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THE CATHOLIC FUNERAL IS A"BRIDGE BETWEEN DEATH AND NEW LIFE."
The Catholic Funeral Rites in the Order of Christian Funerals (1989) are celebrations that enable the Christian community to mourn as well as to hope by focusing on the mystery of the death and resurrection of Christ. The Funeral Mass is ordinarily the central element of Catholic funerals.
The Funeral Mass is a prayer for God's mercy for the deceased and a solace for the living, including the entire faith community. The Church encourages the burial of Catholics in Catholic cemeteries (Canon 1180.1). Burial in the consecrated ground of a Catholic cemetery is a sign of baptismal commitment and gives witness, even in death, to faith in Christ's resurrection.
Please use the links below to review the readings and the music to help plan the Mass.READINGS FOR FUNERALS
The lists of Scriptures below are appropriate for use in Catholic Funeral Liturgies. One reading is chosen from each: the Old Testament; the New Testament; and the Gospels. Choose from the readings listed and list these on your form.
OLD TESTAMENT
Click on each link to view the readings. Choose one.2 Maccabees 12: 43-46
Job 19: 1, 23-27
Ecclesiastes 3: 1-15
Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8
Wisdom 3: 1-9
Wisdom 3: 1-6, 9
Wisdom 4: 7-14
Sirach 2: 1-11
Isaiah 25: 6a, 7-9
Isaiah 26: 7-19
Isaiah 35: 1-10
Isaiah 40: 1-11
Lamentations 3: 17-26
Ezekiel 37: 12-14
Daniel 12: 1-3
Micah 7: 7-9
RESPONSORIAL PSALMS
NEW TESTAMENT
Click on each link to view the reading. Choose one.Acts of the Apostles 10: 34-43
Acts of the Apostles 10: 34-36, 42-43
Romans 5: 1, 5-11
Romans 5: 17-21
Romans 6: 3-9
Romans 6: 3-4, 8-9
Romans 8: 1-11
Romans 8: 14-23
Romans 8: 31-35, 37-39
Romans 14: 7-9, 10-12
1 Corinthians 2: 6-10
1 Corinthians 15: 12-20
1 Corinthians 15: 20-28
1 Corinthians 15: 51-57
2 Corinthians 4: 14-5:1
2 Corinthians 5: 1, 6-10
Philippians 3: 7-14
Philippians 3: 20-21
1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18
2 Timothy 2: 8-13
2 Timothy 4: 1-2, 6-8
1 John 3: 1-2
1 John 3: 14-16
Revelation 14: 13
Revelation 20: 11, 21:1
Revelation 21: 1-5a, 6b-7
GOSPELS
Click on each link to view the reading. Choose one.Matthew 5: 1-12a
Matthew 11: 25-30
Matthew 25: 1-13
Matthew 25: 31-46
Mark 15: 33-39
Mark 15: 33, 16: 6
Luke 7: 11-17
Luke 12: 35-40
Luke 23: 33-43
Luke 23: 44, 24: 6a
Luke 23: 44-49
Luke 24: 13-35
Luke 24: 13-16, 28-35
John 5: 24-29
John 6: 37-40
John 6: 51-58
John 11: 17-27
John 11: 21-27
John 11: 32-45
John 12: 23-28
John 12: 23-26
John 14: 1-6
John 17: 24-26
John 19: 17-18, 25-391
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The music listed below is a collection of hymns approved to use for funerals at Saint Monica.
Please choose 3 from the first category, and 1 from the second before you begin filling in the funeral planning form.
Remember a Funeral Mass is still a Mass and music will need to be approved for a liturgical setting.
All music must be approved by the Priest and our Music Director.Choose 3 songs from this list for the Entrance, Offertory, and Recessional Hymns
Abide With Me
All You Who Seek a Comfort Sure
Amazing Grace
Be Not Afraid
Be Thou My Vision
Blest Are They
For All the Saints
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
How Great Thou Art
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
I Know That My Redeemer Lives
Immortal Love, Forever Full
Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee
Lord of All Hopefulness
Nearer My God, to Thee
On Eagle's Wings
Prayer of Saint Francis
Shepherd Me, O God
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
What Wondrous LoveChoose 1 song from this list for Communion.
Adoro Te Devote
At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing
Ave Maria (solo)
Draw Near and Take the Body of Thy Lord
Eat This Bread
Gift of Finest Wheat
Godhead Here in Hiding
I Am the Bread of Life
Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All
Lord, Who at Thy First Eucharist
O Jesus, We Adore Thee
O Lord, I Am Not Worthy
Panis Angelicus (hymn or solo)
Soul of My Savior
*Please note that hymns marked with an asterisk are not permitted during Lent.
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