MUSIC SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUNERAL MASS

Through song and prayer we can help family and friends express sorrow, even as we hold to the Church's lasting faith in the Communion of Saints and the resurrection of the dead.

Music for the Funeral Mass may be chosen from this collection of hymns that are appropriate for a funeral liturgy. Other selections must be sacred in nature and appropriate for a Mass. Secular music and other music which is not appropriate for a Mass may be incorporated into the wake service at the funeral home.

We may be able to accommodate a request for a hymn which is not in our hymnal so long as it is in the organist's repertoire.

GENERAL HYMNS

Choose up to 3 to be placed in an appropriate part of the Mass. Songs marked with an asterisk (*) may not be used during Lent.
Abide With Me
Alleluia! Alleluia! Let the Holy Anthem Rise*
Amazing Grace
Ave Maria
Be Not Afraid
Be Still, My Soul
Be Still and Know That I Am God*
Be Thou My Vision
Come to Me
Crown Him with Many Crowns
Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled
Eternal Father, Strong to Save
Eye Has Not Seen
Faith of Our Fathers
Fly Like A Bird
For All the Saints
Go in Peace
God of Our Fathers
Hail, Holy Queen
Hail Mary, Gentle Woman
Here, at this Table
Here I am, Lord
Hosea
How Great Thou Art
How Can I Keep From Singing
I Have Loved You
I Heard the Voice of Jesus
I Know That My Redeemer Lives
Jesus, Remember Me
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
Let there Be Peace on Earth
Like a Shepherd
Lord of All Hopefulness
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
Morning Has Broken
O God, Our Help in Ages Past
On Eagles' Wings
Only in God
Parable
Prayer of St. Francis
Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Shepherd Me, O God
Sing with All the Saints in glory
Softly and Tenderly
Soon and Very Soon*
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
The Lord Is My Light
The Strife is O'er*
These Alone Are Enough*
Though the Mountains May Fall
We Will Rise Again
What Wondrous Love Is This
Where My Father Lives*
You are Near

COMMUNION HYMN

Choose 1 to be played during Communion.
Behold the Lamb
Be Still My Soul
Beyond the Moon and Stars
Bread, Blessed and Broken
Bread of Life
Come Unto Him (G. F. Handel, Messiah)
Eat This Bread
Gift of Finest Wheat
Give Me Jesus
God's Holy Gifts
How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place
I Am the Bread of Life
I Received the Living God
In the Garden
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire (J.S. Bach)
Lord, Who at Thy First Eucharist
O How Blessed (The Beatitudes)
One Bread, One Body
One Love Released
Only This I Want
Panis Angelicus (C. Franck)
The Supper of the Lord
This Bread That We Share
Unless a Grain of Wheat
We Remember
We Will Rise Again
What Wondrous Love is This

RESPONSORIAL PSALMS

Choose 1.
Psalm 19: Your Words are Spirit and Life
Psalm 23: (Various musical settings)
Psalm 25: To You, O Lord
Psalm 27: The Goodness of the Lord
Psalm 42: As the Deer Longs
Psalm 63: My Soul Thirsts
Psalm 91: Be With Me, Lord
Psalm 131: Like a Child Rests
Psalm 147: Praise the Lord Who Heals The Brokenhearted