2026-02-18 Year A, Ash Wednesday

SUGGESTED LECTIONARY HYMNS

First Line	Writer(s)	Scripture Refs	Meter	Verses
Attend and mark the solemn fast which to	Scottish Psalter and Paraphras	Is 58:5-9	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	6
By precepts taught of ages past Now let	Latin John Mason Neale tr/ad John Mason Neale	Joe 2:12	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	8
Come let us to the Lord our God With contrite	John Morrison	Ps 30:5; Ps 51:17; Ho 6:1-4	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	7
Have mercy Lord on me As Thou wert	Nahum Tate Nicholas Brady	Ps 51; Ps 51:1-10	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	12
Lo now is our accepted day The time for	Gregory I (the Great) John Mason Neale tr/ad John Mason Neale	2 Co 6:2	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	5
Lord I would spread my sore distress	Isaac Watts	Ps 51:3-13	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	7
Now is the accepted time Now is the day of grace	John Dobell	2 Co 6:2	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	7
O for a closer walk with God A calm and	William Cowper	Gen 5:24; Ps 51:10-12; Ps 85:6; Mic 6:8; Rev 3:4	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	6
O for a heart to love my God A heart from sin set	Charles Wesley	Ps 51:17; Rm 8:38; Rm 12:2; Rev 2:17	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	21
O for a heart to praise my God A heart from sin	Charles Wesley	Ps 51:17; Rm 8:38; Rm 12:2; Rev 2:17	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	21
Once more the solemn season calls A holy fast to	Latin John Chandler tr/ad John Chandler	Joe 2:13	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	6
Thy Holy Spirit Lord alone Can turn our hearts	Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby Henrietta E. Blair (Fanny Crosby)	Gen 5:1-1; 1 Sa 1; Ps 51:10-11	8 6 8 6 r 7 6 8 7	4
Thy way not mine O Lord However dark it be	Horatius Bonar	Is 58:11	6 6 6 6	7

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