The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God,
and no torment shall touch them.
They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead;
and their passing away was thought an affliction
and their going forth from us, utter destruction.
But they are in peace.
For if to others, indeed, they seem punished,
yet is their hope full of immortality;
Chastised a little, they shall be greatly blessed,
because God tried them
and found them worthy of himself.
As gold in the furnace, he proved them,
and as sacrificial offerings he took them to himself.
Those who trust in him shall understand truth,
and the faithful shall abide with him in love:
Because grace and mercy are with his holy ones,
and his care is with the elect.

On this mountain the LORD of hosts
will provide for all peoples
A feast of rich food and choice wines,
juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines.
On this mountain he will destroy
the veil that veils all peoples,
The web that is woven over all nations.
He will destroy death forever.
The Lord GOD will wipe away
the tears from all faces;
The reproach of his people he will remove
from the whole earth; for the LORD has spoken.
On that day it will be said:
“Indeed, this is our God; we looked to him, and he saved us!
This is the LORD to whom we looked;
let us rejoice and be glad that he has saved us!”

But now, thus says the Lord,
who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel,
fear not for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
in the river, you shall not drown.
When you walk through fire, you shall not be burned,
the flames shall not consume you.
For I am the Lord you God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
Because you are precious in My eyes and glorious, and because I love you.”

There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens. 
A time to give birth, and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot the plant. 
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a time to build. 
A time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance. 
A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather them; a time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces. 
A time to seek and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away. 
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak. 
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war and a time of peace.

Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she smiles at the future. 
She opens her mouth in wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. 
She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. 
Her children rise up and bless her; Her husband also, and he praises her, saying: 
“Many daughters have done nobly, but you excel them all.” 
Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised. 
Give her the product of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates. 

And now, bless the God of all, who has done wondrous things on earth;
Who fosters people’s growth from their mother’s womb,
and fashions them according to his will!
May he grant you joy of heart and may peace abide among you;
May his goodness toward us endure in Israel to deliver us in our days.

Oh, would that my words were written down!
Would that they were inscribed in a record:
That with an iron chisel and with lead
they were cut in the rock forever!
As for me, I know that my vindicator lives,
and that he will at last stand forth upon the dust.
This will happen when my skin has been stripped off,
and from my flesh I will see God.

Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death,
so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father,
we too might live in newness of life.
For if we have been united with him in a death like his,
we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.
We know that our old self was crucified with him
so that the body of sin might be might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.
For whoever has died is freed from sin.
But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again;
death no longer has dominion over him.

If God is for us, who can be against us?
He who did not spare his own Son but handed him over for us all,
how will he not also give us everything else along with him?
Who will bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who acquits us.
Who will condemn? It is Christ [Jesus] who died, rather, was raised,
who also is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us.
What will separate us from the love of Christ?
Will anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword?

None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself.
For if we live, we live for the Lord,and if we die, we die for the Lord;
so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
For this is why Christ died and came to life,
that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God;
for it is written: “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend before me,
and every tongue shall give praise to God.”
So then each of us shall give an account of himself to God.

Once you were once darkness, but now in the Lord you are light.
Live as children of light, for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true.
Try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness; but instead expose them.
For it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly;
but everything exposed by the light becomes visible,
for everything that becomes visible is light.
Therefore, it says “Sleeper awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you”.

There is, to be sure, a certain wisdom which we express among the spiritually mature.
It is not a wisdom of this age, however,
nor of the rulers of this age, who are men of destruction.
No, what we utter is God’s wisdom: a mysterious, hidden wisdom.
God planned it before all ages for our glory:
None of the rulers of this age knew the mystery;
if they had known it, they never would have crucified the Lord of glory.
Of this wisdom it is written,
“Eye has seen, ear has not heard,
or has it so much as dawned on man
what God has prepared for those who love him.”

But now Christ has been raised from the dead,
the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
For since death came through a human being,
the resurrection of the dead came also through a human being.
For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life,
but each one in proper order: Christ the first fruits;
then, at his coming, those who belong to Christ.

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed,
in an instant, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet.
For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For that which is corruptible must clothe itself with incorruptibility,
and that which is mortal must clothe itself with immortality.b
And when this which is corruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility
and this which is mortal clothes itself with immortality,
then the word that is written shall come about:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.
Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

For I am already being poured out as a libation,
and the time of my departure is at hand.
I have competed well, I have finished the race;
I have kept the faith.
From now on the crown of righteousness awaits me,
which the Lord, the just Judge, will award me on that day,
and not only me, but to all who have longed for his appearance.

See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God.
Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed.
We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us,
we have confidence in God and receive from him whatever we ask,
because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
And his commandment is this: we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,
and love one another as he has commanded us.
Those who keep his commandments remain in him, and he in them,
and the way we know that he remains in us is from the Spirit he gave us.

Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God;
everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.
Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love.
In this way the love of God was revealed to us:
God sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.
In this is love: not that we have loved God,
but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another.
No one has ever seen God.
Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us,
and his love is brought to perfection in us.
This is how we know that we remain in him and he in us,
that he has given us of his Spirit.

When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain,
and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
He began to teach them, saying:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of me.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.”

At that time Jesus said in reply,
“I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned
you have revealed them to the childlike.
Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.
All things have been handed over to me by my Father.
No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son
and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart;
and you will find rest for yourselves.For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him,
he will sit upon his glorious throne,
and all the nations will be assembled before him.
And he will separate them one from another,
as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
Then the king will say to those on his right,
‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father.
Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink,
a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me,
ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.’”

People were bringing children to Jesus that he might touch them,
but the disciples rebuked them.
When Jesus saw this he became indignant, and said to them,
“Let the children come to me; do not prevent them,
for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.”
Then he embraced the children and blessed them, placing his hands on them.

When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him and the criminals there, one on his right, the other on his left.
Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying, “Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us.”
The other, however, rebuking him, said in reply, “Have you no fear of God, for you are subject to the same condemnation?
And indeed, we have been condemned justly, for the sentence we received corresponds to our crimes, but this man has done nothing criminal.”
Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
He replied to him, “Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

Now that very day two of them were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus,
and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred.
And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them,
but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.
As they approached the village to which they were going, he gave the impression that he was going on farther.
But they urged him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.
And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them.
With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight.
Then they said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us on the way and opened the scriptures to us?”
So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem where they found gathered together the eleven and those with them
who were saying, “The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!”
Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

Everything that the Father gives me will come to me,
and I will not reject anyone who comes to me,
because I came down from heaven not to do my own will
but the will of the one who sent me.
And this is the will of the one who sent me,
that I should not lose anything of what he gave me,
but that I should raise it on the last day.
For this is the will of my Father,
that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life,
and I shall raise him on the last day.”

When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles away.
And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home.
Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.”
Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise.”
Martha said to him, “I know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day.”
Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God,
the one who is coming into the world.”

Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not let your hearts be troubled.
You have faith in God; have faith also in me.
In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places.
If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself,
so that where I am you also may be.
Where I am going you know the way.”
Thomas said to him, “Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?”
Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me.
If you know me, then you will also know my Father.
From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said:
“Father, those whom you gave me are your gift to me.
I wish that where I am they also may be with me,
that they may see my glory that you gave me,
because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
Righteous Father, the world also does not know you,
but I know you, and they know that you sent me.
I made known to them your name and I will make it known,
that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them.”

Amazing Grace (NEW BRITAIN)
Be Not Afraid (Foley)
Be Thou My Vision (SLANE)
For All the Saints (SINE NOMINE)
Hail Mary, Gentle Woman (Landry)
Here I Am, Lord (Schutte)
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (KINGSFOLD)
Lord of All Hopefulness (SLANE)
The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Psalm 23 in hymn form) (ST. COLUMBA)

Psalm 23: Shepherd Me, O God (Haugen)
Psalm 23: My Shepherd is the Lord (Batastini/Gelineau)
Psalm 27: The Lord is My Light and My Salvation (Guimont)
Psalm 63: My Soul Is Thirsting For You (Guimont)
Psalm 103: The Lord Is Kind And Merciful (Haugen)

Amazing Grace (NEW BRITAIN)
Ave Maria (Schubert) – SOLO
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) -SOLO
Be Still, My Soul (Finlandia)
Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine
Eye Has Not Seen (Haugen)
Hail Mary, Gentle Woman (Landry)
Here I Am, Lord (Schutte)
His Eye is on the Sparrow
How Can I Keep From Singing?
I Have Loved You (Joncas)
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (KINGSFOLD)
Let There Be Peace on Earth (Miller/Jackson)
Lord of All Hopefulness (Slane -Irish tune)
Morning Has Broken (BUNESSAN)
O Breathe on Me, O Breath of God (ST. COLUMBA)
On Eagle’s Wings (Joncas)
Prayer of St. Francis “Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace” (Temple)
Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling
The Cloud’s Veil (Lawton)
The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Psalm 23 in hymn form)
We Walk By Faith (Haugen)

Simple Chant Mass in English or Latin
Mass of Creation (Haugen)
Community Mass (Proulx)
Belmont Mass (Walker)

Gift of Finest Wheat (Kreutz)
I Am the Bread of Life (Toolan)
On Eagle’s Wings (Joncas)
One Bread, One Body (Foley)
Panis Angelicus (Franck) SOLO
Pie Jesu (from Requiem) (ALWebber) – SOLO
Pie Jesu (from Requiem) (Fauré) – SOLO
Salve Regina (Marian Antiphon)
Taste And See (Moore)

In Paradisum (Chant with text in Latin or English)
Saints of God, Come to his/her aid (Set to Old 100th)
Celtic Song of Farewell (Final Commendation text set to LONDONDERRY AIR, “Danny Boy”)

A Parting Blessing (Irish Blessing) (Williams)
Amazing Grace (NEW BRITAIN)
Christ, Be Our Light (Farrell)
City of God (Schutte)
For All the Saints (SINE NOMINE)
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (GROSSER GOTT)
How Great Thou Art (Hines)
I Know That My Redeemer Lives (DUKE STREET)
Irish Blessing (“May the Road Rise to Meet You”)
Jerusalem, My Happy Home (LAND OF REST)
Let There Be Peace on Earth (Miller/Jackson)
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (HYFRYDOL)
Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Shall We Gather At the River (Spiritual)
Sing with All the Saints in Glory (ODE TO JOY)
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (LASST UNS ERFREUEN)

Chants of the Traditional Requiem Mass
Introit – Requiem Aeternam
Agnus Dei
Lux Aeterna
In Paradisum
Chant Mode VI Alleluia
Salve Regina (Marian Antiphon)
Simple Chant Mass in English or Latin

Be Not Afraid (Dufford)
Christ, Be Our Light (Farrell)
City of God (Schutte)
Eye Has Not Seen (Haugen)
Gift of Finest Wheat (Kreutz)
Hail Mary, Gentle Woman (Landry)
Here I Am, Lord (Schutte)
I Am the Bread of Life (Toolan)
I Have Loved You (Joncas)
Let There Be Peace on Earth (Miller/Jackson)
On Eagle’s Wings (Joncas)
One Bread, One Body (Foley)
Prayer of St. Francis “Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace” (Temple)
Psalm 23: Shepherd Me, O God (Haugen)
Psalm 23: My Shepherd is the Lord (Batastini/Gelineau)
Psalm 103: The Lord Is Kind And Merciful (Haugen)
Taste And See (Moore)
The Cloud’s Veil (Lawton)
We Walk By Faith (Haugen)

Psalm 23: The Lord is My Shepherd, I Shall not Want
Psalm 27: The Lord is My Light and My Salvation
Psalm 63: My Soul Is Thirsting For You
Psalm 103: The Lord is Kind and Merciful
Psalm 116: I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
Psalm 122: Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

Mass of Creation (Haugen)
Community Mass (Proulx)
Belmont Mass (Walker)

Amazing Grace (NEW BRITAIN)
How Can I Keep From Singing? (Lowry)
Jerusalem, My Happy Home (LAND OF REST)
Morning Has Broken (BUNESSAN)

Be Still, My Soul (FINLANDIA)
For All the Saints (SINE NOMINE)
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (KINGSFOLD)
I Know That My Redeemer Lives (DUKE STREET)
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (HYFRYDOL)
Saints of God, Come to his/her Aid (OLD 100th)

Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (GROSSER GOTT)
Sing with All the Saints in Glory (ODE TO JOY)
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (LASST UNS ERFREUEN)

A Parting Blessing (Irish Blessing) (Williams)
Be Thou My Vision (SLANE)
Celtic Alleluia (O’Carroll/Walker)
Celtic Song of Farewell (Final Commendation text set to LONDONDERRY AIR, “Danny Boy”)
Irish Blessing (“May the Road Rise to Meet You”)
Lord of All Hopefulness (SLANE)
O Breathe on Me, O Breath of God (ST. COLUMBA)
The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Psalm 23 in hymn form) (ST. COLUMBA)

Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine
His Eye is on the Sparrow
How Great Thou Art (Hines)
Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling

Shall We Gather at the River?
Steal Away, Steal Away to Jesus

Ave Maria (Schubert)
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Ave Maria (Abt)
Panis Angelicus (Franck)
Pie Jesu (from Requiem) (ALWebber)
Pie Jesu (from Requiem) (Fauré)