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"The music at funerals should support, console, and uplift the participants and should help to create in them a spirit of hope in Christ’s victory over death and in the Christian’s share in that victory."
General Introduction to the Order of Christian Funerals, §31
Music for funeral masses must be sacred in nature and performed live. The following songs are a selection of what is in our song books. If there is a sacred song that has special meaning for the family members of the deceased, and is not listed below, please contact Luisa Orejana, the Director of Music, to determine if the special request can be accomodated.
Please click on the song titles in each section to hear the songs for your loved one's funeral mass.
Prelude
Prelude music is sung before the mass starts. The songs can be vocal or instrumental.
Go Forth (Thomson)
Go In Peace (Liles, Hart)
Ave Maria (Schubert) or Ave Maria (Gounod)
I Know That My Redeemer Lives (Soper)
In You, O Lord (Bolduc)Opening Song
This music accompanies the entrance procession of the coffin/cremains, family members of the deceased, the celebrant priest, and servers.
Amazing Grace (NEW BRITAIN)
Be Not Afraid (Dufford)
Morning Has BrokenResponsorial Psalm
The psalm is part of the Liturgy of the Word, inbetween the first and second readings. The words are meant to give comfort and hope.
Psalm 16
The Path of Life (Soper)
Psalm 23
Because the Lord Is My Shepherd (Walker)
I Shall Not Want (Booth)
Shepherd Me, O God (Haugen)
Valleys of Green (Schutte)
Psalm 27
The Goodness of the Lord (Soper)
The Lord Is My Light (DeBruyn)
The Lord Is My Light (Walker)
Psalm 34
Taste and See (Angrisano)
Taste and See (Hurd)
Psalm 63
As Morning Breaks (Angrisano)
As Morning Breaks (Joncas)
Psalm 103
Loving and Forgiving (Soper)Preparation & Presentation of Gifts
This song can be sung or just be an instrumental.
How Great Thou Art (Hine)
Lord of All Hopefulness (SLANE)
Only In God (Talbot)
Prayer of St. Francis (Temple)Communion
Gift of Finest Wheat (Kreutz)
Here I Am, Lord (Dufford)
I Am the Bread of Life (Toolan)
Spirit and Grace (Manalo)
The Supper of the Lord (Rosania)Final Commendation and Song of Farewell
Unique to the funeral mass, this song is played as the body/cremains are blessed.
O Loving God (Londonderry Air)
Song of Farewell (Sands)
Go In Peace (Liles, Hart)Closing Song
On Eagle's Wings (Joncas)
Lead Me, Lord (Becker)