Music for Funerals

Please consult with the Director of Music, Michael Cedrone, to discuss your music choices.
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For a funeral or memorial Mass, families may choose one piece of music for each of the following times:

• Entrance Hymn
• Music during the Preparation of the Gifts
  (this may be a hymn, a vocal solo, or an instrumental selection)
• Communion Hymn
• Closing Hymn
  

It's best to think of music that was significant to your loved one and is likely to be familiar to your family and to others you expect to attend the Mass.

A program will be prepared by the church. If you would like to personalize it with photos or other information, please contact Judy Werner.

Hymn Suggestions (for Entrance, Closing, or Preparation of the Gifts)
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus
Amazing Grace
Be Not Afraid
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
Eye Has Not Seen
How Great Thou Art
I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light
Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
Lord of All Hopefulness
O God, Our Help in Ages Past
On Eagle’s Wings
Sing with All the Saints in Glory
The Strife Is O'er
We Shall Rise Again
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy One

Hymn Suggestions for Communion
Eat This Bread
I Am the Bread of Life
Take and Eat

Solo Suggestions
Ave Maria by Franz Schubert
(This is normally sung at the Preparation of the Gifts.)

Pie Jesu by Gabriel Faué
(This is normally sung at the Preparation of the Gifts.)

Panis Angelicus by Cesar Franck
(This is normally sung during Communion.)