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Funeral Music
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Funeral Music Selection
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To assist your liturgy planning, we have a set of pre-selected music that you may choose to have for the Funeral Mass. We also have 3 examples for a Funeral Mass that may assist you in choosing music for the liturgy. Click on one of the template options listed below to see and hear the music options for each example:
Mr. William Sawyer, Director of Liturgy & Music
[email protected]
(408) 663 - 2104Funeral Music Selection Form - Updated 9/2/26
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Opening: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (KINGSFOLD)Psalm: The Lord is My Shepherd (Ps.23)Offertory: Abide with Me (EVENTIDE)Communion: Lead, Kindly Light (SANDON)Final Commendation: In ParadisumRecessional: Jerusalem, My Happy Home (LAND OF REST)
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Opening: Amazing Grace (NEW BRITIAN)Psalm: The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want (Psalm 23)Offertory: On Eagle's Wings - Michael JoncasCommunion: The King of Love, My Shepherd Is (ST COLUMBA)Final Commendation: Song of FarewellRecessional: How Great Thou Art - Stuart Hine
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Example #3 - Standard Readings & Traditional Chant
Opening: Eternal rest gran unto him/her..." (Entrance Chant)Psalm:
Offertory: "O Lord Jesus Christ..." (Offertory Chant)
Communion: "Let perpetual light..." (Communion Chant)
Final Commendation: "Saints of God..." (Chant)
Recessional (Latin Chant): "In paradisum..." (Chant)
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Recessional (English Hymn): May Choir of Angels Lead You (CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN)
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Complete Hymn ListHymn list (Alphabetized)
+ Outside the season of Lent
"a (+) denotes the hymn cannot be sung in the season of Lent" A Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (HYFRYDOL) +Ave Verum Corpus (Chant)B Be Not Afraid - Bob Dufford Be Thou My Vision (SLANE)
Beautiful Savior (ST ELIZABETH)
Breathe on Me, Breath of God (SWABIA)C Come My Way, My Truth, My Life (V. Williams)DDraw Near and Take the Body of the Lord (MAHER) E
EternalFather Strong to Save (MELITA) FFairest Lord Jesus (ST ELIZABETH) Faith of our Fathers (ST CATHERINE) GGo In Peace - Sarah Hart God of Our Fathers (NATIONAL HYMN) Godhead Here in Hiding (ADORO TE DEVOTE) Gift of Finest Wheat (BICENTENNITAL) H I I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (HYMN TUNE)JJerusalem, My Happy Home (LAND OF REST) Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (HYMN TO JOY)LLead, Kindly Light (SANDON) Let There Be Peace on Earth (S. Miller) Lord of All Hopefulness (SLANE) Lord, Who at Thy First Eucharist (UNDE ET MEMORES) Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (HYFYDOL) M Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory + Morning Has Broken (BUNESSAN)My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (RESIGNATION)NO O Breathe On Me, O Breath of God (ST COLUMBA) PRSSoftly and Tenderly (HYMN TUNE)The Strife is O'er (HYMN TUNE) +T The King of Love My Shepherd Is (ST COLUMBA)UVWWe Walk By Faith
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Responsorial Psalm Selections
Psalm Settings: Source & Summit Missal - Adam BartlettRespond & Acclaim - Owen AlstottPsalm 23:The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall wantSource & SummitRespond & AcclaimPsalm 25: To you, O Lord, I lift my soulSource & SummitRespond & AcclaimPsalm 27: The Lord is my light and my salvationSource & SummitRespond & AcclaimPsalm 27: I believe that I shall see the good things of the LordSource & SummitPsalm 63: My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord GodSource & SummitRespond & AcclaimPsalm 103: The Lord is kind and mercifulSource & SummitRespond & AcclaimPsalm 116: I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the livingSource & SummitRespond & AcclaimPsalm 122: Let us go rejoicing to the house of the LordSource & SummitRespond & AcclaimPsalm 130: Out of the depthsSource & SummitRespond & Acclaim
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Vocal Solo Repertoire:
Ave Maria (F. Schubert)
Ave Maria (Bach/Gonoud)
Ave Maria (G. Fauré)
Ave Verum Corpus (W.A. Mozart)
Ave Verum Corpus (E. Elgar)
Gaelic Blessing (J. Rutter)
Irish Blessing (B. Chillcott)
O Mysterium Ineffabile (Lallouette)
Panis Angelicus (C. Franck)
Pie Jesu (G. Faure)
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