Music at a funeral Mass (Order of Christian Funerals)

1. O.C.F., 30: “Music is integral to the Funeral rites. It allows the

community to express convictions and feelings that word alone may fail

to convey. It has the power to console and uplift the mourners and to

strengthen the unity of the assembly in faith and love. The texts of the

songs chosen for a particular celebration should express the paschal

mystery of the Lord's suffering, death, and triumph over death and

should be related to the readings from Scripture.”

2. O.C.F., 31: “Rather than adopting popular secular songs which are

inappropriate to a liturgical setting, we should seek out good liturgical

music on a paschal theme which can “support, console, and uplift

participants and help to create in them a spirit of hope in Christ's victory

over death and in the Christian's share in that victory."