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Responsorial Psalm • Funeral (option 1)	R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. Ps. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want In honor of Blessed Hugh Faringdon (mode VIII): 4500 (refrain) • 4503 (mode VIII psalm) • 4504 (vocalist) Audio file 5030 by Lina Franco 4505 (mp3 audio file for practice) In honor of Blessed Hugh Faringdon (mode IV): 4500 (refrain) • 4501 (mode IV psalm) • 4502 (vocalist) 4506 (mp3 audio file for practice) In honor of Pope Boniface IX: 2960 (organist Pt 1) • 4495 (organist Pt 2) • 2962 (vocalist) 4442 (mp3 audio file for practice) A Responsorial Psalm written by guest artist Aurelio Porfiri: • 4785 by guest composer Aurelio Porfiri • A Responsorial Psalm written by Sam Schmitt: • 4549 by guest composer Sam Schmitt • A version by guest composer Brian Michael Page: • 5075 (a PDF file with multiple pages) • A version by guest composer Richard Rice: • 8417 (organist/vocalist) • A version by guest composer Matthew Meloche: • 8532 (vocalist score) • OR: R. Though I walk in the valley of darkness, I fear no evil, for You are with me. Ps. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want 2965 (organist Pt 1) • 2966 (organist Pt 2) • 2967 (vocalist) 4459 (mp3 audio file for practice) A lower version: 2965 (organist Pt 1) • 4460 (organist Pt 2) • 4461 (vocalist)
Sung Gospel for Funerals: PDF score (by Bruce Ford) • 5072 (audio mp3 recording)
Responsorial Psalm • Funeral (option 2)	R. To You, O Lord, I lift my soul. OR: R. No one who waits for You, O Lord, will ever be put to shame. Ps. Remember that Your compassion, O Lord • 8418 (A version by guest composer Richard Rice) •
Responsorial Psalm • Funeral (option 3)	R. I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the Land of the Living Ps. The Lord is my light and my salvation • 4105 (organist Pt 1) • 4029 (organist Pt 2) • 4106 (vocalist) 1674 (vocalist score) • By Fr. Jeffrey Keyes in honor of Martha Keyes Cushnyr OR: R. The Lord is my light and my salvation. Ps. The Lord is my light and my salvation Melody in honor of St. Maximilian Kolbe: • 4348 (organist Pt 1) • 4349 (organist Pt 2) • 4350 (vocalist) 4378 (mp3 audio file for practice) Melody in honor of Don Capisco: • 1400 (organist Pt 1) • 4029 (organist Pt 2) • 4030 (vocalist) Melos in honorem Patris Valentini: • 1405 (organist Pt 1) • 4029 (organist Pt 2) • 4030 (vocalist) A version by guest composer Richard Rice: • 8419 (organist/vocalist score) •
Responsorial Psalm • Funeral (option 4)	R. My soul is thirsting for the living God: when shall I see Him face to face? Ps. As the hind longs for the running waters • 8420 (a version by guest composer Richard Rice) •
Responsorial Psalm • Funeral (option 5)	R. My soul is thirsting for You, O Lord my God. Ps. O God, You are my God, Whom I seek. Melody in honor of Saint Antoine Daniel: • 4433 (organist Pt 1) • 4434 (organist Pt 2) • 4435 (vocalist) 4439 (mp3 audio file for practice) At a lower key: • 4436 (organist Pt 1) • 4437 (organist Pt 2) • 4438 (vocalist) 4440 (mp3 audio file for practice) Melody in honor of Saint Edmund Campion: • 4380 (organist Pt 1) • 4381 (organist Pt 2) • 4382 (vocalist) 4390 (mp3 audio file for practice) Melody in honor of Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni: • 4080 (organist) • 4095 (organist Pt 2) • 4096 (vocalist) Melody in honor of Holy John Henry Newman: • 4035 (organist) • 4036 (vocalist) Melody in honor of Saint Clare of Assisi: • 4032 (organist Pt 1) • 4033 (organist Pt 2) • 4034 (vocalist) A version by guest composer Richard Rice: • 8421 (organist/vocalist score) •
Responsorial Psalm • Funeral (option 6)	R. The salvation of the just comes from the Lord. OR: R. The Lord is kind and merciful. Ps. Bless the Lord, O my soul In honor of St. Mark the Evangelist: • 4455 (organist Pt 1) • 4456 (organst Pt 2) • 4457 (vocalist) 4458 (mp3 audio file for practice) St. John of the Cross Melody: • 2070 (organist Pt 1) • 3018 (organist Pt 2) • 2072 (vocalist) 4393 (mp3 audio file for practice) St. Elizabeth of Hungary Melody: • 2075 (organist Pt 1) • 3018 (organist Pt 2) • 2076 (vocalist) A version by guest composer Richard Rice: • 8422 (organist/vocalist score) •
Responsorial Psalm • Funeral (option 7)	I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living. OR: Alleluia. Ps. Gracious is the Lord and just • 8423 (a version by guest composer Richard Rice) •
Responsorial Psalm • Funeral (option 8)	I rejoiced when I heard them say: let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord. OR: R. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord. Ps. I rejoiced because they said to me Pope Innocent III Melody: • 4021 (organist) • 4022 (vocalist) St. Thomas Aquinas Melody: • 4023 (organist) • 4024 (vocalist) Bl. Pope Pius IX Melody: • 4025 (organist) • 4026 (vocalist) A version by guest composer Richard Rice: • 8424 (organist/vocalist score) •
Responsorial Psalm • Funeral (option 9)	R. Out of the depths, I cry to You, O Lord. Ps. Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord 4027 (organist Pt 1) • 4028 (organist Pt 2) • 1472 (vocalist) A version by guest composer Richard Rice: • 8425 (organist/vocalist score) •
Responsorial Psalm • Funeral (option 10)	R. O Lord, hear my prayer Ps. O Lord, hear my prayer A version by guest composer Richard Rice: • 8426 (organist/vocalist score) •

Alleluia Verse Melody #1	GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: I am the Resurrection and the Life, says the Lord; whoever believes in Me will not die forever. 4509 (organist) • 4510 (vocalist) GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Come, you whom my Father has blessed, says the Lord; inherit the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world. 4513 (organist) • 4514 (vocalist)
Alleluia Verse Melody #2	GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Blessed are those who have died in the Lord; let them rest from their labors for their good deeds go with them. 4511 (organist) • 4512 (vocalist) GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: This is the will of My Father, says the Lord, that all who believe in the Son will have eternal life and I will raise them up on the last day. 4515 (organist) • 4516 (vocalist) GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: I am the living bread from Heaven, says the Lord. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. 4624 (organist) • 4625 (vocalist)