Easter Vigil

Suggested hymns recommended for Holy Week – Easter Vigil.

Vigil Reading	Psalmody
Genesis 1:1-2, 4	Psalm 136:1-9, 23-26
Genesis 7:1-5, 11-18, 8:6-18, 9:8-13	Psalm 46
Genesis 22:1-18	Psalm 16
Exodus 14:10-31, 15:20-21	Canticle Exodus 15:1b-13, 17-18
Isaiah 55:1-11	Canticle: Isaiah 12.2-end
Baruch 3:9-15, 32-4:4 or Proverbs 8:1-8, 19-21; 9:4-6Ezekiel 36:24-28	Psalm 19
Ezekiel 36:24-28	Psalms 42, 43
Ezekiel 37:1-14	Psalms 143
Zephaniah 3:14-20	Psalms 98
Romans 6:3-11	Psalms 114
Year A: Matthew 28:1-10
Year B: Mark 16:1-8
Year C: Luke 24:1-12

Lead Kindly Light (Lux Benigna, Organ, 4 Verses)

4th May 2023 Lead Kindly Light / 10 4 10 4 10 10 / Easter Vigil / Evensong / Funeral / Hymn / John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876) / John Henry Newman (1801-1890) / Lux Benigna / Year A Lent 4 / Year A Proper 25, Ordinary 30, Trinity 20 / Year C Proper 22, Ordinary 27, Trinity 16 / Year C Proper 23, Ordinary 28, Trinity 17

Lead Kindly Light (Lux Benigna, Organ, 3 or 4 Verses)

Click here for other settings of Lead Kindly Light. Lead Kindly Light : Recording, Lux Benigna Three Verse Four Verse

14th April 2023 Hymn / 64 84 D / Easter Vigil / Leoni / Thomas Oliver / Traditional Hebrew / Year A All Saints' Day / Year A Epiphany Transfiguration Sunday, Next Before Lent / Year A Lent 2 / Year A Proper 12 Ordinary 17 Trinity 7 / Year A Proper 13, Ordinary 18, Trinity 8 / Year A Proper 14, Ordinary 19, Trinity 9 / Year A Proper 17, Ordinary 22, Trinity 12, Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost / Year A Proper 19, Ordinary 24, Trinity 14 / Year A Proper 22, Ordinary 27, Trinity 17 / Year A Proper 25, Ordinary 30, Trinity 20 / Year A Proper 26, Ordinary 29, Trinity 19 / Year A Proper 5, Ordinary 10, Trinity 1 / Year A Proper 6, Ordinary 11, Trinity 2 / Year A Proper 8, Ordinary 13, Trinity 4, 5th Sunday after Penecost / Year A Trinity Sunday

The God of Abraham Praise (Leoni, Organ, 5 Verses) Free Download

The God of Abraham Praise is a hymn based upon the Hebrew יגאל, or Yigal (meaning “He Shall Redeem”), the

6th October 2022 Hymn / 87 87 87 / All Souls' Day / Easter Vigil / Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847) / Laudia Anuma (Andrews) / Mark Andrews (1875-1939) / Praise My Soul The King Of Heaven / Psalm 106 / Year A Epiphany Transfiguration Sunday, Next Before Lent / Year A Holy Name Of Jesus Or Naming And Circumcision Of Jesus / Year A Lent 1 / Year A Proper 13, Ordinary 18, Trinity 8 / Year A Proper 14, Ordinary 19, Trinity 9 / Year A Proper 18, Ordinary 23, Trinity 13 / Year A Proper 19, Ordinary 24, Trinity 14 / Year A Proper 21, Ordinary 26, Trinity 16 / Year A Proper 23, Ordinary 28, Trinity 18 / Year A Proper 24, Ordinary Time 29, Trinity 19 / Year A Proper 7, Ordinary 12, Trinity 3 / Year B Advent 2 / Year B Christmas 1 / Year B Epiphany 4 / Year B Epiphany 8 / Year B Holy Name Of Jesus Or Naming And Circumcision Of Jesus / Year B Proper 10, Ordinary 15, Trinity 6 / Year B Proper 15, Ordinary 20, Trinity 11 / Year B Proper 21, Ordinary 26, Trinity 17 / Year B Proper 25, Ordinary 30, Trinity 21, Last After Trinity / Year B Proper 28, Ordinary 33, Second Sunday Before Advent / Year B Proper 3 Ordinary 8 / Year B Proper 7, Ordinary 12, Trinity 3 / Year C All Saints' Day / Year C Christmas 1 / Year C Easter 5 / Year C Epiphany Transfiguration Sunday, Sunday Next Before Lent / Year C Lent 1 / Year C Lent 4 / Year C Proper 16, Ordinary 21, Trinity 10 / Year C Proper 17, Ordinary 22, Trinity 11 / Year C Proper 19, Ordinary 24, Trinity 23 / Year C Proper 20, Ordinary 25, Trinity 14 / Year C Proper 21, Ordinary 26, Trinity 25 / Year C Proper 23, Ordinary 28, Trinity 17 / Year C Proper 25, Ordinary 30, Trinity 19 / Year C Proper 26, 4th Sunday Before Advent / Year C Proper 6 Ordinary 11

Praise My Soul The King Of Heaven (Lauda Anima (Andrews), Organ, 5 Verses)

Alternative settings of Praise My Soul The King Of Heaven Praise My Soul The King Of Heaven : Recording This

28th August 2022 Hymn / 66 86 D / Easter Vigil / Franklin L Sheppard / Harvest Festival / Maltie Davenport Babcock (1858-1901) / Terra Beata / Year A Easter 6 / Year A Trinity Sunday / Year B Pentecost, Whit Sunday / Year B Proper 10, Ordinary 15, Trinity 6 / Year B Proper 25, Ordinary 30, Trinity 21, Last After Trinity / Year C Easter 6 - Sixth Sunday of Easter

This Is My Father’s World (Terra Beata, Organ, 3 Verses)

Recording Tune: Terra Beata (also known as Terra Patris), composed by Franklin L Sheppard (1852-1930). Meter 66 86 D. Public

2nd August 2022 Lead Kindly Light / 10 4 10 4 10 10 / Charles Henry Purday (1799-1885) / Easter Vigil / Evensong / Funeral / Hymn / John Henry Newman (1801-1890) / Sandon / Year A Lent 4 / Year A Proper 25, Ordinary 30, Trinity 20 / Year C Proper 22, Ordinary 27, Trinity 16 / Year C Proper 23, Ordinary 28, Trinity 17

Lead Kindly Light (Sandon, Organ, 3 Verses)

Click here for other settings of Lead Kindly Light. Lead Kindly Light : Recording, Sandon Tune: Sandon, composed by Charles

24th June 2022 Hymn / 11 11 11 5 / Christie Sanctorum / David Evans (1874-1948) / Easter Vigil / Gregory The Great (540-604) / Morning Prayer / Paris Antiphoner (1681) / Percy Dearmer (1867-1936) / Year A Easter 5 / Year A Proper 22, Ordinary 27, Trinity 17 / Year A Proper 26, Ordinary 29, Trinity 19 / Year B Advent 2 / Year B Epiphany 5 / Year B Epiphany 6 / Year B Lent 3 / Year B Proper 15, Ordinary 20, Trinity 11 / Year B Proper 18, Ordinary 23, Trinity 14 / Year B Proper 21, Ordinary 26, Trinity 17 / Year B Trinity Sunday / Year C Christmas 1 / Year C Proper 20, Ordinary 25, Trinity 14 / Year C Proper 23, Ordinary 28, Trinity 17

Father We Praise Thee Now The Night Is Over (Christie Sanctorum, Organ, 3 Verses)

Father We Praise Thee Now The Night Is Over : Recording Tune: Christie Sanctorum from the Paris Antiphoner (1681) harmonised

Breathe On Me Breath Of God Carlise, Piano And Flute

13th December 2021 Breathe On Me Breath Of God / Baptism/Christening / Carlisle / Charles Lockhart (1745-1815) / Easter Eve / Easter Vigil / Edwin Hatch (1835-1889) / Holy Week Monday / Hymn / SM / Year A Christmas 2 / Year A Easter 2 / Year A Easter 6 / Year A Lent 2 / Year A Lent 4 / Year A Lent 5 - Passion Sunday / Year A Pentecost, Whit Sunday / Year B Christmas 2 / Year B Easter 2 / Year B Epiphany 2 / Year B Epiphany 5, 2nd Sunday Before Lent / Year B Lent 5 - Passion Sunday / Year B Pentecost, Whit Sunday / Year B Proper 14, Ordinary 19, Trinity 10 / Year B Proper 20, Ordinary 25, Trinity 16 / Year C 2nd Sunday Before Lent / Year C All Saints' Day / Year C Bible Sunday / Year C Christmas 2 / Year C Easter 2 / Year C Easter 6 - Sixth Sunday of Easter / Year C Pentecost, Whit Sunday / Year C Proper 25, Ordinary 30, Trinity 19

Breathe On Me Breath Of God (Carlisle, Piano and Flute, 4 Verses)

Piano and Flute Recording Other settings of Breathe On Me Breath Of God Tune: Carlisle, composed by Charles Lockhart (1745

11th April 2021 Hymn / 77 77 and Alleluias / Ascension Day / Charles Wesley (1707-1788) / Easter Sunday / Easter Vigil / Llanfair / Robert Williams (1781-1821) / Year A Easter 5 / Year A Easter 7 / Year B Easter 7 / Year C Easter 7 - Seventh Sunday of Easter

Hail The Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair, Organ, 5 Verses)

Hail The Day That Sees Him Rise : Recording Tune: Llanfair, composed by Robert Williams (1781-1821). Public Domain. Performance ℗

26th February 2021 Hymn / 76 76 D / Ave Virgo Virginum / Catholicum Hymnologium Germanicum (1584) / Easter Sunday / Easter Vigil / Feast Of The Blessed Virgin Mary / General / Hymns For Easter / John Mason Neale (1818-1866) / St John of Damascus (c. 675 - 749) / Traditional German / Year A Easter 2 / Year A Easter 3 / Year A Lent 3 / Year A Proper 13, Ordinary 18, Trinity 8 / Year A Proper 17, Ordinary 22, Trinity 12, Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost / Year A Proper 19, Ordinary 24, Trinity 14 / Year B Easter 2 / Year B Easter 3 / Year B Epiphany 3 / Year B Proper 28, Ordinary 33, Second Sunday Before Advent / Year C All Saints' Day / Year C Easter 2 / Year C Easter 3 / Year C Proper 21, Ordinary 26, Trinity 25

Come Ye Faithful Raise The Strain (Ave Virgo Virginum, Organ, 4 Verses)

Come Ye Faithful Raise The Strain : Recording Tune: Ave Virgo Virginum, a traditional German tune by an anonymous composer,

26th January 2021 Hymn / DLM / Easter Eve / Easter Vigil / Evensong / John Sheeles (1688-1761) / Joseph Addison (1672-1719) / London / Year A Easter 6 / Year A Proper 22, Ordinary 27, Trinity 17 / Year A Proper 6, Ordinary 11, Trinity 2 / Year A Thanksgiving Day USA / Year A Trinity Sunday / Year B Lent 3 / Year B Proper 19, Ordinary 24, Trinity 15 / Year C Easter 6 - Sixth Sunday of Easter / Year C Epiphany 3 - Third Sunday of Epiphany / Year C Thanksgiving Day USA

The Spacious Firmament On High (London, Organ, 3 Verses)

The Spacious Firmament : Recording Tune: London (Addison’s) composed by John Sheeles (1688 – 1761). Public Domain. Performance ℗ 2021