Suggested Music for the Mass of Christian Burial
Journey Songs Hymnal III Edition
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ENTRANCE HYMNS
Here I Am, Lord - #818
Glory and Praise to Our God - #574
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name - #566
Sing a New Song unto the Lord - #598
Grant Them Eternal Rest - #132
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Psalm 23: The Lord is my Shepherd (Owen Alstott)
Psalm 25: To You, O Lord, I Lift Up My Soul, My God - #28
Psalm 34: Taste and See - #40
Psalm 85: Let Us See Your Kindness, O Lord - #62
Psalm 103: The Lord is Kind and Merciful - #87
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PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS HYMNS
Amazing Grace - #680
How Great Thou Art - #614
I Have Loved You - #623
Prayer of Saint Francis: Make Me a Channel of Your Peace - #702
Only This I Want - #732
On Eagle’s Wings - #671
COMMUNION HYMNS
Gift of Finest Wheat - #791
I Received the Living God - #786
One Bread, One Body - #793
The Supper of the Lord - #774
Lord, Who at Thy First Eucharist - #804
Let Us Break Bread Together - #800
​POST COMMUNION MEDITATION (Cantor Only)
Ave Maria by Franz Schubert
Ave Maria by Giulio Caccini
Ave Maria by Charles Gounod/Johann Sebastian Bach
Panis Angelicus by Cesar Franck
I Know That My Redeemer Liveth from “Messiah” by George Frideric Handel
Pie Jesu from “Requiem” by Gabriel Faure
Pie Jesu from “Requiem” by Andrew Lloyd Webber
SONG OF FAREWELL
Song of Farewell: May the Choirs of Angels - #553
O Loving God - #550
I Know That My Redeemer Lives - #556
RECESSIONAL HYMNS
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name - #566
Grant Them Eternal Rest - #132
Sing a New Song unto the Lord - #598
Glory and Praise to Our God - #574
Here I Am, Lord - #818
Be Not Afraid - #673