Selecting Music for Funeral Liturgies

St. Brigid of Kildare

                                                                                Dublin, Ohio

 In times of grief and sorrow, we often turn to music as an expression of our faith -- of those beliefs and hopes we sometimes cannot express in words.  Whether planning the Funeral Liturgy of a loved one or pre-planning your own, the music you select can say a lot about what you, your family and loved ones believe.  It can be a great source of comfort and consolation to the living.  The music you select can even inspire new faith or renewed faith in the lives of your family and friends.

We hope the musical choices below will help you to select music that is both comforting and uplifting.  Certain songs may be changed from one segment to another at the discretion of the Music Director.  Please use this as a resource for completing the Funeral Selection Form If you have questions, please call the Parish Music Director at 761-3734 for further help or information.

FUNERAL HYMNS

 GENERAL HYMNS (Contemporary Style)

Amazing Grace                                                       Hold Me In Life

As the Deer Longs                                                  How Can I Keep From Singing

At the Name of Jesus (Walker)                               Only This I Want

Be Not Afraid                                                        Prayer of St. Francis

Blest Be The Lord                                                  Hail Mary, Gentle Woman

On Eagle’s Wings                                                   Only This I Want

You Are Mine                                                        You Are Near       

O God, You Search Me                                         Fly Like a Bird

Only A Shadow                                                      Soon and Very Soon

Blest Are They                                                       Here I Am, Lord

GENERAL HYMNS (Traditional Style)

All Creatures of Our God and King                         Lord of All Hopefulness

The Lord Is My Light                                             Crown Him With Many Crowns

Alleluia, Sing to Jesus                                              O God, Our Help in Ages Past

For All the Saints                                                    The Strife is O’er

How Great Thou Art                                              Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones

Lift High the Cross                                                  I Know That My Redeemer Lives

What Wondrous Love is This                                  Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

God of Day and God of Darkness                           There Is a Balm In Gilead

COMMUNION HYMNS                                        

Eat This Bread                                                        One Bread, One Body       

The Supper of the Lord                                          The Supper of the Lord

Eye Has Not Seen                                                  I Have Loved You

Gift of Finest Wheat                                                Keep In Mind                    

We Remember                                                       Shepherd Me, O God

The King of Love My Shepherd Is                          Taste and See

I Am the Bread of Life                                            Song of the Body of Christ             

Unless a Grain of Wheat                                         Lord, Who At That First Eucharist

The Cry of the Poor

RESPONSORIAL PSALMS

Psalm 23 from Respond and Acclaim Book

Psalm 23 (Gelinau setting) from Worship Book

Psalm 27 from the Respond and Acclaim Book

HYMNS FOR FINAL COMMENDATION

In Paradisum, Worship Book #178

May Saints and Angels, Worship Book #177

MASSES

Mass of Creation (Haugen)

Celtic Mass (Walker)

St Louis Jesuit Mass

Brown Composite Mass          

Community Mass

VOCAL SOLOS

An Irish Blessing  (Warner)

Ave Maria  (Bach/Gounod)

Ave Maria (Schubert)

Panis Angelicus (Franck)

Stay By Me  (Bach)

Jewels (Note: for a Child’s funeral)

Pie Jesu (Lloyd-Weber)

Pie Jesu (Gabriel Faure)

ORGAN SOLOS

Air for the G String (Bach)

Arioso (Bach)

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)

By the Waters of Babylon (Bach

Abide with Me, O Jesus Christ (Bach)

Bread of Angels (Guillmant)

Psalm 23 (Harold Darke)

Air for the Flute (Thomas Arne)