Readings for the Funeral Liturgy

Please select a First Reading, a Second Reading, a Responsorial Psalm, and a Gospel Reading.

First Readings from the Old Testament

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

First Readings during Easter Season (Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday)

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

Responsorial Psalms

Psalm 23
Psalm 25
Psalm 27
Psalm 42
Psalm 63
Psalm 103
Psalm 122
Psalm 130

Second Reading from the New Testament

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