Suggested Music for Funeral Liturgies

Prelude Music

 Any setting of Ave Maria by Bach, Schubert, etc.  Panis Angelicus by Franck  Pie Jesu by Weber  Hail Mary, Gentle Woman – Gather Hymnal #889

Processional/Recessional

 Alleluia! Sing to – Gather Hymnal #949  - Gather Hymnal #645  Be Not Afraid – Gather Hymnal #683  Eternal Father, Strong to Save (Navy ) – other resource  For All the Saints – Gather Hymnal #884  How Great Thou Art – Gather Hymnal #578  How Firm A Foundation – Gather Hymnal #694  I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say – Gather Hymnal #724  Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You – Gather Hymnal #614  Love Divine, All Loves Excelling – Gather Hymnal #641  On Eagle’s Wings – Gather Hymnal #691  Now Thank We All Our God – Gather Hymnal #636  O God, Our Help in Ages Past – Gather Hymnal #688  Sing with All the Saints in Glory(tune to Joyful, Joyful) – Gather Hymnal #539  There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy – Gather Hymnal #644  We Shall Rise Again – Gather Hymnal #871  Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones – Gather Hymnal #882

Responsorial Psalm

 Psalm 23 – Me, O God – Gather Hymnal #35  Psalm 25 – To You, O Lord – Gather Hymnal #39  Psalm 27 – The Lord is My Light and My Salvation – Gather Hymnal #41  – The Lord is Kind and Merciful – Gather Hymnal #75 or #72  Psalm 16 – Center of My Life – Gather Hymnal #679

Preparation of the Gifts

 Blest Are They – Gather Hymnal #735  Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled – Gather Hymnal #869  Eye Has Not Seen - Gather Hymnal #728  Here, I Am Lord – Gather Hymnal #777  How Can I Keep from Singing – Gather Hymnal #685  , My Happy Home – Gather Hymnal #870  Lord, When You Came to the Seashore – Gather Hymnal #781  Make Me a Channel of Your Peace (Prayer of St. Francis) –Gather Hymnal #828  Shall We Gather at the River – Gather Hymnal #873  There is a Balm in Gilead – Gather Hymnal #640  The King of Love My Shepherd Is – Gather Hymnal #712  We Walk by Faith – Gather Hymnal #680  You Are Mine – Gather Hymnal #721

Communion

 I Am the Bread of Life – Gather Hymnal #945  Now We Remain – Gather Hymnal #785  One Bread, One Body – Gather Hymnal #932  Take and Eat – Gather Hymnal #950  We Are Many Parts – Gather Hymnal #834  We Remember – Gather Hymnal #681  Without Seeing You – Gather Hymnal #922  You Satisfy the Hungry Heart (Gift of Finest Wheat) – Gather Hymnal #940

Song of Farewell

 May the Angels Lead You Into Paradise – Gather Hymnal #980  Song of Farewell – Ernest Sands – other resource  May Holy Angels Lead You (tune to Londonderry Aire) – Gather Hymnal #978  The Hand of God Shall Hold You – Gather Hymnal #981  May Saints and Angels Lead You On – other resource (Catholic Community Hymnal, #458)  *Song of Farewell – other resource (Catholic Community Hymnal, #455) *will have to be printed in worship aid*

September 2016