SUGGESTED MUSIC FOR FUNERALS
ENTRANCE HYMN (ALSO SEE CHOICES FROM RECESSIONAL
MUSIC)
COME AS YOU ARE
HERE I AM LORD
AMAZING GRACE
PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW
GATHER US IN
GLORY AND PRAISE TO OUR GOD
COME TO THE WATER
WE REMEMBER
THOUGH THE MOUNTAINS MAY FALL
BE NOT AFRAID
JESUS COME TO US
WE ARE COMPANIONS ON THE JOURNEY
ON EAGLES WINGS
EAGLES WINGS
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PSALM:
THE LORD’S MY SHEPHERD. (CRIMMOND)
TRADITIONAL
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD AND I WANT TO
FOLLOW. (B. BONNIWELL)
ISAIAH 49 (I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU, MY PEOPLE)
LIKE A SHEPHERD
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COMMUNION AND THANKSGIVING HYMNS
GALILEE SONG ( SO I LEAVE MY BOATS BEHIND,
LEAVE THEM ON FAMILIAR SHORES)
ALL I ASK OF YOU IS FOREVER TO REMEMBER ME AS
LOVING YOU
ONE BREAD ONE BODY
ONLY A SHADOW
I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE
I HEARD THE VOICE OF JESUS SAY
BLEST ARE THEY
IN THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD
THE LORD IS THE GOD OF MY SALVATION
(FORMERLY, YHWH IS THE GOD OF MY SALVATION)
I’LL BE ALWAYS LOVING YOU
Lord, I know YOU ARE NEAR. (formerly ‘YHWH , I
KNOW YOU ARE NEAR’).
JESUS REMEMBER ME (TAIZE)
EYE HAS NOT SEEN
WE WALK BY FAITH
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RECESSIONAL SONG:
BLEST BE THE LORD
HOW GREAT THOU ART
GALILEE SONG
CITY OF GOD
MORNING HAS BROKEN
CREATE A NEW HEART, HOLY GOD
STRONG AND CONSTANT
Please see below for the full words of some favourite hymns: ….
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SUGGESTED HYMNS FOR A FUNERAL
(SAMPLE SUGGESTIONS ONLY)
BE NOT AFRAID.
By Bob Dufford. © 1975. Oregon Catholic Press. Used With Permission, Word Of Life
International- License No 1948E
You shall cross the barren desert, but you shall not die of
thirst. You shall wander far in safety, though you do not
know the way. You shall speak your words in foreign lands
and all will understand. You shall see the face of God and
live.
Be not afraid. I go before you always. Come, follow
me, and I will give you rest.
If you pass through raging waters in the sea you shall not
drown. If you walk amid the burning flames, you shall not
be harmed. If you stand before the pow'r of hell and
death is at your side, know that I am with you through it
all.
Blessed are your poor, for the Kingdom shall be theirs.
Blest are you who weep and mourn, for one day you will
laugh. And if wicked tongues insult and hate you all
because of me, blessed, blessed are you!
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AMAZING GRACE.
BY JOHN NEWTON AND JOHN REES. (1807, 1831)
Amazing Grace! how sweet the sound, That saved a
wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was
blind, but now I see.
‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my
fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear, the
hour I first believed!
Through many dangers toils and snares, I have already
come; ‘tis grace has brought me safe thus far, and grace
will lead me home.
When we’ve been there ten thousand years, Bright
shining as the sun, We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise,
than when we’d first begun.
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Strong and Constant.
By Frank Andersen. © Chavalier Bookshop. Used With Permission, Word Of Life International- License No
1948E
I will be your God who walks with you! You will be always within my hand!
Take your heart and give it all to me! Strong and constant is my love!
Strong and constant is my love!
Should you wander far away from me, I will search for you in ev-’ry land!
Should you call, then you will truly know: Strong and constant is my
love! Strong and constant is my love!
When you know sorrow within your life, I will come I will embrace your
heart! Through your pain you will discover me! Strong and constant is
my love! Strong and constant is my love!
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Responsorial PSALM:
Psalm 23 Sung.
CRIMOND. Trad. Scottish Psalter, (1650)
The Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not want
He makes me down to lie
In pastures green he leadeth me
The quiet waters by.
My soul he doth restore again,
and me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
E’en for his own name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale,
Yet will I fear no ill;
For thou art with me, and thy rod
And staff me comfort still.
My table thou hast furnished
In presence of my foes;
My head thou dos’t with oil anoint,
And my cup overflows.
Goodness and mercy all my life
Shall surely follow me:
And in God’s house for evermore
My dwelling-place shall be.
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OR ALTERNATIVELY:
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD (AND I WANT TO
FOLLOW).
By BRIAN BONIWELL Corinda Australia, © 1978. Word of Life. Used with permission. All Rights
Reserved. Lic. No. 1948E
The Lord is my Shepherd, and I want to follow, wherever
he leads me, wherever he goes. Over the mountains, the
waters and by-ways, valleys and highways he’s waiting for
me.
I want to go to meet him there, to lay myself down in
his love. The Lord is my shepherd, and I want to
follow, wherever he leads me, wherever he goes.
And while on the journey to where we are going, he
promised to be there to help us along. And over the
mountains we’ll walk on together, to know all the wonders
he’s given to me
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ON EAGLES WINGS.
BY MICHAEL JONCAS. © New Dawn Music, 11948E. Word of Life. Used with permission. All
Rights Reserved. Lic. No. 1948E
You who dwell in the shelter of the Lord, who abide in his
shadow for life, say to the Lord my refuge, my rock in
whom I trust.
And he will raise you up on eagles wings, bear you on
the breath of dawn, make you to shine like the sun,
and hold you in the palm of his hand.
The snare of the fowler will never capture you, and
famine will bring you no fear. Under his wings your
refuge, his faithfulness your shield.
You need not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow
that flies by day; though thousands fall about you, near
you it shall not come.
For to his angels he’s given a command to guard you in all
of your ways; upon their hands they will bear you up, lest
you dash your foot against a stone.
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PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS.
By Sebastian Temple. © 1967 OCP PUBLICATIONS Word of Life. Used with permission. All
Rights Reserved. Lic. No. 1948E.
Make me a channel of your peace. Where there is hatred,
let me bring your love. Where there is injury, your pardon
Lord, and where there’s doubt true faith in you.
Make me a channel of your peace. Where there’s despair
in life, let me bring hope. Where there is darkness, only
light. And where there’s sadness, ever joy.
O, Master grant that I may never seek so much to be
consoled as to console. To be understood, as to
understand. To be loved as to love with all my soul.
Make me a channel of your peace. It is in pardoning that
we are pardoned, in giving of ourselves that we receive,
and in dying that we’re born to eternal life.
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“Eagles Wings”
FRANK ANDERSEN. Word of Life. Used with permission. All Rights Reserved. Lic. No. 1948E
I have carried you on eagle’s wings!
I will care for you in all your years!
My heart is full of peace
You have been within my life!
Your guiding hand has always covered me!
I am full of confidence in You!
Never need I be afraid!
No matter how uncertain things may be!
Sometimes thru’ me, sometimes in spite of me
You seem to find your purpose in my life!
I know failure in my life,
the weakness so central to my heart!
When I have strayed or fallen in my life,
You gently set me on my feet again!
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TRINITY SONG.
Frank Andersen. Word of Life. Used with permission. All Rights Reserved. Lic. No. 1948E
Father, in my life I see, you are God who walks with me.
You hold my life in your hands. Close beside you I will
stand. I give all my life to you, help me Father to be true!.
Jesus, in my life I see, you are God who walks with me.
You hold my life in your hands. Close beside you I will
stand. I give all my life to you, help me, Jesus, to be true!.
Spirit, in my life I see, you are God who walks with me.
You hold my life in your hands. Close beside you I will
stand. I give all my life to you, help me, Spirit, to be true!
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HOW GREAT THOU ART.
BY STUART K. HINE. © 1963 THANK YOU MUSIC Word of Life. Used with permission. All
Rights Reserved. Lic. No. 1948E
O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder
Consider all the works thy hands have made,
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy pow’r throughout the universe displayed, /R.
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God to thee,
How great thou art, how great thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God to thee,
How great thou art, how great thou art!
When the through the woods and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze; /R
When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!
Then I shall bow in humble adoration
And there proclaim, my God, how great thou art!. /R.
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Here I am, Lord.
BY DAN SCHUTTE. © 1981 NEW DAWN MUSIC Word of Life. Used with permission. All Rights
Reserved. Lic. No. 1948E
I the Lord of sea and sky, I have heard my people cry. All
who dwell in dark and sin, my hand will save. I who made
the stars at night, I will make their darkness bright. Who
will bear my light to them? whom shall I send?’
Here I am Lord, Is it I lord? I have heard you calling
in the night. I will go Lord, if you lead me. I will hold
your people in my heart.
I the Lord of snow and rain, I have borne my people’s
pain. I have wept for love of them. They turn away. I will
break their hearts of stone, give them hearts for love
alone. I will speak my word to them whom shall I send?
I the Lord of wind and flame, I will tend the poor and
lame. I will set a feast for them. My hand will save. Finest
bread I will provide, till their hearts be satisfied, I will
give my life to them, whom shall I send?
HAIL MARY, GENTLE WOMAN.
CAREY LANDRY. © 1975 NEW DAWN MUSIC Word of Life. Used with permission. All Rights Reserved. Lic.
No. 1948E
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you.
Blessed are you among women
And Blest is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God. Pray for us sinners now and at the hour
of death, Amen.
Gentle woman, quiet light,
Morning star so strong and bright.
Gentle Mother, peaceful dove,
Teach us wisdom, teach us love.
You were chosen by the Father
You were chosen for the Son,
You were chosen from all women and for woman, shining one.
(Refrain)
Blessed are you among all women,
Blest in turn all women too. Blessed they with peaceful spirits,
Blessed they with gentle hearts. (Refrain)
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COME AS YOU ARE
by Diedre Brown. © 1994. Spectrum Publications. Used With Permission, Word Of Life International- License
No 1948E
Come as you are, that's how I want you. Come as you are, feel
quite at home. Close to my heart, loved and forgiven; come as you
are, why stand alone.
No need to fear, love sets no limits. No need to fear, love never
ends. Don't run away shamed and disheartened. Rest in my love,
trust me again.
I came to call sinners, not just the virtuous. I came to bring peace,
not to condemn. each time you fail to live by my promise, why do
you think I'd love you the less?
Come as you are, that's how I love you. Come as you are, trust me
again.Nothing can change the love that I bear you. All will be well,
just come as you are.
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