Below are readings suggested for use during the Funeral Mass.

Old Testament

(to be read by a lector)

• 2 Maccabees 12:43-46
• Job 19:1, 23-27
• Wisdom 3:1-9 (long form)
  Wisdom 3:1-6, 9 (short form)
• Wisdom 4:7-15
• Isaiah 25:6a, 7-9
• Lamentations 3:17-26
• Daniel 12:1-3
• Ecclesiates 3:1-8
• Proverbs 31:10-31

During the Easter season, these readings can be used as the first reading instead of a reading from the Old Testament.

• Acts 10:34-43 (long form)
  Acts 10:34-36, 42-43 (short form)
• Revelation 14:13
• Revelation 20:11 – 21:1
• Revelation 21:1-5a, 6b-7

New Testament

(to be read by a lector)

• Romans 5:5-11
• Romans 5:17-21
• Romans 6:3-9 (long form)
  Romans 6:3-4, 8-9 (short form)
• Romans 8:14-23
• Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39
• Romans 14:7-9, 10c-12
• 1 Corinthians 15:20-28 (long form)
  1 Corinthians 15:20-23 (short form)
• 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

(to be read by priest or deacon)

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

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