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Music for Funerals Music for the Rite of Christian Burial From The Order of Christian Funerals A. Music     30. Music is integral to the funeral rites. It allows the community to express convictions and feelings that words alone may fail to convey. It has the power to console and uplift the mourners and to strengthen the unity of the assembly in faith and love. The texts of the songs chosen for a particular celebration should express the paschal mystery of the Lord’s suffering, death, and triumph over death and should be related to the readings from Scripture.     31. Since music can evoke strong feelings, the music for the celebration of the funeral rites should be chosen with great care. The music at funerals should support, console, and uplift the participants and should help to create in them a spirit of hope in Christ’s victory over death and in the Christians’ share in that victory.     32. Music should be provided for the vigil and funeral liturgy and, whenever possible, for the funeral processions and the rite of committal. The specific notes that precede each of the rites suggest places in the rites where music is appropriate. Many musical settings used by the parish community during the liturgical year may be suitable for use at funerals. Efforts should be made to develop and expand the parish’s repertoire for use at funerals.     33. An organist or other instrumentalist, a cantor, and, whenever possible, even a choir should assist the assembly’s full participation in singing the songs, responses, and acclamations of these rites. B. Silence     34. Prayerful silence is an element important to the celebration of the funeral rites. Intervals of silence should be observed, for example, after each reading and during the final commendation and farewell, to permit the assembly to reflect upon the word of God and the meaning of the celebration. C. Psalmody     25. The psalms are rich in imagery, feeling, and symbolism. They powerfully express the suffering and pain, the hope and trust of people of every age and culture. Above all, the psalms sing of faith in God, of revelation and redemption. They enable the assembly to pray in the words that Jesus himself used during his life on earth. Jesus, who knew anguish and the fear of dea, “offered up prayer and entreaty, aloud and in silent tears, to the one who had the power to save him out of death.... Although he was Son, he learned to obey through suffering; but having been made perfect, he became for all who obey him the source of eternal salvation.” (Hebrews 5: 7-9) In the psalms the members of the assembly pray in the voice of Christ, who intercedes on their behalf before the Father. The Church, like Christ, turns again and again to the psalms as a genuine expression of grief and of praise and as a sure source of trust and hope in times of trial.     26. The psalms are designated for use in many places in the funeral rites. Since the psalms are songs, whenever possible, they should be sung. From Liturgical Music Today A. Recorded Music     60. The liturgy is a complexus of signs expressed by living human beings. Music, being preeminent among those signs, out to be “live.” While recorded music, therefore, might be used to advantage outside the liturgy as an aid in the teaching of new music, it should, as a general norm, never be used within the liturgy to replace the congregation, the choir, the organist or other instrumentalists. Hymns and Songs Worship 520 All Creatures of Our God and King 737 Alleluia! Sing to Jesus 538 Amazing Grace 466 Christ Is Alive! 496 Crown Him with Many Crowns 734 Eat This Bread 705 For All The Saints 524 Holy God, We Praise Thy Name 485 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty 737 I Am the Bread of Life 607 I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say 445 I Know that My Redeemer Lives 735 I Received the Living God 510 I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light 442 Jesus Christ Is Risen Today 423 Jesus, Remember Me 525 Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You 704 Lift High the Cross 568 Lord of All Hopefulness 541 O God beyond All Praising 579 O God, Our Help in Ages Past 530 Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven 467 Sing with All the Saints in Glory 497 To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King 572 We Walk by Faith 706 Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones 736 You Satisfy the Hungry Heart Gather 263 Be Not Afraid 284 Blest Are They 264 Blest Be the Lord 251 Center of My Life 341 Eat This Bread 291 Here I Am, Lord 337 I Am the Bread of Life 208 I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light 261 On Eagle's Wings 285 The Servant Song 338 Taste and See (Moore) 249 We Remember Additional Songs and Hymns Love One Another - Bob Dufford, S.J. How Great Thou Art Magnificat - James Chepponis Song of Farewell Saints of God, come to his/her aid!  l   Worship 175 I Know that My Redeemer Lives  l   Worship 176 Recessional Song May the Angels Lead You into     Paradise - H. Hughes, S.J. In Paradisum (Chant - Mode VII) Or an appropriate hymn Incidental Music Ave Maria - Bach/Gounod Ave Maria - Franz Schubert Ave Verum - W. A. Mozart How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings -     Samuel Liddle Panis Angelicus - Cesar Franck Funeral Psalmody Psalm 16 Center of My Life – G 251 Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd – W 163 My shepherd Is the Lord – W 32 Shepherd Me, O God – G 20 Psalm 25 To You, O Lord – G 27 Psalm 32 (33) Lord let your mercy be on us – Charles D. McWilliam Psalm 34 Taste and See (Haugen) – G 27 Taste and See (Moore) – G 338 Taste and See (Stephen Dean) Psalm (41) 42 Like a deer that longs for running waters... Michele Guimont (56) Psalm 51 Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness – Jay F. Hunstiger Create a clean heart in me, O God – Jay F. Hunstiger (B48) Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned – Michele Guimont (187) Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned – W 791 Psalm 63 My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord W 905 Psalm 66 Let all the earth cry out to God with Joy – WII 553 Psalm 91 Be with Me, Lord – G 42 On Eagle’s Wings – G 261 Psalm 93 The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty. – W 970 Psalm 103 The Lord is kind and Merciful. – G 45 Psalm 116 I will walk in the presence of the Lord – WII 475 Psalm 118 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good – Charles D. McWilliam Psalm 121 Our help is from the Lord who made heaven and earth – W 951 Psalm 122 I rejoiced when I heard them say – Charles D. McWilliam Psalm 128 Blest are those who love you – G 55 O blessed are those who fear the Lord W 782 Psalm 130 With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption – Jay F. Hunstiger (B126), Michele Guimont (43), Charles D. McWilliam Psalm 132 In the silent hours of the night, bless the Lord – W 72 Psalm 145 I will praise your name – G 59 Psalm 146 I will praise my God all the days of my life – W 77 Psalm 148 Praise the Lord from the heavens – G 62 Psalm 150 Let everything that lives give praise to The Lord – W 81 Praise God in his holy dwelling – G 63