ALL SOULS/COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED
Lectionary #668 (or Masses for the Dead, #1011-1016)
Parish Funerals and Today's Celebration
Preparing for today's liturgy presents pastoral musicians with the opportunity to take stock of music at parish funerals: the involvement of the family in the selection of music; the participation of parish cantors, choirs, and instrumentalists in the celebration of the funeral liturgy; and the variety of musical selections that are both appropriate to the funeral rites and familiar to our worshiping communities.
The celebration of All Souls also gives music planners a chance to place on the lips of the assembly good musical selections that can be used at funeral liturgies. The wise pastoral musician may want to select some music for today's liturgy that is tried and true, along with some less familiar music that may become part of the community's funeral repertoire in the future.
The readings are chosen from the special set of readings for this day in the Lectionary for Mass or from the Masses for the Dead (#1011-1016).
Suggested Responsorial Psalm: Ps (26) 27
The Lectionary (#668) provides a rich variety of responsorial psalms, many of which are very familiar to worshiping communities. Psalm 27, with its spirit of confident hope combined with a lament, makes it a fitting choice for the fall season and the last weeks of Ordinary Time.
El Señor Es Mi Luz (Montgomery) FYC 190
El Señor Es Mi Luz (Rubalcava) Cantos 58
El Señor Es Mi Luz (Taulé) FYC 191/GP 187
I Believe I Shall See (Soper) GP 190
I Believe That I Shall See (Johengen) RS 56/GC 38
I Believe That I Shall See (Kelly/Gelineau) WOR 195/RS 55
I Shall See the Lord (Haas) CBW 636
The Lord Is My Life (Joncas) G 209
The Lord Is My Light (Bouknight) WC 210/GC 605
The Lord Is My Light (Burns) PC1 38/PC2 18
The Lord Is My Light (DeBruyn) GP 188
The Lord Is My Light (Guimont) CBW 118
The Lord Is My Light (Gustafson) GP 189
The Lord Is My Light (Haas) G 23/GC 39/LMGM 529/PCY1 59/WC 209/RS 57/GC 39
The Lord Is My Light (Hruby) SO 36
The Lord Is My Light (Hughes) GIA 2632
The Lord Is My Light ( Jackson ) LMGM 528
The Lord Is My Light (Kreutz) PSC 42
The Lord Is My Light (O'Carroll) CH 138
The Lord Is My Light (Rachelski) SMM3 84/SMM5 42
The Lord Is My Light (Roberts) LMGM 527
The Lord Is My Light ( Somerville ) CH 139
The Lord Is My Light ( Walker ) GP 486
The Lord Is My Light (Willcock) PFS 40
The Lord Is My Light (Willcock/Murray) CBW 49
The Lord Is My Saving Light (Haugen) PAS 26
The Lord Is My Saving Light (Witchger) GIA 3483
There Is One Thing I Ask (Colgan) GP 489
Songs for the Liturgy
A Multitude Comes from the East and the West WOR 688
Alive in Christ Jesus GC 799
All Things New GC 427
Amazing Grace WOR 583/RS 737/GC 612/GP 615/CBW 480/WC 383/JS 460/MI-BB/LMGM 173/CH 447
As We Remember GC 818/MI-BB
Be Not Afraid JS 579/RS 734/GC 608/GP 602/CBW 481/WC 441/MI-BB/LMGM 123
Beatitudes GP 717/MI-BB
Because the Lord Is My Shepherd GP 627/JS 716/MI-BB
Before the Fruit Is Ripened by the Sun WOR 418/CH 445
Blessed Are the Poor WC 477
Blest Are the Pure in Heart CH 450
Blest Are They G 284/GP 35/MI-BB/RS 774/GC 659/CBW 522
Canticle of Simeon/Nunc Dimittis WOR 676/RS 26, 212/GC 144/GP 439/WC 15/JS 234/BB
Center of My Life JS 548/GC 598/GP 593/MI-BB
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today WOR 452, 461, 462, 463/RS 594,602/GC 437/GP 381, 387/CBW 385/WC 909, 910/JS 303, 306/BB/LMGM 57/CH 286, 289
Come to Me GC 647/GP 537, 628, 629/WC 469/JS 608/MI-BB
Deep River LMGM 150/JS 761
Eat This Bread WOR 734/RS 928/GC 838/G 341/CBW 602/WC 382/MI-BB/LMGM 130
Eye Has Not See RS 758/GC 638/CBW 482/WC 393/MI-BB
For All the Saints WOR 705/CBW 449/CH 336/MI-BB/JS 471/WC 547/GP 485/LMGM 105/RS 889/GC 793
Free at Last LMGM 293/GC 717/GP 562
Give Me Jesus LMGM 280/GP 484/JS 551/MI-BB
Holy Darkness JS 696/GP 477/MI-BB
How Blest Are They Who Trust in Christ WC 409
I Am the Bread of Life/Yo Soy el Pan de Vida WOR 738/G 337/MI-BB/LMGM 133/RS 931/GC 828/WC 367
I Am the Resurrection JS 570/MI-BB
I Call You to My Father's House WC 407/CH 413
I Have Loved You GP 710/G 334/MI-BB/JS 615/RS 641/GC 504
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say WOR 607/RS 768/GC 646/GP 633/WC 466/JS 476/MI-BB/CH 453
I Know That My Redeemer Lives WOR 176/JS 594/MI-BB/RS 936/GC 854, 857/GP 482/CBW 10A, 647/MI-BB
I Received the Living God WOR 735/RS 913/GC 851/WC 372/LMGM 137
I Shall See My God GC 856
I, the Lord GP 480
I Want to Call You GC 884
I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light WOR 510/RS 651/GC 507/WC 756
I'll Be Singing Up There LMGM 148
I'll Fly Away LMGM 149
If God Is for Us GP 712
If We Have Died to Ourselves RS 315/GC 154
In the Shadow of Your Wings GP 485
Into Your Hands, Lord JS 571/MI-BB
Jerusalem , My Happy Home WOR 690/JS 433/CH 469/WC 471/CBW 601/MI-BB/RS 871/GC 771
Jesus Christ Is Risen Today WOR 442/RS 593/GC 422/GP 378/CBW 389/WC 919/JS 312/BB/LMGM 58/CH 288
Jesus, Lord, Have Mercy WC 414
Jesus, Remember Me WOR 423/RS 770/GC 404/CBW 380/WC 410/MI-BB/LMGM 48
Keep in Mind GP 492/RS 940/GC 674/WC 473/JS 372/MI-BB
Lead Me, Guide Me LMGM 168/RS 712/GC 574/WC 462
Lead Me, Lord JS 655/MI-BB/GP 715
Let Saints on Earth in Concert Ring WOR 741
Like a Child Rests JS 654/GP 635/MI-BB
Lord of All Hopefulness WOR 568/RS 713/GC 578/GP 622/CBW 497/WC 447/JS 415/MI-BB/CH 524
Lord of the Living WOR 739
May We Praise You GC 519/GP 678/JS 647/MI-BB
My Lord Will Come Again GC 769
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need WOR 606/RS 761/WC 465/CH 458
Nearer, My God, to Thee LMGM 143
Never the Blade Shall Rise GC 706
Now Know We Not the Meaning of Life's Sorrow CBW 635
Now the Green Blade Rises WOR 453/GC 444/GP 382/CBW 403/WC 920/JS 322/MI-BB/CH 291
O Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit WOR 620
O God, Our Help in Ages Past WOR 579/RS 735/GC 614/GP 613/WC 464/JS 405/MI-BB/LMGM 230/CH 457
On Eagle's Wings GP 598/RS 740/GC 611/WC 468/JS 532/MI-BB
On Our Journey Home WC 406
Only in God GP 600,610/GC 621/JS 522/MI-BB
Precious Lord, Take My Hand LMGM 162/RS 754/GC 874/GP 478/WC 415/JS 572/MI-BB
Psalm 23: The Lord Is My Shepherd
Psalm 42: My Soul Is Thirsting
Psalm 63: My Soul Is Thirsting
Psalm 84: How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place
Pues Si Vivimos/If We Are Living RS 727/GC 666
Remember Those, O Lord CBW 641
Rest in Peace CBW 643
Restless Is the Heart GP 483/JS 645/MI-BB
Shall We Gather at the River LMGM 103/JS 726/GC 774
Shepherd of My Heart GC 641
Sing with All the Saints in Glory WOR 467/RS 595/GC 442/GP 724/CBW 406
Song of Farewell RS 935/GC 864/GP 494/WC 64/JS 604/MI-BB
Songs of the Angels GP 496
Steal Away to Jesus LMGM 319/GC 773/JS 745
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot LMGM 147
The King of Love My Shepherd Is WOR 609/RS 766/GC 635/GP 632/WC 448/JS 461/MI-BB/CH 460
The Living God My Shepherd Is WOR 612
The Lord Is My Hope GC 613
The Lord, the Lord, the Lord Is My Shepherd WOR 613
The People of God GC 653
The Strife Is O'er WOR 451/RS 587/GC 446/GP 384/CBW 395/WC 907/JS 451/MI-BB/LMGM 64/CH 276
There Is a Balm in Gilead LMGM 157/WOR 608/RS 764/GC 648/GP 634/WC 391/JS 384/MI-BB/CH 472
This Alone GP 621/JS 657/MI-BB
This Day in New Jerusalem CBW 648
Those Who Seek Your Face GP 447/JS 150/MI-BB
Unless a Grain of Wheat GP 579/GC 697/RS 804/JS 660, 685/MI-BB
Up from the Earth RS 589/GC 452/GP 386/MI-BB
We Shall Rise Again G 321/GC 772/RS 872
We Walk by Faith WOR 572/RS 723/GC 590/CBW 495/WC 923/MI-BB/CH 464
Where We'll Never Grow Old LMGM 145
Within Our Darkest Night RS 767/GC 644
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones WOR 707/RS 886/GC 794/GP 446/WC 933/JS 465/MI-BB/LMGM 104/CH 578
Yes, I Shall Arise (Alstott) GP 491/JS 373/MI-BB
You Are Mine GC 649/RS 762/MI-BB
You Are Near GP 619/GC 604/WC 446/JS 606/MI-BB