These are readings typically chosen for funerals. In collaboration with the Priest or other parish minister assisting you, select one each from the choices for the first reading responsorial psalm, second reading, and gospel reading. If you feel moved to choose something apart from the list, please feel free to bring it up to the Priest for discussion.
| Reading | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2 Maccabees 12:43-46 | He acted in an excellent and noble way as he had the resurrection of the dead in view. |
| Job 19:1,23-27a | I know that my Vindicator lives. |
| Wisdom 3:1-9 (long version) Wisdom 3:1-6, 9 (short version) | As sacrificial offerings he took them to himself. |
| Wisdom 4:7-15 | An unsullied life, the attainment of old age. |
| Isaiah 25:6a,7-9 | He will destroy death forever. |
| Lamentations 3:17-26 | It is good to hope in silence for the saving help of the lord. |
| Daniel 12:1-3 | Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall wake. |
| Ecclesiastes 3:1-12 | There is an appointed time for everything. |
| Reading | Topic |
|---|---|
| Acts 10:34-43 (long version) Acts 10:34-36, 42-43 (short version) | He is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead. |
| Revelation 14:13 | Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. |
| Revelation 20:11-21:1 | The dead were judged according to their deeds. |
| Revelation 21:1-5a, 6b-7 | There shall be no more death. |
| Psalm | Refrain(s) |
|---|---|
| Psalm 23 | The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. 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 my soul. No one who waits for you, O Lord, will ever be put to shame. |
| Psalm 27 | The Lord is my light and my salvation. I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living. |
| 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. 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. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord. |
| Psalm 130 | Out of the depths, I cry to you, Lord I hope in the Lord, I trust in his word. |
| Psalm 143 | O Lord, hear my prayer. |
| Reading | Topic |
|---|---|
| Romans 5:5-11 | Since we are now justified by his Blood, we will be saved through him from the wrath. |
| Romans 5:17-21 | Where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more. |
| Romans 6:3-9 (long version) Romans 6:3-4, 8-9 (short version) | We too might live in newness of life. |
| Romans 8:14-23 | We also groan within ourselves as we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. |
| Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39 | What will separate us from the love of Christ? |
| Romans 14:7-9, 10c-12 | Whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:20-28 | So too in Christ shall all be brought to life. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:51-57 | Death is swallowed up in victory. |
| 2 Corinthians 4:14-5:1 | What is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal. |
| 2 Corinthians 5:1, 6-10 | We have a building from God, eternal in heaven. |
| Philippians 3:20-21 | He will change our lowly bodies to conform to his glory. |
| 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 | Thus we shall always be with the Lord. |
| 2 Timothy 2:8-13 | If we have died with him we shall also live with him. |
| 1 John 3:1-2 | We shall see him as he is. |
| 1 John 3:14-16 | We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. |
| Reading | Topic |
|---|---|
| Matthew 5:1-12a | Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven. |
| Matthew 11:25-30 | Come to me and I will give you rest. |
| Matthew 25:1-13 | Behold the bridegroom! Come out to him! |
| Matthew 25:31-46 | Come, you who are blessed by my Father. |
| Mark 15:33-39, 16:1-6 (long version) Mark 15:33-39 (short version) | Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last. |
| Luke 7:11-17 | Young man, I tell you, arise! |
| Luke 12:35-40 | You also must be prepared. |
| Luke 23:33, 39-43 | Today you will be with me in Paradise. |
| Luke 23: 44-46, 50, 52-53, 24: 1-6a (long version) Luke 23: 44-46, 50, 52-53 (short version) | Father, into your hands I commend my spirit. |
| Luke 24:13-35 (long version) Luke 24:13-16, 28-35 (short version) | Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory? |
| 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 live forever, and I will raise them up on the last day. |
| John 11:17-27 (long version) John 11:21-27 (short version) | I am the resurrection and the life. |
| John 11:32-45 | Lazarus, come out! |
| John 12:23-28 (long version) John 12:23-26 (short version) | If it dies, it produces much fruit. |
| John 14:1-6 | In my Father's house there are many dwellings. |
| John 17:24-26 | I wish that where I am they also may be with me. |
| John 19:17-18, 25-39 | And bowing his head he handed over his Spirit. |