Hymn Desk

Sixth Sunday after Epiphany

Year A · Epiphany · liturgical color: green · All Sundays in Year A

First Reading Deuteronomy 30:15-20

Choose life: love the Lord, walk in his ways

Psalm Psalm 119:1-8

Blessed are those who walk in the law of the Lord

Second Reading 1 Corinthians 3:1-9

I planted Apollos watered God gave growth

Gospel Matthew 5:21-37

You have heard... but I say; anger lust divorce oaths

Hymns connected to the first reading

Bless the Lord My Soul
Bless the Lord, my soul, and bless God's holy name.
·1984

Hymns connected to the psalm

My Maker Be Thou Nigh
My Maker be thou nigh
Nicolai Selnecker ·1570
My Maker Be With Me
My Maker be with me
Nicolai Leonhard Zinzendorf ·1725
My Maker Now be Nigh
My Maker now be nigh
Martin Behm ·1602
O God Our Lord Thy Holy Word
O God our Lord, thy holy Word
Martin Luther ·1524
O That the Lord Would Guide My Ways
O that the Lord would guide my ways
Isaac Watts ·1715
Oh, How Blest Are They
Oh, how blest are they who hear the Word
Nicolai Grundtvig ·1837
Oh, That the Lord Would Guide My Ways
Oh, that the Lord would guide my ways
Isaac Watts ·1715

Hymns connected to the second reading

God Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens
God who stretched the spangled heavens
Catherine Arnett Cameron ·1967
Lord of the Living Harvest
Lord of the living harvest
John Samuel Bewley Monsell ·1866
On What has Now Been Sown
On what has now been sown
Nicolai Friedrich Severin Grundtvig ·1837

Suggested by LCMS Worship, 2 yearly lists

Hymns from LCMS Worship's published Year A hymn suggestions (2014–2026), most often suggested first. Hymns marked "Hymn of the Day" are on the official Lutheran Service Book list for this day.

Songs of Thankfulness and Praise Hymn of the Day
suggested 2 of 2 ·Of the Day, Closing
Come Down, O Love Divine
suggested 1 of 2 ·Distribution
Come, Thou Bright and Morning Star
suggested 1 of 2 ·Entrance
Here is the Tenfold Sure Command
suggested 1 of 2 ·Of the Day
Holy Ghost with Light Divine
suggested 1 of 2 ·Distribution
Lord Jesus, Think on Me
suggested 1 of 2 ·Distribution
Oh, That the Lord Would Guide My Ways
suggested 1 of 2 ·Closing
On What has Now Been Sown
suggested 1 of 2 ·Closing
Renew Me, O Eternal Light
suggested 1 of 2 ·Entrance, Distribution
The Only Son from Heaven
suggested 1 of 2 ·Offertory
What Is This Bread
suggested 1 of 2 ·Distribution

LCMS — Proclaim

Hymn of the Day

O Christ, Our Hope, Our Heart's Desire
O Christ, our hope, our heart's desire
Latin: Bernard of Clairvaux; English: Ray Palmer ·1150

Hymn Suggestions

Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive
Forgive our sins as we forgive
Rolf Jacobi ·1958
Holy Spirit Light Divine
Holy Spirit, light divine
Andrew Reed ·1817
How Blest Are They Who Hear God's Word
How blest are they who hear God's word
Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig ·1837
How Shall the Young Secure Their Hearts
How shall the young secure their hearts
Isaac Watts ·1719
Lord Jesus, Think on Me
Lord Jesus, think on me
Synesius of Cyrene ·430
Lord Keep Us Steadfast in Thy Word
Lord keep us steadfast in Thy Word
Martin Luther ·1541
Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain
Lord, help us ever to retain
Nicolai Selnecker ·1572
My Maker Now be Nigh
My Maker now be nigh
Martin Behm ·1602
Oh, That the Lord Would Guide My Ways
Oh, that the Lord would guide my ways
Isaac Watts ·1715