Funeral Music
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All music sung during the funeral liturgy must be live (not recorded) and truly sacred in nature; we are bound by the Church’s guidelines for sacred music. Secular or recorded music might best be reserved for the wake/visitation or at a post-funeral gathering.
While the service music (i.e. the Holy, Holy, Holy, the Lamb of God, etc.) of the funeral liturgy is sung according to the choices and capabilities of the organist and cantor, we do invite you to make selections for any of the main hymns of the liturgy. You may select one from each of the following categories.
The number next to each hymn corresponds to the page number where it may be found in our parish hymnal. Please note that on rare occasions, e.g., due to the liturgical season or the abilities of some organists and cantors, some selections may need to be replaced.Please click on the links below to hear audio samples.
Entrance Hymn
- Amazing Grace - 446 *
- Be Not Afraid *
- Here I Am, Lord
- How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place – 680
- I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say – 460 *
- J'irai la Voir un Jour (dependent on availability of French-speaking cantor)
Offertory Hymn
- Abide with Me – 639 *
- Be Still, My Soul – 675 *
- Be Thou My Vision – 398 *
- I Know That My Redeemer Lives – 572
- Jerusalem, My Happy Home – 593 *
- Lord of All Hopefulness – 407
- Prayer of Saint Francis – 528
- Shepherd Me, O God
- Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling
- Soul of My Savior
- The King of Love My Shepherd Is – 466 *
- There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy – 490
Communion Hymn
- Bread of Angels – 361
- Gift of Finest Wheat
- Godhead Here in Hiding
- I Am the Bread of Life – 326
- I Received the Living God – 324
- Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All – 669
- Lord, Who At Thy First Eucharist - 363
- O Sacrament Most Holy – 331
- Shepherd of Souls
- Soul of My Savior
Post-Communion Meditation Hymn (Optional)
Recessional Hymn- Eternal Father, Strong to Save (Navy Hymn) – 744
- God of Our Fathers (National Hymn) – 746
- How Great Thou Art – 432
- I Know That My Redeemer Lives (Soper) – 683
- Irish Blessing (Blessing Prayer) – 372
- O God Beyond All Praising
- O God Our Help in Ages Past
- O Loving God – 686
- On Eagle's Wings
* Appropriate at Entrance, Offertory, or Recessional