You may choose to have one reading or two readings at the Funeral Mass. If you decide to have two readings, the first reading must be from the
OLD TESTAMENT and the second reading from the NEW TESTAMENT.
Please choose from the appropriate readings below and enter your decision(s) on the Funeral Form.
2 Maccabees 12:43-46
Job 19:1, 23-27a
Wisdom 3:1-9
Wisdom 4:7-15
Isaiah 25:6a, 7-9
Lamentations 3:17-26
Daniel 12:1-3
Ecclesiastes 3:1-11
Isaiah 43:1-5
Proverbs 1:10-13, 25-31
He did this with a splendid reward that awaits those who had gone to rest...
I know that my Redeemer lives, and that he will at last stand forth upon the dust...
The souls of the just are in the hands of God and no torment shall touch them...
The just person, though they die early, shall be at rest...
On this mountain the Lord of hosts will provide for all peoples...
Good is the Lord to one who waits for him, to the soul that seeks him...
In those days, I, Daniel, mourned and heard this word of the Lord...
There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for ever affair under heaven...
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you...
A capable wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels...
Romans 5:5-11
Romans 5:17-21
Romans 6:3-9
Romans 8:14-23
Romans 8:31-35, 37-39
Romans 14:7-9, 10c-12
1 Corinthians 15:20-28
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
2 Timothy 4:6-8
1 John 3:1-2
1 John 3:14-16
Acts 10:34-43
Revelation 13:14
Revelation 11:20--21:1
Revelation 21:1-5a, 6b-7
Hope does not disappoint because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts by the Spirit...
For if, by the transgression of one person, death came to reign through that one...
Are you aware that we who are baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
Those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God...
If God is for us, who can be against us?
No one lives for oneself and no one dies for oneself...
Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep...
We shall not all fall asleep, but will all be changed...
Knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus...
We know that if our earthly dwelling, a tent, should be destroyed, we have a building from God...
Our citizenship is in heaven and from it we await the Savior...
We do not want you to be unaware about those who have fallen asleep...
If we die with him, we shall also live with him...
The time of departure is at hand...
See what love the Father has bestowed upon us that we may be called children of God...
Whoever does not love remains in death...
Everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins...
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord...
The former earth and the former heaven have passed away and the sea is no more...
I saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God...