Music for a Funeral Mass -- Sample Outline and Other Suggest Songs
You're welcome to use this outline as is, choose songs from the list below, or make requests.  As long as a song is liturgical/Christian, it is likely that we can learn it for you.

→ INTRODUCTORY RITES

Entrance: Carry Me Home (Alstott)

→ LITURGY OF THE WORD

Responsorial Psalm: Shepherd Me, O God (Haugen)

Gospel Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia (Celtic Mass) (Walker/O’Carroll)
     Verse: I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever.

→ LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Presentation and Preparation of the Gifts: Be Not Afraid (Bob Dufford)

Mass Parts (Holy, Memorial Acclamation, Amen, Lamb of God):  Mass of a Peaceful Spirit (LaRosa)
     See How to Choose a Mass Setting for more information.

Communion: These Alone Are Enough (Dan Schutte)

→  CONCLUDING RITES

[Optional: Moment of Silence – or – Ave Maria]

Song of Farewell: Song of Farewell (Ernest Sands)

Final Hymn: Go In Peace (Sarah Hart)


Other Popular Songs