Hymn Suggestions based on the “Revised Common Lectionary” – Year B (Advent – Epiphany)
YEAR B
First Sunday of Advent – November 30, 2014
(See ADVENT 101-123)
GOSPEL
35 – O Mighty God, When I Survey in Wonder
103 – Watcher, Tell Us of the Night
EPISTLE
91 – Wake, My Soul
HEBREW
112 – Keep Awake, Be Always Ready
Second Sunday of Advent – December 7, 2014
GOSPEL
120 – There’s a Voice in the Wilderness
EPISTLE
611 – O Day of God, Draw Near
PSALM
581 – Lead Us from Death to Life
HEBREW
101 – Comfort, Comfort O My People
579 – Great God of Earth and Heaven
414 – Incarnate God, Immortal Love
121 – Toda la Tierra (All Earth Is Waiting)
Third Sunday of Advent – December 14, 2014
GOSPEL
111 – O Loving Founder of the Stars
118 – Of the Parent’s Heart Begotten
EPISTEL
297 – Give Thanks for Life
32 – God of the Sparrow God of the Whale
PSALM
461 – Let Us Hope when Hope Seems Hopeless
HEBREW
164 – Arise, Your Light Is Come
609 – Now is the Time Approaching
Fourth Sunday of Advent – December 21, 2014
GOSPEL
Page 732 – Canticle of Mary
136 – Jesus, Jesus, Oh, What a Wonderful Child
123 – Mary, Woman of the Promise
15 – My Hear is Overflowing (The Song of Hannah)
106 – My Heart Sings Out with Joyful Praise
119 – My Soul Gives Glory to My God
145 – Once in Royal David’s City
Christmas Day – December 25, 2014
(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
First Sunday after Christmas – December 28, 2014
For First Sunday after Christmas:
GOSPEL
Page 734 – Canticle of Simeon
144 – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
160 – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Jesus, the Light of the World)
77 – Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing
148 – What Child Is This
EPISTLE
352 – My God, Accept My Heart This Day
PSALM
17 – To You, O God, All Creatures Sing
For 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
Epiphany – January 6, 2015
(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
First Sunday after Epiphany – Baptism of Jesus – January 11, 2015
GOSPEL
167 – Mark How the Lamb of God’s Self-Offering
168 – O Radiant Christ, Incarnate Word
169 – What Ruler Wades through Murky Streams
HEBREW
326 – Crashing Waters at Creation
467 – Mothering God, You Gave Me Birth
3 – Wakantanka Taku Nitawa (Many and Great, O God, Are Your Works)
Second Sunday after Epiphany – January 15, 2012
GOSPEL
159 – As With Gladness Those of Old
113 – Little Bethlehem of Judah
155 – Los magos que llegaron a Belén
HERBEW
583 – Like a Mother Who Has Borne Us
534 – O God of Strength
448 – Take My Life, God, Let It Be
Third Sunday after Epiphany – January 22, 2012
GOSPEL
502 – Dear God, Embracing Humankind
171, 172 – Jesus Calls Us, e’re the Tumult
173 – Tú has venido a la orilla (You Have Come Down to the Lakeshore)
504 – You Walk Along Our Shoreline
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany – January 29, 2012
GOSPEL
161 – Amen, Amen
53 – Glorious Is Your Name, O Jesus
176 – “Silence! Frenzied Unclean Spirit
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany – February 5, 2012
GOSPEL
472 – Precious Lord, Take My Hand
179 – We Yearn, O Christ, for Wholeness
PSALM
592 – God of the Ages, Who with Sure Command
HEBREW
560 – By Whatever Name We Call You
291 – O God, the Creator
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany – February 12, 2012
GOSPEL
166 – Immortal Love, Forever Full
587 – Through All the World, a Hungry Christ
91 – Wake, My Soul
EPISTLE
442 – I’m Pressing on the Upward Way (Higher Ground)
Last Sunday after Epiphany – Transfiguration – February 19, 2012
GOSPEL
183 – Jesus Take Us to the Mountain
184 – O Wondrous Sight, O Vision Fair
182 – We Have Come at Christ’s Own Bidding
Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2012
(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
First Sunday in Lent – February 26, 2012
GOSPEL
205 – Forty Days and Forty Nights
446 – Jesus, Still Lead On
211 – Lord Jesus, Who through Forty Days
167 – Mark How the Lamb of God’s Self-Offering
444 – We Are Often Tossed and Driven (We’ll Understand It Better By and By)
HEBREW
391 – In the Midst of New Dimensions
Second Sunday in Lent – March 4, 2012
GOSPEL
183 – Jesus, Take Us to the Mountain
184 – O Wondrous Sight, O Vision Fair
204 – “Take Up Your Cross,” the Savior Said
182 – We Have Come at Christ’s Own Bidding
PSALM
461 – Let Us Hope when Hope Seems Hopeless
HEBREW
501 – We Are Dancing Sarah’s Circle
24 – The God of Abraham Praise
Third Sunday in Lent – March 11, 2012
GOSPEL
582 – O God of Earth and Altar
EPISTLE
436 – God of Grace and God Glory
193,194 – In the Cross of Christ I Glory
220 – Sing, My Tongue
Fourth Sunday in Lent – March 18, 2012
605 – As Moses Raised the Serpent Up
208 – God Loved the World
222 – My Song Is Love Unknown
223 – What Wondrous Love Is This
EPISTLE
547, 548 – Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound
Fifth Sunday in Lent – March 25, 2012
GOSPEL
191 – Before Your Cross, O Jesus
190 – Beneath the Cross of Jesus
198 – Lift High the Cross
EPISTLE
162 – In a Lowly Manger Born
222 – My Song is Love Unknown
PSALM
188 – Give Me a Clean Heart
Palm Sunday – April 1, 2012
GOSPEL
216, 217 – All Glory, Laud, and Honor
213 – “Hosanna, Loud Hosanna”
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 – April 1, 2012
(See HOLY WEEK, 218-229)
GOSPEL
206 – A Woman Came Who
201 – An Outcast Among
344 – The Time Was Early
EPISTLE
199,200 – Alas! And Did My
162 – O Love, How Vast
111 – O Loving Founder of the Stars
Monday in Holy Week – April 2, 2012
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 – April 3, 2012
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 – April 4, 2012
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
Maundy Thursday – April 5, 2012
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
Good Friday – April 6, 2012
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 – April 7, 2012
(See Good Friday)
Easter – April 8, 2012
(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