Prepared by Michael Zabrocki, Director of Music Ministries
Holy Trinity RC Church
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In a general sense, music that is appropriate for a Catholic Mass is appropriate for a Funeral Liturgy. I have assembled a list of common songs used at Funeral Liturgies. I encourage families to select music from the list below, in order to facilitate the congregation’s ability to participate in the prayer. If you have questions, please contact me directly.
A minimum of three songs are needed: an Entrance Processional, a Communion Song, and a Recessional Song. Optionally, you can select an Offertory Song and a Song of Thanksgiving following Communion. If you pick out 3 or 4 songs, I can help arrange them appropriately within the liturgy. We encourage the responsorial psalm to be sung in our parish.All I Ask of You (G. Norbet)
Amazing Grace (traditional)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Amazing Grace (traditional)
Be Not Afraid (B. Dufford)
Blest Are They (D. Haas)
Come To Me (G. Norbet)
Dwelling Place (J. Foley)
Eye Has Not Seen (M. Haugen)
For All the Saints (traditional)
Hail Mary: Gentle Woman (C. Landry)
Here I Am, Lord (D. Schutte)
Hosea (G. Norbet)
How Great Thou Art (traditional)
Jesus, Remember Me (Taizé – J. Berthier)
Like a Shepherd (B. Dufford)
Let There Be Peace On Earth (Sy Miller and Jill Jackson)
Lord of All Hopefulness (traditional)
Prayer of St. Francis/Make Me A Channel of Your Peace (S. Temple)
On Eagle’s Wings (M. Joncas)
Shelter Me O God (B. Hurd)
Sing With All the Saints in Glory (traditional – tune: Ode to Joy)
Soon and Very Soon (A. Crouch)
You Are Mine (D. Haas)
Gift of Finest Wheat (O. Westendorf)
I Am the Bread of Life (S. Toolan)
One Bread, One Body (J. Foley)
Taste and See (J. Moore)