Why it's a good choice: One of the most sung hymns at funerals, this is really a prayer to God to stay with him in death as He did with us in life. Henry Francis Lyte, Vicar of Brixham in Devon ...
That hymn was removed from the “ordinary form” of the funeral ritual in the liturgical ... more clearly the paschal character of Christian death.” The “Dies Irae” foretells the second ...
Passages are read from the Bible during the Christian funeral service and hymns are sung. The purpose of these passages and hymns are often to provide support for the family of the deceased.