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Funeral Music Suggestions (2020) Music is integral to the funeral rites. It allows the community to express convictions that words alone fail to convey. It has the power to console and uplift the mourners and to strengthen the unity of the assembly in faith and love. The texts of the songs chosen should express the Paschal Mystery of the Lord’s suffering, death, and triumph over death.

Hymn/Song Title Hymnal Number

Gathering/ Procession

Gifts Communion Song of Farewell

Recessional

Abide with Me 627

All Is Well with My Soul 470

Alleluia! Sing to Jesus 721

Amazing Grace 432

Ave Maria

Be Not Afraid 431

Be Still and Know That I Am God 469

Be Thou My Vision 396

Beautiful Savior 202

Because the Lord is My Shepherd 465

Blest Are They 725

Canticle of the Sun 425

Christ Be Our Light 587

Christ before Us 409

Come to Me 460

Day is Done 628

Eat This Bread 335

Eye Has Not Seen 461

Fly Like a Bird 463

For All the Saints 708

Go in Peace 669

God of Day and God of Darkness 629

Here I Am (…standing right beside you) 429

Here I Am, Lord 373

Holy Darkness 471

Hosea 655

How Can I Keep From Singing 442

How Great Thou Art 424

I Am the Bread of Life 327

I Heard the Voice of Jesus 462

I Know That My Redeemer Lives (Hymn) 573

I Know That My Redeemer Lives (Soper) 665

In Christ Alone 405

In Every Age 466

In Paradisum 827

In the Breaking of the Bread 323

In the Day of the Lord 576

Jerusalem, My Happy Home 608

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Hymn/Song Title Hymnal Number

Gathering/ Procession

Gifts Communion Song of Farewell

Recessional

Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee 544

Lead Me, Lord 726

Lord of All Hopefulness 402

Lord of the Dance 565

Morning Has Broken 623

O God, Our Help In Ages Past 443

O Loving God 674

On Eagles’ Wings 436

Only in God 433

Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens 533

Prayer of St. Francis 525

Precious Lord, Take My Hand 677

Psalm 42 (As the Deer Longs) 497

Rise Up with Him 566

Sacred Silence 546

Shall We Gather at the River 609

Shelter Me, O God 464

Shepherd Me, O God 457

Sing with All the Saints in Glory 607

Song of Farewell (Sands) 671

Song of Farewell (Old Hundredth) 826

Soon and Very Soon 577

Stand by Me 727

The King of Love My Shepherd Is 467

The Lord is My Light (Walker) 667

The Servant Song 386

The Strife is O’er 564

The Summons 383

We Remember 493

We Walk By Faith 495

We Will Rise Again 439

Where My Father Lives 611

You Are Mine 456

You Are Near 434

Your Grace is Enough 605

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Responsorial Psalms

Psalm 23

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1. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

In verdant pastures he gives me repose;

Beside restful waters he leads me; he refreshes my soul.

2. He guides me in right paths for his name’s sake.

Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil;

For you are at my side with your rod and your staff that give me courage.

3. You spread a table before me in the sight of my foes;

You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

4. Only goodness and kindness follow me all the days of my life;

And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for years to come.

1. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

In verdant pastures He gives me repose;

Beside restful waters He leads me; He refreshes my soul.

2. He guides me in right paths for his name’s sake.

Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil;

For you are at my side with your rod and your staff that give me courage.

3. You spread a table before me in the sight of my foes;

You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

4. Only goodness and kindness follow me all the days of my life;

And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for years to come.

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Psalm 25

1. God is my shepherd, so nothing shall I want,

I rest in the meadows of faithfulness and love,

I walk by the quiet waters of peace.

2. Gently you raise me and heal my wounded soul,

You lead me by pathways of righteousness and truth,

My spirit shall sing the music of your name.

3. Though I should wander the valley of death,

I fear no evil for you are at my side,

Your rod and your staff, my comfort and my hope.

4. You have set me a banquet of love in the face of hatred,

Crowning me with love beyond my power to hold.

5. Surely your kindness and mercy follow me all the days of my life;

I will dwell in the house of my God forevermore.

1. Lord, make me know your ways,

Teach me Your paths, and keep me in the way of Your truth,

For You are God, my Savior.

2. For the Lord is good and righteous,

Revealing His way to those who seek Him,

Gently leading the poor and the humble.

To the ones who seek the Lord,

Who look to His Word, who live His love,

He will always be near, He will show them His mercy.

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Psalm 27

Psalm 42/43

1. The Lord is my light and my help; whom should I fear?

The Lord is the stronghold of my life; before whom should I shrink?

2. There is one thing I ask of the Lord; for this I long:

To live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.

3. I believe I shall see the goodness of the Lord, in the land of the living;

Hope in him, and take heart, hope in the Lord!

1. Athirst my soul for you, the God who is my life!

When shall I see, when shall I see, see the face of God?

2. Echoes meet as deep is calling unto deep,

Over my head, all you mighty waters, sweeping over me.

3. Continually the foe delights in taunting me:

“Where is God, where is your God?”

Where, O where are you?

4. Defend me, God; send forth your light and your truth.

They will lead me to your holy mountain, to your dwelling place.

5. Then I shall go unto the altar of my God.

Praising you, O my joy and gladness, I shall praise your name.

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Psalm 63

Psalm 103

1. O God, you are my God whom I seek; O God, you are my God whom I seek;

For you my flesh pines, my soul thirsts like the earth, parched, lifeless, without water.

2. Thus have I gazed toward you in your holy place to see your power and your glory.

Your kindness is a greater good than life itself; my lips will glorify you.

3. Thus will I bless you while I live; lifting up my hands I will call upon your name.

As with a banquet shall my soul be satisfied; with exultant lips my mouth shall praise you.

4. For you have been my help, you have been my help; in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy.

My soul clings fast to you; your right hand holds me firm; in the shadow of you wings I sing for joy.

1. Bless the Lord, oh my soul, and all my being bless his name;

Bless the Lord, and forget not his benefits.

2. He pardons all your iniquities, and comforts your sorrows,

Redeems your life from destruction, and crowns you with his kindness.

3. Merciful, merciful, and gracious is our God;

Slow to anger, abounding in kindness.

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Psalm 116

Psalm 122

1. I believed, even when I said, I am greatly afflicted.

Precious in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his faithful ones.

2. I am your servant, O Lord; you have loosed my bonds.

I will offer to you a sacrifice of praise; I will call on your name, O Lord.

3. I will fulfill my vows to you, O Lord, in the presence of your people,

In the courts of the house of the Lord, in your midst, O Jerusalem.

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1. I rejoiced when I heard them say: “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

And now our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem.

2. Jerusalem is a city built with unity and strength.

It is there, it is there that the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord.

3. For Israel’s law is to praise God’s name and there to give God thanks.

There are set the judgment thrones for all of David’s house.

4. Pray for peace of Jerusalem! “May those who love you prosper.

May peace ever reign within your walls, and wealth within your buildings!”

5. For love of my family and love of my friends, I pray that peace be yours.

For love of the house of the Lord our God I pray for your good.