Funeral Music

The music for a funeral Mass at St. Louis Bertrand is beautiful, solemn, and reverent, drawing upon the treasury of exquisite Gregorian melodies from the Church's traditional Requiem Mass, including the Requiem aeternam entrance chant (from which this liturgy draws its name), the familiar melodies of the Sanctus and Agnus Dei, and the beautiful In paradisum chant.  Psalm 23 is sung during the Liturgy of the Word, as well as the familiar mode 6 Alleluia, and the soloist sings Schubert's beloved Ave Maria as well as the Pie Jesu from Fauré's Requiem.  The full repertory list is given below, with links to YouTube performances:

ENTRANCE: Requiem aeternam (Latin chant)

RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Psalm 23 (in English)

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Alleluia mode 6 (in English)

OFFERTORY: Ave Maria, Franz Schubert

SANCTUS: Missa simplex (Latin chant)

MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION: ICEL chant (in English)

AGNUS DEI: Missa simplex (Latin chant)

COMMUNION I: Lux aeterna (Latin chant)

COMMUNION II: Pie Jesu, Gabriel Fauré (from his Requiem Op. 48)

FINAL COMMENDATION / INCENSING OF THE BODY: Subvenite (Latin chant)

RECESSIONAL: In paradisum (Latin chant)

POSTLUDE: Andante religioso, Felix Mendelssohn (from his Organ Sonata Op. 65, No. 4)

We strongly encourage the use of the chants from the traditional Requiem Mass, as outlined above.  However, some families may wish to include one or two hymns in English.  Here are a few to consider:
— Abide with Me
— Be Still, My Soul
— Be Thou My Vision
— Jerusalem, My Happy Home
— Nearer, My God, to Thee
— Praise to the Holiest in the Height