Funeral Music

Selecting Music for Funeral Liturgies

In times of grief and sorrow, we often turn to music as an expression of our faith -- of those beliefs and hopes we sometimes cannot express in words. Whether planning the Funeral Liturgy of a loved one or pre-planning your own, the music you select can say a lot about what you, your family and loved ones believe. It can be a great source of comfort and consolation to the living. The music you select can even inspire new faith or renewed faith in the lives of your family and friends.

We hope the musical choices below will help you to select music that is both comforting and uplifting. Please use this as a resource for completing the Funeral Selection Form. If you have questions, please call the Parish Music Director Andy Wallace at 740-965-3462 for further help or information.

Prelude

Please Choose one or two songs or more depending on how long friends and family will be waiting at the church before the funeral starts.

Gathering or Entrance Song (Processional)

Please choose one

Preparation Of The Gifts

Please choose one

Communion Hymn

Please choose one

Post Communion Meditation Song

If you so desire, a post-communion meditation song may also be chosen. Usually, unless the liturgy is very heavily attended, one post-communion song will suffice. Sometimes, however, because of the length of the communion rite, more than one may be needed. The Music Director can advise you about these choices.

Recessional Song

Please choose one

A Mighty Fortress	Abba Father
All Creatures of our God and King	All the Earth
All the Ends of the Earth	Amazing Grace
As the Deer Longs	At The Name of Jesus
Ave Maria	Be Not Afraid
Behold the Lamb of God	Beyond the Moon and Stars
Blest Are They	Blest Be the Lord
Bread Blessed and Broken	Bread That Was Sown
Bread of Life	Canticle of the Sun
Celtic Alleluia: Sending Forth	Christ Be Our Light
Christians Let Us Love One Another	City of God
Come Christians Join to Sing	Come Holy Ghost
Come Lord Jesus	Come Unto Me
Come to the River	Come to the Water
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come	Create in Me
Earthen Vessels	Eat This Bread
Every Valley	Eye Has Not Seen
For All the Saints	Gather Us In
Gather Your People	Gather the People
Gift of Finest Wheat	Give Me Jesus
Give Thanks to the Lord	Glory and Praise to Our God
Go Make a Difference	Hail Holy Queen
Hail Mary: Gentle Woman	Hail Redeemer, King Devine
Here I Am Lord	Holy God We Praise Thy Name
Holy Holy Holy	Holy Spirit
Hosea	How Can I Keep From Singing
How Great Thou Art	I Am the Bread of Life
I Am the Light of the World	I Am the Living Bread
I Have Loved You	I Heard the Voice of Jesus
I Know That My Redeemer Lives	I Know That My Redeemer Lives
I Will Choose Christ	If God Is For Us
Immaculate Mary	Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring
Jesus Come to Us	Just Like You
Keep in Mind	Led By the Spirit
Let Heaven Rejoice	Let There Be Peace on Earth
Let Us Go to the Altar	Like a Shepherd
Look Beyond	Lord You Have Come
Lord of all Hopefulness	Lord of the Dance
Loving and Forgiving	Morning Has Broken
Now Thank We All Our God	Now We Remain
O God, You Search Me	O Lord I Am Not Worthy
O Sacrament Most Holy	On Eagles Wings
One Bread One Body	One Lord
One Spirit One Church	Only a Shadow
Open My Eyes	Out of the Depths
Peace	Peace is flowing like a River
Prayer of St. Francis	Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Rain Down	Remember Your Love
Sacred Silence	Salve Regina
Seek the Lord	Sent Forth by Gods Blessing
Shall We Gather at the River	Shelter Me, O God
Shepherd Me, O God	Sing a New Church
Sing a New Song	Sing of the Lords Goodness
Sing to the Mountains	Somebody’s Knockin’ at Your Door
Song of Farwell	Song of the Body of Christ
Song of the Cross	Soon and Very Soon
Table of Plenty	Taste and See
The Cry of the Poor	The Servant Song
The Summons	There is a Balm in Gilead
There is a Longing	They’ll Know We Are Christians
This is the Day	Though the Mountains May Fall
To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King	To You O Lord
To You O Lord	Turn To Me
Unless a Grain of Wheat	Water of Life
We Are Called	We Are the Light of the World
We Have Been Told	We Remember
We Walk By Faith	We Walk By Faith
Worthy is the Lamb	You Are Mine
You Are Near