Funeral Readings - Adults

Old Testament Readings

• Maccabees 12: 43-46
• Job 19: 1, 23-27a
• Wisdom 3: 1-9 OR 3: 1-6, 9
• Wisdom 4:7-15
• Isaiah 25: 6a, 7-9
• Lamentations 3:17-26
• Daniel 12:1-3

First Readings during the Easter Season

• Acts 10: 34-43 OR 10: 34-36, 42-43
• Revelation 14: 13
• Revelation 20:11-21:1
• Revelation 21: 1-5a, 6b-7

Spoken Psalms

• Psalm 42: 2, 3, 5cdef; 43: 3, 4, 5
• Psalm 116: 5, 6, 10-11, 15-16ac
• Psalm 130: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6ab, 6c-7, 8
• Psalm 143: 1-2, 5-6, 7ab and 8ab, 10
  (See Music Portion for additional Psalms)

New Testament Readings

• Romans 5: 5-11
• Romans 5: 17-21
• Romans 6: 3-9 OR 6: 3-4, 8-9
• Romans 8: 14-23
• Romans 8: 31b-35, 37-39
• Romans 14: 7-9, 10c-12
• 1 Corinthians 15: 20-28 OR 15: 20-23
• 1 Corinthians 15: 51-57
• 2 Corinthians 4: 14- 5:1
• 2 Corinthians 5: 1, 6-10
• Philippians 3: 20-21
• 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18
• 2 Timothy 2: 8-13
• 1 John 3: 1-2
• 1 John 3: 14-16

Gospel Readings

• Matthew 5:1-12a
• Matthew 11: 25-30
• Matthew 25: 1-13
• Matthew 25: 31-46
• Mark 15: 33-39; 16: 1-6 OR 15: 33-39
• Luke 7: 11-17
• Luke 12: 35-40
• Luke 23: 33, 39-43
• Luke 23: 44-46, 50, 52-53; 24: 1-6a OR 23: 44-46, 50, 52-53
• Luke 24: 13-35 OR 24: 13-16, 28-35
• John 5: 24-29
• John 6: 37-40
• John 6: 51-59
• John 11: 17-27 OR 11: 21-27
• John 11: 32-45
• John 12: 23-28 OR 12: 23-26
• John 14: 1-6
• John 17: 24-26
• John 19: 17-18, 25-39