Large Print Prayers and Hymns: Free PDFs

Where can I find hymns in large print?

Two collection pages hold the songs, each with a separate download for every one. The large print hymns page has the well-loved hymns, and the large print Christmas carols page has the carols for December. If you want just one, choose it in the selector on the collection page. Silent Night and Joy to the World also have a page of their own with a short account of who wrote the words and when; Amazing Grace and Abide with Me are in the hymn selector.

The other carols with pages of their own are O Little Town of Bethlehem, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, Away in a Manger, We Three Kings and God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen. The other hymns with pages of their own are Blessed Assurance, Holy, Holy, Holy, Be Thou My Vision, In the Garden and When I Survey the Wondrous Cross. Amazing Grace, Rock of Ages, Abide with Me and the rest of the hymn selector are on the large print hymns page, and O Come, All Ye Faithful, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing and The First Noel are on the large print Christmas carols page.

Newer pages cover the Christmas story from Luke 2 and large print Bible verses, with the Good King Wenceslas, Twelve Days of Christmas, How Firm a Foundation and Blest Be the Tie That Binds lyrics now in the carol and hymn selectors.

Only songs whose words we could source from before 1930 are included. That is why a few hymns you may expect are missing: we leave them out unless we can show where the text is from.

Which prayers can I print in large print?

The original short readings have separate pages: the Lord's Prayer, Psalm 23, the Apostles' Creed, the Doxology and the Hail Mary. Each page names the wording used and where it comes from, since prayers differ between traditions and translations. Check that the version matches the one your group says aloud.

A large print prayer is useful in a hospital room, at a bedside, or on a table in a care home, where a small prayer book is hard to read. The big type lets the person read along even when their eyes tire.

How do I print a sheet for a service or a sing-along?

Choose 24 point for a handout that people hold, and 28 point if it will sit on a stand or on someone's lap. The American Printing House for the Blind sets 18 point as the smallest size for large print, and asks for solid black type and plain fonts, which is what these sheets use. Cream paper reduces glare. The reasons for these settings are in what is large print.

Print one sheet per person, and a few spares. For a group, print in 11 x 17 inch size and hold it up for the leader. A large print calendar can carry the service dates, so that everyone knows when the next sing-along is.

Whole chapters are available as Psalm 91, Psalm 121, Psalm 27, Psalm 100, Psalm 139, Psalm 35, Psalm 51, Psalm 103, Psalm 109, Psalm 92, Psalm 140. Each page contains the complete King James text with verse numbers, and the PDF uses that same text.

Other readings include Large Print 1 Corinthians 13 KJV, Large Print Ten Commandments KJV, Large Print Nicene Creed, Large Print Rosary Prayers and Order. Check each page for the wording used and the passages included.