Hymns

It's usually a good idea to choose well-known hymns for the ceremony, so that the congregation can feel included in the celebrations - after all it's the one part of the day when everyone's involved!

The hymns on this page will be well-known even to those who haven't been near a church since school (!), and are suitable for both Anglican and Roman Catholic weddings.

Traditional

• And did those feet in ancient time (Jerusalem)
• Dear Lord and Father of mankind ()
• Guide me, O thou great Redeemer
• Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy
• Love Divine, all loves excelling ()
• Praise, my soul, the King of heaven ()

Modern

• Amazing grace
• I danced in the morning when the world was begun
• Morning has broken
• Make me a channel of your peace

The words, as well as midi-files of the tunes for many of these hymns can be found online at The Cyber Hymnal, but bear in mind firstly that this is an American site (eg it refers to "honor", rather than "honour" etc, and the tunes it suggests will not necessarily be the ones you know) and secondly that it is a historical resource as well as a liturgical one, so includes every verse known to a particular hymn, and doesn't make clear which verses are conventionally omitted nowadays.