Hymns and Readings for the Funeral Liturgy

         Gathering Song

03-God’s Holy City
05-If We Are Living
103-Now Bless the God of Israel
414-The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns
*525-The Strife Is O’er
527-I Know That My Redeemer Lives
536-At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing
539-Sing with All the Saints in Glory
573-To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King
574-Crown Him with Many Crowns
578-How Great Thou Art
582-Rain Down
*607-Sing a New Song
610-Sing of the Lord’s Goodness
*611-All Creatures of Our God and King (verses 1, 5, 6, 7)
614-Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You
615-Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
641-Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
642-What Wondrous Love Is This
645-Amazing Grace
656-Lead Me, Guide Me
663-Lord of All Hopefulness
680-We Walk by Faith
683-Be Not Afraid
687-A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
688-O God, Our Help in Ages Past
694-How Firm a Foundation
724-I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
728-Eye Has Not Seen
733-Nothing Can Trouble
784-We Have Been Told
828-Make Me a Channel of Your Peace
(Prayer of St. Francis)
855-Morning Has Broken
865-Soon and Very Soon
870-Jerusalem, My Happy Home
871-We Shall Rise Again
*884-For All the Saints (choose verses)
945-I Am the Bread of Life
*949-Alleluia! Sing to Jesus!

*Not sung during Lent

During the season of Advent:

395-O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (verses 1, 4, 5, 6)
406-Wait for the Lord

During the season of Christmas:

424-Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
440-Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
465-As with Gladness Men of Old

During the season of Lent:

475-Tree of Life
510-Jesus, Remember Me

During the season of Easter:

*524-Alleluia No. 1
*540-Jesus Christ Is Risen Today

         RESPONSORIAL PSALM

The cantor or choir leads us in this scriptural song after the first reading from the Bible.
34-Psalm 23
39-Psalm 25
41-Psalm 27
1227-Psalm 42/43
56-Psalm 63
65-Psalm 91
75-Psalm 103
84-Psalm 122
87-Psalm 130 With the Lord There Is Mercy
Psalm 143(not in hymnal)

Any of the Responsorial Psalms could be sung, or one of the following songs:

05-If We Are Living
06-A Place in Heaven
35-Psalm 23: Shepherd Me, O God
58-Psalm 63: Your Love Is Finer than Life
510-Jesus, Remember Me
*525-The Strife Is O’er
*537-Easter Alleluia
679-Center of My Life
683-Be Not Afraid
691-On Eagle’s Wings
695-You Are Near
735-Blest Are They
930-Taste and See
932-One Bread, One Body
940-You Satisfy the Hungry Heart
941-Eat This Bread
945-I Am the Bread of Life
950-Take and Eat
1225-Make of Our Hands a Throne
1227-Like a Deer That Longs

*Not sung during Lent

 
PREPARATION OF THE ALTAR AND THE GIFTS

Instrumental music may be played or we may sing:
 01-Lux Aeterna Litany
     (with names of deceased loved ones)
or another hymn from the lists may be sung.