Liturgical Music for Funerals

Liturgical Music for Funerals

In order to assist in planning and choosing music for the Funeral Mass of your loved one, the musicians of St. Michael Parish have suggested the songs below.

Processional Hymns

3 Abide with Me (Hymnal B-628)

4 Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hymnal 737)

5 Be Still, My Soul (Hymnal B-663)

6 Eternal Father, Strong to Save (Hymnal B-731)

7 I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Hymnal 607)

8 I Know that My Redeemer Lives (Duke Street/Hymnal 445)

9 I Know that My Redeemer Lives (Soper/Hymnal B-674)

10 Jerusalem, My Happy Home (Hymnal B-600)

11 Lift High the Cross (Hymnal 704)

12 Lord of All Hopefulness (Hymnal 568)

13 O God, Beyond All Praising (Hymnal 541)

14 Shepherd Me, O God (Hymnal B451)

15 Sing with All the Saints in Glory (Hymnal 467)

16 The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Hymnal 609)

 

Responsorial Psalms

18 How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place (Hymnal B-773)

19 My Shepherd Is the Lord (Hymnal 163)

21 The Lord Is My Shepherd (Alstott/Hymnal B-813)

22 The Path of Life (Soper/Hymnal B-735)

23 To You, O Lord (Alstott/Hymnal B-579)

 

Music for the Preparation of the Altar

24 Ave Maria (Schubert)

25 Ave Verum (Mozart)

26 I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Joncas)

27 Panis Angelicus (Franck)

28 Pie Jesu (Faure)

 

Communion Hymns

29 Behold the Lamb (Willett/Hymnal B-342)

30 Bread of Life (Farrell/Hymnal B-328)

31 Eat this Bread (Hymnal B-323)

32 Gift of Finest Wheat (Hymnal B-345)

33 I Am the Bread of Life (Hymnal 738)

34 I Received the Living God (Hymnal 735)

35 Lux Aeterna (Gregorian)

36 One Bread, One Body (Hymnal B-327)

37 Panis Angelicus (Lambillotte/Hymnal B-373)

38 Take and Eat (Hymnal B-364)

 

Procession to the Place of Committal

40 In Paradisum (Gregorian)

41 May the Angels Lead You Into Paradise (Hughes)

42 Song of Farewell (Sands)