Music for a Christian Funeral

Music for a Christian Funeral

This is a list of appropriate songs for a Catholic funeral Mass. We hope it will be of aid to you at a difficult time. A parish representative will help you with your planning. During the season of Lent, we do not sing "alleluia."


GATHERING SONG
In the Worship hymnal:

5 - Gospel Canticle of Zachary
373 - The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns
445 - I Know that My Redeemer Lives
451 - The Strife Is O’er
467 - Sing with All the Saints in Glory
496 - Crown Him with Many Crowns
497 - To Jesus Christ Our Sovereign King
520 - All Creatures of Our God and King (v. 1, 5, 6, 7)
524 - Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
525 - Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You
568 - Lord of All Hopefulness
575 - God Is Our Fortress & Our Rock
583 - Amazing Grace Listen
585 - How Firm a Foundation
588 - Love Divine, All Love's Excelling
600 - What Wondrous Love Is This
674 - Morning Has Broken
690 - Jerusalem, My Happy Home
705 - For All the Saints
737 - Alleluia! Sing to Jesus
738 - I Am the Bread of Life
741 - Let Saints on Earth in Concert Sing (tune: Amazing Grace)

During the season of Advent
357 - 0 Come, 0 Come, Emmanuel (v. 1, 4, 5, 6)
368 - Creator of the Stars of Night

During the season of Christmas:
387 - Hark The Herald Angels Sing
391 - Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
409 - As with Gladness Men of Old

During the season of Lent.
427 - Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
433 - When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

During the season of Easter:
441 - Alleluia, Alleluia, Give Thanks
442 - Jesus Christ Is Risen Today

In the Gather hymnal:
217 - Sing of the Lord's Goodness
252 - We Walk by Faith
263 - Be Not Afraid
275 - Eye Has Not Seen
282 - Singing Songs of Expectation
296 - We Have Been Told
306 - Peace Is Flowing Like a River
321 - We Shall Rise Again

RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Psalm 16: Center of My Life (Gather 251)
Psalm 19 (Gather 18)
Psalm 23 (Worship 163)
Psalm 25 (Gather 21)
Psalm 27 (Gather 23)
Psalm 30 (Gather 24)
Psalm 33 (Gather 25)
Psalm 42 / 43 (Worship 825)
Psalm 63 (Worship 42)
Psalm 91 (Gather 42)
Psalm 91: On Eagle's Wings (Gather 261) Listen
Psalm 103 (Gather 46)
Psalm 116 (Gather 48)
Psalm 121 (Gather 52)
Psalm 122 (Come, let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord)
Psalm 126 (Gather 256)
Psalm 130 (Worship 71)
Psalm 130 With the Lord There Is Mercy (Gather 56)
Psalm 143 (Worship 75 -v. 1-10)
Psalm 145 (Gather 59)
Psalm 146 (Gather 60)
Psalm 147 (Gather 61)

COMMUNION SONG
Any of the Responsorial Psalms could be sung, or one of the following songs:

In the Worship hymnal:

423 - Jesus, Remember Me
451 - The Strife Is O’er
727 - Let Us Break Bread Together
734 - Eat This Bread
736 - You Satisfy the Hungry Heart (Gift of Finest Wheat)
738 - I Am the Bread of Life

In the Gather hymnal:

20 - Shepherd Me, O God
180 - Easter Alleluia
248 - Your Love Is Finer Than Life
263 - Be Not Afraid
284 - Blest Are They
338 - Taste & See
346 - One Bread, One Body
274 -The Lord Is My Shepherd

FAREWELL SONG
I Shall See My God (inside front cover of Worship)
God's Holy City (inside front cover of Worship)
177 (Worship) - May Saints & Angels Lead You On
691 (Worship) - Lord, Bid Your Servant Go in Peace (v. 1, 2, 5)
261 (Gather) - On Eagle's Wings Listen

Refer to http://www.stjudefw.org/liturgy/funerals.html

Hymns
Any hymns with Easter themes of resurrection and hope may be appropriate. Themes of comfort and
compassion, etc., may also be used (see the topical index of a hymnal).
Be Not Afraid/No Temas Más, Bob Dufford, 1975, New Dawn Music
Blest Are They, David Haas, 1985, GIA Publications, Inc.
Center of My Life, Paul Inwood, 1985, OCP
Eye Has Not Seen, Marty Haugen, 1982, GIA Publications, Inc.
For All the Saints, SINE NOMINE, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Holy Darkness, Dan Schutte, 1988, 1989, 1992, OCP
I Am the Bread of Life/Yo Soy El Pan de Vida, Suzanne Toolan, 1966, 1970, GIA Publications, Inc.
Jesus, Remember Me, Jacques Berthier, 1981, Les Presses de Taizé, GIA Publications, Inc., agent
Keep In Mind/Acuérdate de Jesucristo, Lucien Deiss, CSSp, 1965, World Library Publications;
Spanish, 1966, WLP.
Nada Te Turbe/Nothing Can Trouble, Jacques Berthier, 1986, 1991, Les Presses de Taizé,
GIA Publications, Inc., agent
On Eagle’s Wings/En Sus Alas, Michael Joncas, 1979, 2003, OCP
Prayer of St. Francis/Oración de San Francisco, Sebastian Temple, 1967, 2003, OCP
Resucitó, Kiko Argüello, 1972, OCP agent.
Shelter Me, O God, Bob Hurd, 1984, OCP
Shepherd Me, O God, Marty Haugen, 1986, GIA Publications, Inc.
The Hand of God Shall Hold You, Marty Haugen, 1987, GIA Publications, Inc.
We Shall Rise Again, Jeremy Young, 1987, GIA Publications, Inc.
We Will Rise Again, David Haas, 1985, OCP
You Are Near/Estás Junto a Mí, Bob Dufford, SJ, 1975, 1978, 2003; Spanish, Juan J. Sosa