A Clare Benediction

A Living Prayer

A Mhuire Mháthair (can be used as a Psalm)

Abide With Me

Ag Críost an Síol

All That I Am

Amazing Grace

As I Kneel Before You (Ave Maria)

As the Deer (can be used as a Psalm)

Ave Maria - Schubert

Be Not Afraid (can be used as Psalm)

Be Still for the Presence of the Lord

Be Still My Soul

Be Thou My Vision (can be used as a Psalm)

Beyond the Rainbow’s End

Blest Are They (can be used as a Psalm)

Bring Flowers of the Rarest

Céad Míle Fáilte Romhat

Centre of My Life (can be used as a Psalm)

Christ Be Beside Me

Christ Be Our Light

City of God

Down to the River to Pray

Eat this Bread

Gifts of Bread and Wine

Going Home

Hallelujah (Religious Lyrics)

Here I am, Lord

Hiding Place (can be used as a Psalm)

His Eye is on the Sparrow

How Great Thou Art

I Watch the Sunrise

I Will Be the Vine (can be used as a Psalm)

Jealous of the Angels

Lady of Knock

Like the Deer (Psalm)

Lord of All Hopefulness

Make Me a Channel of Your Peace

May the Road Rise to Meet You

Mo Ghrá Thú (can be used as a Psalm)

Nearer My God to Thee

Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) - Hillsong

On Eagle’s Wings (can be used as a Psalm)

One Bread, One Body

Only in God (can be used as a Psalm)

Panis Angelicus 

Pie Jesu

Send Forth Your Spirit, O Lord (Psalm)

Soul of my Saviour

Sweet Heart of Jesus

The Cloud’s Veil (can be used as a Psalm)

The Hand of God Shall Hold You

The Last Supper

The Lord, He is my Shepherd (Psalm)

The Old Rugged Cross

The Prayer

The Servant Song

There is a Place

Voice of an Angel

Wherever You Go/Song of Ruth

Walk With Me, O My Lord

You Are Mine

You Raise Me Up

I am happy to chat to each couple/family to assist with song selection, and will do my absolute best to accommodate special requests.  I can also download an mp3 file of any song for you and play it through my system if there is something you would like that I cannot offer myself.

A Million Dreams (The Greatest Showman)

A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)

Accidentally in Love (Counting Crows)

All of Me (John Legend)

At Last (Etta James)

Ave Maria (Beyoncé)

Black is the Colour

Bright Blue Rose

Bubbly (Colbie Caillat)

Caledonia

Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Disney/The Lion King)

Can’t Help Falling in Love With You (Elvis Presley)

Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)

Crazier (Taylor Swift)

Crowded Table (The Highwomen)

Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac)

Falling Slowly (Glen Hansard)

Feels Like Home

Fields of Gold (Sting/Eva Cassidy)

From this Moment (Shania Twain)

Grace

Greatest Day (Take That)

Hallelujah (Jeff Buckley)

Halo (Beyoncé)

Here Comes the Sun (The Beatles)

Higher love (James Vincent McMorrow)

How Long Will I Love You (Ellie Goulding)

I Get to Love You (Ruelle)

I See the Light (Disney/Tangled)

I Wanna Be Like You (Disney/The Jungle Book)

I Won’t Give Up (Jason Mraz)

I’ll Be (Edwin McCain)

I’ll Be There For You (The Rembrandts)

I’m a Believer (The Monkees)

Iris (Goo Goo Dolls)

Isn’t She Lovely (Stevie Wonder)

It Must Be Love (Maddness)

Kiss Me (Sixpence None the Richer)

Kiss the Girl (Disney/The Little Mermaid)

Kissing You (Des’ree)

Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)

Lascia Ch’io Pianga (Handel)

Little Things (One Direction)

Love Like This (Lauren Daigle)

Lover (Taylor Swift)

Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan)

Moondance (Van Morrison)

Nella Fantasia (Ennio Morricone)

Never Enough (The Greatest Showman)

O Mio Babbino Caro (Puccini)

Ocean Eyes (Billie Eilish)

Ombra Mai Fu/Handel’s Largo (Handel)

One Day Like This (Elbow)

Perfect (Ed Sheeran)

Photograph (Ed Sheeran)

Raglan Road

Reflecting Light (Sam Phillips)

Say You Won’t Let Go (James Arthur)

She Moved Through the Fair

Simply the Best (Tina Turner/Noah Reid)

Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Judy Garland)

Songbird (Fleetwood Mac)

Stand By Me (Ben E. King)

Take My Hand (Picture This)

Tale as Old as Time (Disney/Beauty and the Beast)

The One (Kodaline)

The Rose (Bette Midler)

The Voyage (Christy Moore)

Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)

Time to Say Goodbye

Warm (The Coronas)

When I Look at You (Miley Cyrus)

When You Were Sweet Sixteen (The Fureys)

Where You Lead (Carole King)

Wherever You Will Go (The Calling/Charlene Soraia)

Wings (Birdy)

With or Without You (U2)

You are the Reason (Calum Scott)

You’re Still the One (Shania Twain)

You’ve Got the Love (Florence and The Machine)

Your Love Keeps Lifting Me (Higher and Higher) (Jackie Wilson)

Your Song (Elton John)

Yours (Ella Henderson)

*PLEASE NOTE: any secular (non-religious) songs must be checked with the priest first.

Entrance/Processional:

Canon in D

A Thousand Years

One Day Like This

I’ll Be

The One

I Get to Love You

Lighting of the Candles:

*Very short instrumental*

OR

Verse 1/Chorus of song

Responsorial Psalm:

*this can also be read if preferred*

On Eagle’s Wings

I Will Be the Vine

Mo Ghrá Thú

Send Forth Your Spirit, O Lord

Only in God

Gospel Acclamation:

Alleluia (or Praise to You if during Lent)

Unity Candle:

Repeat short instrumental from earlier

OR

verse 2/chorus of song

Offertory:

Ag Críost an Síol

Ave Maria (Schubert)

As I Kneel Before You (Ave Maria)

Be Still for the Presence of the Lord

Make Me a Channel of Your Peace

Communion:

*A hymn (usually) must be first at Communion, a non-religious song may be allowed for the second/third song, but this will need to be checked with priest*

Panis Angelicus

The Cloud’s Veil

Be Still for the Presence of the Lord

A Clare Benediction

I Watch the Sunrise

You Are Mine

Can’t Help Falling in Love with You

Hallelujah

How Long Will I Love You

I Won’t Give Up

I Get to Love You

Perfect

The Prayer

Signing of the Register:

At Last

Perfect

You’re Still the One

Songbird

Can’t Help Falling in Love

Feels Like Home

The One

Your Song

Recessional:

Everywhere

I’m a Believer

One Day Like This

Dreams (The Cranberries)

Take My Hand

Higher and Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me)

It Must Be Love

Civil ceremonies can differ depending on the couple’s preferences, what you are including in your ceremony, the celebrant and how they tailor the ceremony.

You would generally need between three to five songs for your civil ceremony, although this can absolutely vary.

Here are some examples:

Entrance:

A Thousand Years

Can’t Help Falling in Love With You

The One

You’re Still the One

One Day Like This

Between Readings / Candles / Handfasting etc

Ave Maria (Beyoncé)

Pure Imagination

I Get to Love You

How Long Will I Love You

Perfect

Songbird

Feels Like Home

At Last

Exit:

One Day Like This

It Must Be Love

Higher and Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me)

Take My Hand

Marry You

*PLEASE NOTE: any secular (non-religious) songs must be checked with the priest first.

Entrance:

Abide With Me

Be Not Afraid

Be Still My Soul

I Watch the Sunrise

Nearer My God to Thee

Responsorial Psalm:

Be Not Afraid

On Eagle’s Wings

Only in God

The Lord is My Shepherd

Offertory:

Ag Críost an Síol

Gifts of Bread and Wine

As I Kneel Before You

Be Still for the Presence of the Lord

Make me a Channel of Your Peace

Communion:

Amazing Grace

Be Not Afraid

Be Still for the Presence of the Lord

Pie Jesu

Panis Angelicus

How Great Thou Art

Only in God

The Cloud’s Veil

Recessional:

How Great Thou Art

The Cloud’s Veil

Going Home

May the Road Rise to Meet You

Be Not Afraid