2026-02-22 Year A, First Sunday in Lent

SUGGESTED LECTIONARY HYMNS

First Line	Writer(s)	Scripture Refs	Meter	Verses
Backward with humble shame we look	Isaac Watts	Job 14:4; Ps 51:5; Rm 5:12	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	8
Deceived by subtle snares of hell Adam	Isaac Watts	Gen 3; Gal 4:4; Col 2:15	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	6
Father of all whose powerful voice Called forth	John Wesley	Ps 89:11; Mt 4:4	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	15
Forty days and forty nights Thou wast	George Hunt Smyttan Francis Pott	Mt 4:1-2; Mk 1:13; Lk 4:1-13	7 7 7 7	10
Happy the man to whom his God	Isaac Watts	Ps 32	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	6
He's blessed who has thy pardon gained	Nicholas Brady Nahum Tate	Ps 32	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	13
He's blessed whose sins have pardon gain	Nicholas Brady Nahum Tate	Ps 32	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	13
I hate the tempter and his charms I hate	Isaac Watts	Mt 4:3	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	7
In Thy cleft O Rock of Ages	Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby	Ps 32:7	.	3
Jesu our Lenten fast of Thee We duteous	Latin John William Hewett tr/ad John William Hewett	Mt 4:1-2	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	6
Lord who throughout these forty days	Claudia Frances Ibotson Hernaman	Mt 4:1-11; Mk 1:12-15; Lk 4:1-2	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	5
O bless the Lord my soul let all within me join	Isaac Watts	Ps 103; Rm 5:14-15	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	14
O blessed is the man to whom is freely	Scottish Psalter and Paraphras	Ps 32	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	13
O gift of gifts O grace of faith My God how can	Frederick William Faber	Rm 5:15	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	8
Thou art my hiding place O Lord In Thee I put my	Thomas Raffles	Gen 3:7; 1 Sa 2; Ps 32:7	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	9
Tis sin that worst of ills Disorders all	Benjamin Beddome	Gen 3:7; Ex 28:38; Is 64:6	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	5
When lowering clouds deform the sky And	Thomas Haweis	Ps 32:7	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	5

LECTIONARY LISTING

2026-02-22 Year A, First Sunday in Lent