Kent Baker Music - Funeral Planning

Funeral Planning

Please use the form below to assist you in planning the funeral liturgy (audio files to most selections are hyperlinked). Other hymns and readings may be selected, subject to availability of music and approval. Non-religious songs are not permitted during the Mass - if you have a favorite pop song, etc., ask your funeral home about other opportunities to have it played (at the wake, gravesite, or reception).

To arrange a meeting in person or by telephone, please contact me on my cell phone at (802) 287-1066, or by e-mail kent@kentbakermusic.com.

Contact Information

Contact Name
Phone Number
Email

Decedent Information

Name:
Date Of Birth:
Date Of Death:
Date Of Funeral:
Time Of Funeral:
Link to Obituary: (if known)

Logistics

Anticipated number of family members to process/enter from the meeting room:

Casket
Cremains

Officiant:
Officiant's Title and Parish:

Procession

The family will process with the Officiant from the rear of the church and be seated on the West side. (The Words Of Remembrance will follow the Entrance Hymn.)

The family will not process, will enter from the meeting room at the front of the church, and be seated on the East side. (The Words Of Remembrance will begin the Mass.)

Words Of Remembrance (Eulogy, typically up to 5 minutes)

Presented by: Relationship:

There will not be a presenter for the Words Of Remembrance.

Entrance Hymn

First Reading

Presented by: Relationship:

2 Maccabees 12:43-46 ...he made atonement for the dead..."
Job 19:1, 23-27a "...I know that my vindicator lives.."
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 "...A time to be born, a time to die..."
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 "...A time to be born, a time to die..."
Wisdom 3:1-9 "...The souls of the just are in the hand of God..."
Wisdom 3:1-6, 9 "...The souls of the just are in the hand of God..."
Wisdom 4:7-15 The Righteous One, though he die early, shall be at rest..."
Sirach 2:1-11 "...in fire gold is tested....Compassionate is the Lord..."
Isaiah 25:6a, 7-9 "...he will destroy death forever..."
Isaiah 26:7-19 "...your dead shall live, their corpses shall rise..."
Isaiah 35:1-10 "...Here is your God, he comes with vindication..."
Isaiah 40:1-11 "...Here is your God! He comes with power..."
Lamentations 3:17-26 "...My portion is the Lord, says my soul..."
Ezekiel 37:12-14 "O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise..."
Daniel 12:1-3 "...the wise shall shine brightly..."
Micah 7:7-9 "...though I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light..."

Responsorial Psalm

Ps.23 - Shepherd Me, O God (Haugen)
Ps.23 - The Lord Is My Shepherd (Alsott) [most often used in the parish]
Ps.23 - The Lord Is My Shepherd (della Picca)
Ps.25 - To You, O Lord (Haugen)
Ps.27 - The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation (Haas)
Ps.42 - Like a Deer That Longs (My Soul Is Thirsting For You) (Bridge)
Ps.103 - The Lord Is Kind and Merciful (Cotter)
Ps.103 - The Lord Is Kind and Merciful (Haugen)

Second Reading

Presented by: Relationship:

Romans 5:5-11 "...We were reconciled to God through the death of his Son..."
Romans 5:17-21 "...through one righteous act acquittal and life came to all..."
Romans 6:3-9 "...if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall live with him..."
Romans 6:3-4, 8-9 "...if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall live with him..."
Romans 8:1-11 "...There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ..."
Romans 8:14-23 "Those who are led by the Spirit of God are Children of God..."
Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39 "...If God is for us, who can be against us?..."
Romans 14:7-9, 10c-12 "...This is why Christ died and came to life..."
1 Corinthians 2:6-10 "...eye has not seen, and ear has not heard..."
1 Corinthians 15:12-20"...If there is no resurrection of the dead..."
1 Corinthians 15:20-28 "...in Adam all die, so too if Christ shall all be brought to life..."
1 Corinthians 15:20-23 "...in Adam all die, so too if Christ shall all be brought to life..."
1 Corinthians 15:51-57 "...Where, O death, is your victory?..."
2 Corinthians 4:14-5:1 "...the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us..."
2 Corinthians 5:1, 6-10 "...Yet, we are courageous, and we would rather leave the body and go home to the Lord..."
Philippians 3:7-14 "...I run toward the prize to which God calls me..."
Philippians 3:20-21 "...He will change our lowly body..."
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 "...if we believe that Jesus died and rose..."
2 Timothy 2:8-13 "...Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead..."
2 Timothy 4:1-2, 6-8 "...I have competed well, I have finished the race..."
1 John 3:1-2 "...Beloved, we are God's children now..."
1 John 3:14-16 "...We know that we have passed from death to life..."

Gospel Acclamation

Celtic Alleluia (O'Carroll and Walker)
- Father, we praise you as Lord; all of the earth gives you worship, for your majesty fills the heavens, fills the earth.
- Blessed apostles sing praise; prophets and martyrs give glory; For your majesty, praise the Spirit, praise the Son!"
- You are the Christ everlasting, born for us all of a Virgin. You have conquered death, opened heaven to all believers.
- Help those you saved by your blood, raise them to life with your martyrs. Save your people, Lord, as their ruler, raise them up.
Alleluia no. 1 (Fishel)
- Jesus is Lord of all the earth; He is the King of creation.
- Spread the Good News o'er all the earth; Jesus has died and has risen.
- We have been crucified with Christ; Now we shall live forever.
- Come, let us praise the living God; Joyfully sing to our Savior.
Alleluia (Chant, Mode VI)
- John 11:25 - I am the resurrection and the life says the Lord; whoever believes in me will never die. [most often used in the parish]
- John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
- Matthew 11:28 - Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest, says the Lord.
- John 14:6 - I am the way, the truth, and the life, says the Lord; no one comes to the Father except through me.

Gospel Reading

Matthew 5:1-12a [The Eight Beatitudes]
Matthew 11:25-30 "...Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest..."
Matthew 25:1-13 "...'Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!'..."
Matthew 25:31-46 "...For I was hungry and you gave me food..."
Mark 15:33-39; 16:1-6 "...Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last..."
Mark 15:33-39 "...My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?..."
Luke 7:11-17 "...Young man, I tell you, arise!..."
Luke 12:35-40 "...Be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come."
Luke 23:33, 39-43 "...Today you will be with me in Paradise."
Luke 23:44-49 "...Father, into your hands I commend my Spirit..."
Luke 24:13-35 "...Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and enter into his glory?..."
Luke 24:13-16, 28-35 "...Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and enter into his glory?..."
John 5:24-29 "...Whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life..."
John 6:37-40 "...That everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day." [most often used in the parish]
John 6:51-58 "I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever..."
John 11:17-27 "...I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live..."
John 11:21-27 "...I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live..."
John 11:32-45 "...Lazarus, come out!..."
John 12:23-28 "...Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies..."
John 12:23-26 "...Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies..."
John 14:1-6 "...I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
John 17:24-26 "Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me..."
John 19:17-18, 25-39 "When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, 'It is finished.' And bowing his head, he handed over the spirit..."

Prayer Of the Faithful

Presented by: Relationship:
Please select five or six of the following petitions. (The first five are commonly used in this parish.)

In baptism, N. received the light of Christ. Scatter the darkness now and lead him/her over the waters of death.
Our brother/sister, N., was nourished at the table of the Savior. Welcome him/her into the halls of the heavenly banquet.
Many friends and members of our families have gone before us and await the kingdom. Grant them an everlasting home with your Son.
The family and friends of N. seek comfort and consolation. Heal their pain and dispel the darkness and doubt that come from grief.
We are assembled here in faith and confidence to pray for N. Strengthen our hope so that we may live in the expectation of your Son’s coming.
God is full of mercy and compassion. May he forgive N. any sins he/she committed through human frailty.
For the sorrowing family, relatives and friends of N.; that they may find strength and consolation in their Christian faith and in the love and support of this community.
We pray for those who mourn N.'s death (especially ); that they may find strength and consolation in the hope that we have through the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.
God of all consolation, help us to comfort one another in our grief. We pray for all those we have loved who have died. Lord, give them the reward of their goodness.
We pray for those who care for the sick and dying, especially those who cared for N. during his/her illness.
For all parents who grieve over the death of their children; that they may be comforted in the knowledge that they rest in God.
May the prayers of Mary, the Mother of God, who stood by the cross as her son was dying, help those who mourn and be with all of us in our time of need.
We pray for those here today, that the memory of N., whom they loved, may inspire them with a renewed love for all of our brothers and sisters.
We pray for all of us here today and for all members of our Church; that we may be prepared for the hour of our own death, when God will call us by name, to pass from this world to the next.
That the Church may be a comforting witness to Christ, our resurrection and our life.
That those who are burdened by their loss may be blessed with courage, strength, and patience.
That N. and all who have died may be judged in mercy on the last day, and may all of us, the living and the dead, rise in glory and grace on that great day.
For the prayers we hold in our hearts, united in the Holy Spirit with those of Mary the Mother of God and all the saints in light.

Gift Bearers

(1) Name: Relationship:
(2) Name: Relationship:
(3 - optional) Name: Relationship:
(4 - optional) Name: Relationship:
(any additional, optional) Name(s) and relationship(s):

Kent Baker Music - Funeral Planning

Funeral Planning

Contact Information

Decedent Information

Logistics

Procession

Words Of Remembrance (Eulogy, typically up to 5 minutes)

Entrance Hymn

First Reading

Responsorial Psalm

Second Reading

Gospel Acclamation

Gospel Reading

Prayer Of the Faithful

Gift Bearers

Offertory Hymn

Communion Hymn

Communion Meditation

Recessional Hymn

Additional Instructions/Comments