Hymns Selection for the 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B (7 February 2021)

Ordo Missae, Psalms

READINGS

First: Job 7:1-4, 6-7

Is not … life on earth nothing more than pressed service? …. Restlessly I fret ’till twilight falls … swifter than a weaver’s shuttle my days have passed.

Psalm: 146

  1. Praise the Lord who heals the broken-hearted
  2. Praise the Lord for he is good
  3. The Lord builds up Jerusalem
  4. Our Lord is great and almighty.

Second: I Corinthians 9 16-19, 22-23

Paul says “I should be punished if I did not preach the Gospel … I have made myself the slave of everyone so as to win as many as I could ….

Gospel: Mark 1 29-39

Jesus heals: firstly Simon’s mother-in-law of a fever, and then many in the town who were suffering diseases or posessed. Then he goes to a lonely place to pray – and then to the neighbouring towns to preach there too.

THEMES

  1. Jesus as healer – heals the broken so they are free to serve God and God’s people.
  2. The pain of suffering.
  3. The hope which healing brings.
  4. Without Christ, our lives are like drudgery.

SUGGESTED HYMNS

  1. All Hail the Power of Jesus Name
  2. Balm in Gilead
  3. Be Still and Know that I am God
  4. Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation
  5. How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds
  6. Jesu Lover of my Soul
  7. O God our Help in Ages Past
  8. O Praise ye the Lord
  9. O Worship the King
  10. Your Hands O Lord in Days of Old
  11. Healer of Every Ill – Haugen
  12. Healer of the Sick – Leftley
  13. Lay Your Hands – Landry
  14. The Lord will Heal the Broken Heart – Lawton
  15. We Cannot Measure How You Heal – Bell
  16. We come to You for Healing Lord – Stuempfle

It pays for proper preparation of the Liturgy

Selections for the 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B (31 January 2021)

Hymns, Ordo Missae, Psalms

SEASONAL NOTE

This day sometimes coincides with 1 February which is the feast of St Brigid of Kildare, or 2 February, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord.

READINGS

First: Deuteronomy 18:15-20

Moses tells the people that the Lord has promised to raise up a prophet from among them, who will have God’s word put into his mouth.

Psalm: 94

  1. O that today you would listen to his voice, harden not your hearts
  2. Come, ring out our joy to the Lord
  3. Come in, let us kneel and bend low.

Second: I Corinthians 7:32-35

Paul compares the responsibilities of married vs unmarried men and women – to help the people decide how to live.

Gospel: Mark 1:21-28

Jesus teaches with authority in the Synagogue: a man possessed by an unclean spirit challenges him, and Jesus orders the spirit to leave the man.

THEMES

  1. Jesus as a healer and teacher – speaking God’s word.
  2. Authority.

SUGGESTED HYMNS

  1. A Mighty Fortress is our God
  2. All Hail the Power of Jesus Name
  3. Be Still and Know that I am God
  4. Blest are the Poor in Heart
  5. Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation
  6. Firmly I Believe and Truly
  7. God Whose Almighty Word
  8. I Sing the Mighty Power of God
  9. King of Glory King of Peace
  10. O Come and Sing to God the Lord – original version
  11. Rejoice the Lord is King
  12. Your Hands O Lord in Days of Old
  13. Be Still for the Presence of the Lord – Evans
  14. Come Ring out our Joy – Bates (Psalm)
  15. God has Spoken by the Prophets
  16. How Great Thou Art – Hine
  17. If Today you Hear his Voice – many different arrangements
  18. Jesus Christ is Waiting – Bell / Maule
  19. Silence! Frenzied, Unclean Spirit
  20. There is a Longing – Quigley

It pays for proper preparation of the Liturgy