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These are readings typically chosen for funerals.
First Reading
All Old Testament readings typically chosen
2 Maccabees 12:43-46 He acted in an excellent and noble way as he had the resurrection of the dead in view
Daniel 12:1,2a,3 - Those who lead the many to justice shall be like the stars forever - Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake
Daniel 12:1-3 - Those who lead the many to justice shall be like the stars forever
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 - A time for everything
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, 11 - A time for everything
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, 12 - A time for everything
Ecclesiastes 3:1-12 - A time for everything
Ezekiel 36:24-27 - I will put my spirit within you
Isaiah 25:6a,7-9 - The Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces - He will destroy death forever
Isaiah 41:10-13 - Do not fear, I am with you
Isaiah 49:1-4 - You are my servant
Job 19:1,23-27a - I know that my vindicator lives
Joshua 24:14-15 - As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord
Lamentations 3:17-26 - The Lord is good to those who trust in him - It is good to hope in silence for the saving help of the Lord
Micah 7:7-9 - The Lord is my light
Proverbs 12:19-28 - The path of justice is life
Proverbs 31:10-31 - Many are the women of proven worth, but you have excelled them all
Psalm 23 - The Lord is My Shepherd
Wisdom 3:1-6, 9 - As sacrificial offerings he took them to himself, the souls of the just are in the hands of God
Wisdom 3:1-9 - As sacrificial offerings he took them to himself, the souls of the just are in the hands of God
Wisdom 4:7-15 - The just man, though he die early shall be at rest - An unsullied life, the attainment of old age
Wisdom 7:7-11 - The spirit of Wisdom came to me
During the Easter season (from Easter Sunday through Pentecost) the First Reading must be chosen from:
Acts 10:34-43 - Everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness - He is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead
Acts 10:34-36, 42-43 - Everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness -He is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead
Revelation 14:13 - Let them find rest from their labors - Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
Revelation 20:11-21:1 - Dead judged according to deeds - New heaven and a new earth
Revelation 21:1-7 - There shall be no more death - Alpha & Omega
Revelation 21:1-5a, 6b-7 - There shall be no more death - Alpha & Omega
Psalm
All Psalms typically chosen
Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want
Psalm 23 Though I walk in the valley of darkness, I fear no evil, for you are with me
Psalm 25 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul
Psalm 25 No one who waits for you, O Lord, will ever be put to shame
Psalm 27 I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living
Psalm 27 The Lord is my light and my salvation
Psalm 42 My soul is thirsting for the living God, when shall I see him face to face?
Psalm 63 My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God
Psalm 103 The Lord is kind and merciful
Psalm 103 The salvation of the just comes from the Lord
Psalm 116 I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living
Psalm 122 I rejoiced when I heard them say, let us go to the house of the Lord
Psalm 122 Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord
Psalm 130 I hope in the Lord, I trust in his word
Psalm 130 Out of the depths, I cry to you, Lord
Psalm 143 O Lord, hear my prayer
Second Reading
All New Testament Readings typically chosen
1 Corinthians 13:1-8a - Love never ends
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 - Love never ends
1 Corinthians 15:20-23 - So too in Christ shall all be brought to life
1 Corinthians 15:20-28 - So too in Christ shall all be brought to life
1 Corinthians 15:51-57 - Where O death is your sting? - Death is swallowed up in victory
1 John 3:1-2 - We are God’s children now - We shall see him as he is
1 John 3:14-16 The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us, we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers
1 Peter 5:1-11 - Cast all your worries upon him
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 - Thus we shall always be with the Lord
2 Corinthians 4:14-5:1 - What is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal
2 Corinthians 5:1, 6-10 - We walk by faith, not by sight - We have a building from God, eternal in heaven
2 Corinthians 5:1-10 - We walk by faith, not by sight - We have a building from God, eternal in heaven
2 Timothy 2:8-13 - If we died with him we shall also live with him
2 Timothy 4:6-8,17a,18b - I have finished the race, I have kept the faith
Acts 10:34-43 - Everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness
Acts 10:34-36, 42-43 - Everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness
Philippians 3:20-21 - Our citizenship is in heaven - He will change our lowly bodies to conform to his glory
Philippians 4:4-9 - Have no anxiety at all
Philippians 4:5b-9 - Have no anxiety at all
Revelation 14:13 - Let them find rest from their labors
Revelation 20:11-21:1 - Dead judged according to deeds, New heaven and a new earth
Revelation 21:1-7 - He will wipe every tear from their eyes, Alpha & Omega
Revelation 21:1-5a, 6b-7 - He will wipe every tear from their eyes, Alpha & Omega
Romans 5:5-11- Hope does not disappoint - Since we are now justified by his Blood, we will be saved through him from the wrath
Romans 5:17-21 - So through one righteous act acquittal and life came to all - Where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more
Romans 6:3-9 - If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him - We too might live in newness of life
Romans 6:3-4, 8-9 - If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him - We too might live in newness of life
Romans 8:14-23 - We are children of God - We also groan within ourselves as we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies
Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39 - If God is for us, who can be against us? What will separate us from the love of Christ?
Romans 14:7-9, 10c-12 - Each of us shall give an accounting of himself to God - Whether we live or die, we are the Lord's
Gospel
All Gospel Readings typically chosen
John 5:24-29 - Whoever hears my word and believes has passed from death to life
John 6:37-40 - Everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life and I shall raise him on the last day
John 6:51-59 – Whoever eats this bread will love forever, and I will raise them up on the last day
John 11:17-27 - I am the Resurrection and the Life - Lazarus
John 11:21-27 - I am the Resurrection and the Life - Lazarus
John 11:25-26 - I am the Resurrection and the Life
John 11:32-45 - Lazarus, come out! Jesus wept
John 12:23-26 - Where I am, there also will my servant be - If it dies, it produces much fruit
John 12:23-28 - Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies - If it dies, it produces much fruit
John 14:1-6 - In my Father's house there are many dwellings
John 14:1-12 - In my Father's house there are many dwellings
John 14:6-11 - I am the Way, the Truth and the Life
John 15:9-12 - Love one another as I love you
John 15:9-16 - Love one another as I love you
John 17:24-26 - The love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them - I wish that where I am they also may be with me
John 19:17-18, 25-39 - Jesus' Crucifixion - And bowing his head he handed over his Spirit
Luke 7:11-17 - Young man, I tell you, arise
Luke 12:35-40 - Be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come
Luke 23:33, 39-43 - Today you will be with me in Paradise
Luke 23: 44-46, 50, 52-53 - Father, into your hands I commend my spirit
Luke 24:13-16, 28-35 - Walk to Emmaus - Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?
Luke 24:13-35 - Walk to Emmaus - Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?
Mark 15:33-39 - Jesus death - My God, my God, why have you forsaken me - Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last
Mark 15:33-39, 16:1-6 - Jesus death and Resurrection - Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last
Mark 16:1-6 - Resurrection - empty tomb
Matthew 5:1-12a - Beatitudes - Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven
Matthew 11:25-30 - Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened and I will give you rest
Matthew 11:27-30 - Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest
Matthew 25:1-13 - Parable - ten virgins, stay awake - Behold the bridegroom! Come out to him!
Matthew 25:31-46 - Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me - Come, you who are blessed by my Father