, in the spirit he was raised to life.

Gospel: John 14:15-21 - I shall ask the Father and he will give you another Advocate ... that spirit of Truth. ... anybody who receives my commandments and keeps them will be one who loves me: and anybody who loves me will be loved by my Father.

Themes

Receiving the Spirit - strengthening for the Christian life. Truth. The spirit as the source of the message we proclaim. Looking forward to Pentecost - coming of another advocate.

Free-use artwork

See lectionary art for this Sunday for suggested pictures and art-works based on today's readings.

Free-use hymns

All Creatures of our God and King
All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
Alleluia Sing to Jesus
And Can it Be that I should Gain - Wesley
Be Joyful Mary - Unknown
Be Still and Know that I Am God - Unknown
Blest are the Pure in Heart - John Keble (1792-1866)

Christ is Made the Sure Foundation
Christ the Lord Is Risen Again - Winkworth (1827-1878)
Come Away to the Skies
Come Down O Love Divine
Come Holy Ghost Creator Come - Unknown
Come my Way my Truth my Life - Herbert
Come Thou Almighty King - Unknown, circa 1757
Come Thou Almighty King - the Italian Hymn
Come Ye Faithful Raise the Strain - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
Creator Spirit, by Whose Aid - John Dryden (1631-1700)
Crown Him With Many Crowns

From All that Dwell Below the Skies - Bob Hurd (b 1950)
God is Love His the Care
Good Christians all, rejoice - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise Alleluia - Wesley
He Lives in Us (Through the bread) - Amelia Acosta
Holy Spirit Breathe on Me (until my heart is clean) - Baylus Benjamin (BB) McKinney (1886-1952)
How Can I Keep from Singing (My life flows on in endless song)
How Great is our God - Unknown

I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say - Horatius Bonar (1808 - 1889)
If you Believe and I Believe
Jesu the Joy of Loving Hearts - Palmer (1808-1887)
Joyful Joyful we Adore Thee
Lord Enthroned in Heavenly Splendour
Love Divine all Loves Excelling

O Breathe on Me O Breath of God - Edwin Hatch (1835-1889)
O Jesus I Have Promised
O Jesus Joy of Loving Hearts / Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts - Palmer
O Sacred Head Sore Wounded - Bridges
O Word of God Incarnate - How
On This Day the First of Days - Baker
Praise we our God with Joy - Frederick Oakeley (1802-1880)

The Church's One Foundation
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (Souls of men, why will ye scatter) - Faber
Veni Creator Spiritus - Unknown - various settings
We Walk By Faith
Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem - Robert Campbell (1814-1868)
Ye Sons and Daughters Let us Sing / of the King - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)

Hymns which may still be copyright

A New Commandment - Roy Crabtree (c 1930)
As Gentle as Silence / Oh the love of my Lord is the essence - Estelle White
As I Kneel Before You - Maria Parkinson ()
Awakening (In our hearts, Lord, in this nation) - Chris Tomlin (), Reuben Morgan ()

Here in Christ we Gather (God is Love) - James Quinn (1919-2010)
Holy Spirit, We're Calling You - Ed Bolduc
How Wonderful the Three-in-One - Wren

I Give You a New Commandment - Bob Hurd (b. 1950)
I Have Loved You - Jan Michael Joncas (b. 1951)
I Will be With You Wherever You Go - Markland - Gerald Markland
In Love We Choose to Live - Jeanne Cotter
Isaiah 49: I Will Never Forget You - Carey Landry (b 1944)
Jesu Jesu Fill us With Your Love (Kneels at the feet) - Tom Colvin (1925-2000)

Let All the Earth (cry out to God) - Ken Canedo
Let All the Earth Cry Out (to God with joy) - Rory Cooney (b. 1952)
Love Came Down (If my heart is overwhelmed) - Kari Jobe (b. 1981)
Love Goes On - Bernadette Farrell (b. 1957)
Love is His Word (Richer than gold is the love of my Lord) - Luke Connaughton (1917-1979)
Love One Another - Habjan - Germaine Habjan (b 1943 - ?)

Now the Green Blade Riseth (Love is Come Again) - Crum (1872-1958)
Rest of Us (Come down Spirit when You move) - Brandon Lake, Elyssa Smith, Harvest Bashta, Jonathan Jay, Rebekah White, Tony Brown
Send Forth Your Spirit - Aniceto Nazareth ()
Send Forth Your Spirit, O Lord - Steven C. Warner (b. 1954)

Unless a Grain of Wheat Shall Fall - Bernadette Farrell (b 1957)
What Does the Lord Require - Albert F. Bayly (1901-1984)
Where Charity and Love Prevail - Omer Westendorf (1916-1997)
Where is Love and Loving Kindness - Ronald Arbuthnott Knox (1888-1957)

Hymns for the 6th Sunday of Easter, Year A - Revised Common Lectionary (10 May 2026)

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:19:00 +0000

A selection of hymns and songs, based on themes from the Revised Common lectionary for the 6th Sunday of Easter, Year A.

Most are free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free) meaning the words can be copied and sung to at least one tune with no concerns about copyright or performance licensing. Many such hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included.

A small selection of hymns that are still subject to copyright may be included, where they are particularly appropriate.

6th Sunday of Easter, Year C

5th Sunday of Easter, Year A

7th Sunday of Easter, Year A
Or
Ascension, Year A

Readings

First: Acts 17:22-31 The God who made the world and everything in it .. does not live in shrines made by human hands, nor is he served by human hands ...From one ancestor he made all nations to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live, ... For 'In him we live and move and have our being'; . God ... now he commands all people everywhere to repent.

Psalm: 66 Bless our God O peoples .

Second: I Peter 3:13-22 - Reverence Christ in your hearts .. have your answer ready for those who ask you the reason for your hope ... Christ himself has died for sins - in the body he was put to death, in the spirit he was raised to life.

Gospel: John 14:15-21 - I shall ask the Father and he will give you another Advocate ... that spirit of Truth. ... anybody who receives my commandments and keeps them will be one who loves me: and anybody who loves me will be loved by my Father.

Themes

Receiving the Spirit - strengthening for the Christian life. Truth. The spirit as the source of the message we proclaim. Looking forward to Pentecost - coming of another advocate.

Free-use artwork

See lectionary art for this Sunday for suggested pictures and art-works based on today's readings.

Free-use hymns

All Creatures of our God and King

All for Jesus - James

All my Hope on God is Founded

All People That On Earth Do Dwell

All Things Bright and Beautiful

All who Believe and are Baptized

Alleluia! Sing to Jesus

And Can it Be

At the Name of Jesus

Be Still, My Soul

Beloved let us Love: Love is of God - Bonar

Blessed Quietness - Ferguson

Breathe on Me, Breath of God

Christ is the world's Redeemer - MacGregor

Come Down, O Love Divine

Come, Thou Holy Spirit, Come - Caswall

Give me the Faith which can Remove - Wesley

He Keeps Me Singing (There’s Within My Heart a Melody) - Bridgers

Holy Spirit Truth Divine - Longfellow

I Cannot Tell

I Love to Tell the Story - Hankey and Fischer

I Know that my Redeemer Lives

I Sing the Almighty Power of God

Immortal Invisible God only Wise

In the Quiet Consecration - Coote

Jesus, lover of my soul - Wesley

Jesus, Thine All-Victorious Love - Wesley

Jesus Where'er thy People Meet - Cowper

Just as I am, Without one Plea

Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendour

Lord of Beauty Thine the Splendor - Alington

Lord Speak to Us That We May Speak - Havergal

Love Divine all Loves Excelling

May We Thy Precepts Lord Fulfill - Osler

My God I Love Thee; not Because

O For a Heart to Praise My God - Wesley

O Lord of Heaven and Earth and Sea - Wordsworth

O Love Divine what hast Thou Done - Wesley

O Love, how Deep, how Broad, how High Webb

O Worship the King

Of the Glory of God in the Starry Heavens (The spacious firmament on high) - Addison

Once, Only Once, and Once for All - Bright

Our Blest Redeemer - Auger

Praise my Soul the King of Heaven

Son of God, Eternal Savior - Lowry

There is a Green Hill far Away - Alexander

Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose - Wesley

Through all the Changing Scenes of Life - unknown, pre 1696

To God be the Glory

Trust and Obey (When We Walk with the Lord)

We give Immortal Praise - Watts

Hymns which may still be copyright

Deep in the Shadows of the Past - Wren

Lord of the Boundless Curves of Space - Bayley

Healer of Our Every Ill

Let there be Love

Now Praise the Hidden God of Love - Green

Spirit of the Living God

The Church of Christ, in Every Age - Green

Unless a Grain of Wheat Shall Fall - Farrell

Where Charity and Love Prevail

Pictures for the 6th Sunday in Easter, Year A

noreply@blogger.com (Editor, LiturgyTools.net) — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:19:00 +0000

This is a small selection of free-use illustrations, photographs or images based on the readings and prayers/propers in the Roman Catholic lectionary for the sixth Sunday of Easter, Year A. It is part of the Lectionary Art Series.

See hymn suggestions for this Sunday for more information about the readings and seasonal notes about this day, and links to other weeks.

Classical

Christ in the House of His Parents (The Carpenter's Shop)

Source: Wikimedia
Artist: John Everett Millais (1829–1896)

Christ Taking Leave of the Apostles

Source: Wikimedia
Artist: Duccio di Buoninsegna (1260–1318)

The Baptism of the Eunuch

Carried out by Philip, preaching in Samaria
Source: Wikimedia
Artist: Rembrandt (1606–1669)

Contemporary

Anyone who receives my commandments ... Jesus empowered by the Spirit

Source: Built using https://www.flickr.com/photos/biblevector/5264271568
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Advocate

Source: http://thebluediamondgallery.com/a/advocate.html
Artist: Unknown
License: Creative Commons

Acts 14:15-21

Source: Word cloud builder
Artist: LiturgyTools.net
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Line Art

Holy Spirit - Advocate

Source: https://pixabay.com/en/holy-spirit-peace-dove-sketch-1412527/
Artist: Unknown

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Classical

St Matthew and the Angel

Contemporary

Eagles Wings

Go Now

Line Art

Mount Horeb, Sinai

Eagles Wings - adapted

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Hymns for the 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A (14 June 2026) - Catholic lectionary

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Themes

Artwork

Free-use hymns

Hymns that are or may be copyright

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Readings

Themes

Free-use hymns

Hymns that may be copyright

See also ...

Title-slide for the Body and Blood of Christ, Sunday, Year A

Artwork

Horizontal, 4:3 ratio

Horizontal, 16:9

Portrait / vertical format

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Readings

Themes

Free-to-use artwork

Free-use hymns

Hymns which may still be copyright

See also ...

Hymns for Proper 5 (10), Year A - Revised Common Lectionary (2nd Sunday after Pentecost, 7 June 2026)

Readings

Themes

Free-use hymns

Hymns which may still be copyright

See also ...

Pictures for the Body and Blood of Christ, Year A

Classical

Manna reigning from heaven on the Israelites

The Israelites gathering Manna

In process

Contemporary

Manna from heaven

John, Chapter 6, Verse 51 - living bread come down from heaven

The Eucharist

Corpus Christi

Line Art

The Living Bread Come Down from Heaven

Corpus Christi decorative panel

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Hymns for Trinity Sunday, Year A (31 May 2026) - Catholic lectionary

Readings

Themes

Free-use artwork

Free-use hymns

Hymns which may still be copyright

See also ...

Hymns for Trinity Sunday, Year A - Revised Common Lectionary (31 May 2026)

Readings

Free-use artwork

Free-use hymns

Hymns which may still be copyright

See also ...

Pictures for Trinity Sunday - Year A

Classical

Holy Trinity

Christ Instructing Nicodemus