Suggested Readings For Funerals:
Select two of the following readings - One from the "C" Section and one from the "E" Section.
Old Testament - First Reading Selections
C-3. As sacrificial offerings he took them to himself.
A reading from the Book of Wisdom (Long version: Wisdom 3:1-9)
A reading from the Book of Wisdom (Short version: Wisdom 3:1-6, 9)
C-4. An unsullied life, the attainment of old age.
A reading from the Book of Wisdom (Wisdom 4:7-15)
C-5. He will destroy death forever.
A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 25:6a, 7-9)
C-6. It is good to hope in silence for the saving help of the Lord.
A reading from the Book of Lamentations (Lamentations 3:17-26)
C-8. he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles (Long version: Acts of the Apostles 10:34-43)
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles (Short version: Acts of the Apostles 10:34-36, 42-43)
C-9. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
A reading from the Book of Revelation (Revelation 14:13)
C-10. The dead were judged according to their deeds.
A reading from the Book of Revelation (Revelation 20:11-21:1)
C-11. There shall be no more death.
A reading from the Book of Revelation (Revelation 21:1-5, 6-7)
New Testament - Second Reading Selections
E-1. Since we are now justified by his Blood, we will be saved through him from the wrath.
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans (Romans 5:5-11)
E-2. Where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more.
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans (Romans 5:17-21)
E-3. We too might live in newness of life.
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans (Long version: Romans 6:3-9)
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans (Short version: Romans 6:3-4, 8-9)
E-4. We also groan within ourselves as we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans (Romans 8:14-23)
E-5. What will separate us from the love of Christ?
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans (Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39)
E-6. Whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans (Romans 14:7-9, 10c-12)
E-7. So too in Christ shall all be brought to life.
A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians (Long version: 1 Corinthians 15:20-28)
A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians (Short version: 1 Corinthians 15:20-23)
E-8. Death is swallowed up in victory.
A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 15:51-57)
E-9. What is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal.
A reading from the second Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians 4:14-5:1)
E-10. We have a building from God, eternal in heaven.
A reading from the second Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians 5:1, 6-10)
E-11. He will change our lowly bodies to conform to his glory.
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Philippians (Philippians 3:20-21)
E-12. Thus we shall always be with the Lord.
A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Thessalonians (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
E-13. If we have died with him we shall also live with him.
A reading from the second Letter of Saint Paul to Timothy (2 Timothy 2:8-13)
E-14. We shall see him as he is.
A reading from the first Letter of Saint John (1 John 3:1-2)
E-15. We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers.
A reading from the first Letter of Saint John (1 John 3:14-16)