Funerals
Music Generally Needed for a Funeral Mass
- Gathering Song
- Responsorial Psalm
- Gospel Acclamation (“Alleluia”)
- Song during Preparation of the Gifts
- Eucharistic Acclamations (“Holy, Holy,” “Memorial Acclamation” and “Amen”)
- Fraction Rite (“Lamb of God”)
- Communion Song
- Song of Farewell (during sprinkling and incensing of casket) – “May the Angels Be Your Guide” (MacAller/McGrath), “Song of Farewell” (Sands) or “Saints of God” (Haas)
- Sending Song
Some Song Suggestions
- All That Is Hidden
- Amazing Grace
- Ave Maria
- Be Not Afraid
- Blest Are They
- Center of My Life (may also be used as a Responsorial Psalm)
- The Cloud’s Veil
- Eat This Bread
- Here I Am, Lord
- Hosea
- How Great Thou Art
- I Am the Bread of Life
- I Know that My Redeemer Lives
- On Eagle’s Wings
- Prayer of St. Francis
- Shelter Me, O God (may also be used as a Responsorial Psalm)
- Shepherd Me, O God (may also be used as a Responsorial Psalm)
- We Remember
- We Will Rise Again
- You Are Mine
- You Are Near
Responsorial Psalm Suggestions
- Ps. 16: Center of My Life or
Shelter Me, O God
- Ps. 23: I Shall Live in the House of the Lord or Shepherd Me, O God
- Ps. 25: I Lift Up My Soul
- Ps. 27: The Lord Is My Light
- Ps. 42: O God, for You I Long
- Ps. 63: My Soul Is Thirsting
- Ps. 103: The Lord Is Kind and Merciful
