Funeral Music Suggestions

General Songs – Gathering/Offertory/Communion/Recessional

SONG NAME

ARTIST/COMPOSER

INFO/DETAILS

YOUTUBE LINK

On Eagle’s Wings

Michael Joncas

Gathering, Communion, Recessional

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvpjxfWrjzY

Be Not Afraid

John Michael Talbot

Gathering, Communion, Recessional

https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=dWpG7qHtB8g

Take My Hand, Precious Lord

Traditional

Offertory, Communion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaF16IlysQc

Be Thou My Vision

Traditional

Gathering, Communion, Recessional

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihJAJA4ibEs

Here I Am, Lord

Dan Schutte

Communion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcxOkht8w7c

Amazing Grace

Traditional

Gathering, Offertory, Communion,
Meditation, Recessional

I Know that My Redeemer Lives

Scott Soper

Communion, Recessional

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo0N73nmZTM

I Am the Bread of Life

Suzanne Toolan

Communion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvD0XJzOWQ4

I Have Loved You

Michael Joncas

Communion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkMBScHV0Hc

Christ in Me Arise

Trevor Thomson

Communion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXcYgTtO5qg

Open My Eyes

Jesse Manibusan

Offertory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvZbGm0Dc7U

Pastures of the Lord

Curtis Stephan

Offertory, Meditation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTvmTZSx3gI

Did You Know

Bernadette Farrell

Offertory, Communion, Meditation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guok8N4w1j8

I Am Not Alone

Kari Jobe

Communion, Meditation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfveawSAHJA

Leading Us Home

Steve Angrisano

Communion, Meditation, Recessional

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV_I3gRZ2EA

Sing Me Home to You

Tony Alonso

Offertory, Communion, Recessional

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYuTBQdGaGE

How Can I Keep From Singing

Robert Lowry

Gathering, Recessional

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li2hddmy63U

Give Us Your Peace

Jesse Manibusan

Meditation, Recessional

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8b0voiHmrA

Responsorial Psalms

Additional psalms or psalm settings may be accepted per request

SONG NAME

ARTIST/COMPOSER

YOUTUBE LINK

Shepherd Me, O God

Marty Haugen

Psalm 23: The Lord is My Shepherd

Ryan Clouse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nyvSiA4YCc

Psalm 25: To You, O Lord, I Lift Up My
Soul

Bob Hurd

Psalm 27: The Lord is My Light

Christopher Walker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ft9gH5IHssE

Psalm 103: The Lord is Kind and
Merciful

Ryan Clouse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FBLGje4e7s&list=PLh8gepb0el8NgA5I_tMttu

Post Communion Meditation

Optional, if time permits

*per request, based on cantor’s availability and ability

SONG NAME

ARTIST/COMPOSER

YOUTUBE LINK

Ave Maria

Schubert

Amazing Grace (My Chains are
Gone)

Chris Tomlin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbe7OruLk8I

Welcome Home

Michael W. Smith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?=FGCCnmMcTA

May the Road Rise to Meet You

Lori True

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn9hLK2nmPM

Incensing/Song of Farewell

*Only one of these two songs may go here*

SONG NAME

ARTIST/COMPOSER

INFO/DETAILS

YOUTUBE LINK

Song of Farewell

Ernest Sands


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOZ0nDK7p00

O Loving God

Paulette M McCoy

Set to the tune of ‘Danny Boy’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG1i5oCfLjI

Sending Forth/Recessional

SONG NAME

ARTIST/COMPOSER

INFO/DETAILS

YOUTUBE LINK

Go in Peace

Sarah Hart

Any song from full list above can be chosen here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhf5nCja4p8

San Antonio de Padua