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