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 and loved ones believe. 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. 

In the funeral liturgy there several opportunities for hymns:
1) The Gathering Hymn [when we enter the church]
2) The Hymn at the Presentation of the Gifts
3) The Hymn at Communion
4) The Closing Hymn

The selections and placement of music are at the discretion and experience of the Director of Music. We offer the following suggestions for your consideration:

Most Commonly Selected Hymns for Funeral Masses
Amazing Grace
Be Not Afraid
Here I Am, Lord
How Great Thou Art
I Am the Bread of Life
On Eagle’s Wings
Prayer of St. Francis

Other Frequently Selected Hymns
Blest Are They
Behold the Lamb
City of God
Eye Has Not Seen
Gift of Finest Wheat
Hosea
I Have Loved You
I Know that My Redeemer Lives
Joyful, Joyful
Like a Shepherd
Lord, You Have Come (to the Seashore) / Pescador des hombres
One Bread, One Body
Panis Angelicus (there are two versions of this)
Precious Lord
We Remember
Where My Father Lives

Marian Hymns (if desired, one of the following should be chosen for Presentation of Gifts)
Ave Maria (there are several versions to choose from)
Hail Mary, Gentle Woman
Other Marian hymns may be found in the Hymnal

Responsorial Psalm (sung between the First and Second Readings by the cantor and congregation)
Ps. 19 Lord, You have the words of everlasting life
Ps. 23 Shepherd Me, O God (Haugen)
Ps. 23 The Lord Is My Shepherd
Ps. 27 The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation
Ps. 34 Taste and See
Ps. 103 The Lord is Kind and Merciful