In and Out music and reading for funeral

[beety]

of Great Aunt, very religious?

Any suggestions?

[beety]

she was trad c of e, never missed a sunday

[bloss]

For funerals I personally always like Ecclesiastes 3:
1 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:

2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,

3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,

4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,

5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,

7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,

8 a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.

Revelation 21 is always hugely comforting for believers:
The New Jerusalem
1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."

[MaryBS]

Some of 1 Corinthians Ch 15 is appropriate: verses 35-44?

Also, although not from the Bible:

"Death is nothing at all
I have only slipped away into the next room
I am I and you are you
Whatever we were to each other
That we are still
Call me by my old familiar name
Speak to me in the easy way you always used
Put no difference into your tone
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow
Laugh as we always laughed
At the little jokes we always enjoyed together
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was
Let it be spoken without effort
Without the ghost of a shadow in it
Life means all that it ever meant
It is the same as it ever was
There is absolute unbroken continuity
What is death but a negligible accident?
Why should I be out of mind
Because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you for an interval
Somewhere very near
Just around the corner
All is well.
Nothing is past; nothing is lost
One brief moment and all will be as it was before
How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!"

By Canon Henry Scott-Holland, 1847-1918, Canon of St Paul's Cathedral

[Milliways]

I just had to post that I played in the music group at a funeral of an 83 yr old, very devout lady (who was NEVER old) & who requested that she be carried out to the song "You shall go out with joy". It was fab!

She thankfully died after a very short illness & previously had let everyone know her fav songs - all upbeat.

I have never enjoyed funeral music so much!

[dewmeadow]

How about "In Paridisum"from either Faure's or Durefle's Requiems - beautiful, peaceful, like angels

[MaryBS]

I don't know the other one, but Faure's requiem is lovely!

[Xavielli]

I'd have the hymn "Oh Lord my god, When I in awesome wonder" just for an excuse to sing it!

[MaryBS]

I love that hymn too - now you've set me off, can't really sing it at work..... :o