Sunday 21 August, 2016

General:
Lectionary
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings are laid out as for the continuous form of the lectionary. Alternative related readings (OT and psalm only) are below. Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading

Jeremiah 1: 4-10

Called by Christ to be disciples (StF 660)
Here am I, Lord, I’ve come to do your will (StF 552)
I, the Lord of sea and sky, I have head my people cry (StF 663)
I was on your mind long before you formed the earth (StF 468)
O Jesus, I have promised to serve you to the end (StF 563)
There is no moment of my life (StF 482)
Thuma mina (Send me, Lord) (StF 782)

Psalm 71: 1-6

Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme

A safe stronghold our God is still (StF 623)
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! (StF 88)
Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy (StF 526)
O God, our help in ages past (StF 132)

Hebrews 12: 18-29

Glorious things of thee are spoken (StF 748)
Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father (StF 51)
Son of God, if your free grace (StF 336)
Victim divine, thy grace we claim (StF 600)
Your love is amazing, steady and unchanging (StF 98)

Luke 13: 10-17

Heal us, Immanuel! Hear our prayer (StF 650)
I danced in the morning when the world was begun (StF 247)
O Christ, the Healer, we have come to pray for health, to plead for friends (StF 653)
This is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made (StF 152)
We cannot measure how you heal or answer every sufferer’s prayer (StF 655)

Alternative related readings

Isaiah 58: 9b-14

Beauty for brokenness (StF 693)
Be the light in my darkness (website only)
Darkness like a shroud covers the earth (StF 170)
Light out of darkness (website only)
Show me how to stand for justice (StF 713)
This is the day of rest (StF 150)

Psalm 103: 1-8

Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme



Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven (StF 83)
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the king of creation (StF 88)
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