Funeral Readings - Children

Readings for Baptized Children

Old Testament Readings

• Isaiah 25: 6a, 7-9
• Lamentations 3: 22-26
• First Readings for the Easter Season
• Revelation 7: 9-10, 15-17
• Revelation 21: 1a, 3-5a

Psalms (Spoken or Sung)

• Psalm 23: 1-3, 4, 5, 6
• Psalm 25: 4-5ab, 6 and 7bc, 20-21
• Psalm 42: 2, 3, 5cdef; 43: 3, 4, 5
• Psalm 148: 1-2, 11-13a, 13c-14 (Spoken only)

New Testament Readings

• Romans 6: 3-4, 8-9
• Romans 14: 7-9
• 1 Corinthians 15: 20-23
• Ephesians 1: 3-5
• 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-14, 18

Gospel Readings

• Matthew 11: 25-30
• Mark 10: 13-16
• John 6: 37-40 OR 6: 37-39
• John 6: 51-59
• John 11: 32-38, 40
• John 19: 25-30

Readings for Unbaptized Children

Old Testament Readings

• Isaiah 25: 6a, 7-8
• Lamentations 3: 22-26

Psalm (Spoken or Sung)

• Psalm 25: 4-5ab, 6 and 7b, 17 and 20

Gospel Readings

• Matthew 11: 25-30
• Mark 15: 33-46
• John 19: 25-30