Funeral Readings and Planning Resources

Old Testament (English)

Job 1: 23-27a: I know that my Redeemer lives
Wisdom 3: 1-9: He accepted them as a holocaust.
Wisdom 3: 1-6 9 short (short version)
Wisdom 4: 7-15 : A blameless life is a ripe old age.
Isaiah 25: 6 7-9: The Lord God will destroy death forever.
Lamentations 3: 17-26: It is good to wait in silence for the Lord God to save.
Daniel 12: 1-3: Of those who lie sleeping in the dust of the earth many will awake.
2 Maccabees 12:43-46: It is good and holy to think of the dead rising again.

Responsorial Psalms (English)

Psalm 23: The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. –or– Though I walk in the valley of darkness, I fear no evil, for you are with me.
Psalm 25: To you, Lord, I lift my soul. –or– No one who waits for you, O Lord, will ever be put to shame.
Psalm 27: The Lord is my light and my salvation. –or– I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.
Psalm 42 & 43: My soul is thirsting for the living God; when shall I see him face to face?
Psalm 63: My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
Psalm 103: The Lord is kind and merciful. –or– The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.
Psalm 116: I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living –or– Alleluia.
Psalm 122: I rejoiced when I heard them say; let us go to the house of the Lord.
Psalm 122: Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
Psalm 130: Out of the depths, I cry to you, Lord. –or– I hope in the Lord, I trust in his word.
Psalm 143: O Lord, hear my prayer.

New Testament (English)

During the Easter Season, reading 1, 17, 18 or 19 is used as the first reading
instead of a reading from the Old Testament.

Acts 10: 34-43: God has appointed Jesus to judge everyone, alive and dead.
Acts 10 34-36 42-43 (short version)
Romans 5: 5-11: Having been justified by his blood, we will be saved from God’s anger through him.
Romans 5: 17-21: Where sin increased, there grace abounded all the more.
Romans 6: 3-9: Let us walk in the newness of life.
Romans 6: 3-4 8-9 short (short version)
Romans 6: 3-4 8-9 short: We groan while we wait for the redemption of our bodies.
Romans 8: 31-35 37-39: Who can ever come between us in the love of Christ?
Romans 14: 7-9 10-12: Whether alive or dead, we belong to the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15: 20-24a 25-28: All people will be brought to life in Christ.
1 Corinthians 15: 20-23 short (short version)
1 Corinthians 15: 51-57: Death is swallowed up in victory.
2 Corinthians 4: 14 – 15: 1: What is seen is transitory; what is unseen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 5:1, 6-10: We have an everlasting home in heaven.
Philippians 3: 20-21: Jesus will transfigure these wretched bodies of ours to be like his glorious body.
Thessalonians 4: 13-18: We shall stay with the Lord forever.
2 Timothy 2: 8-13: If we have died with him, we shall live with him.
1 John 3: 1-2: We shall see God as he really is.
John 3: 14-16: We have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers and sisters.
Revelation 14: 13: Happy are those who die in the Lord.
Revelation 20: 11 – 21: 1: The dead have been judged according to their works.
Revelation 21: 1-5 6-7: There will be no more death.

Gospel (English)

Matthew 5: 1-12: Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven
Matthew 11: 25-30: Come to me… and I will give you rest.
Matthew 25: 1-13: Look. The bridegroom comes. Go out to meet him.
Matthew 25: 31-46: Come, you whom my Father has blessed.
Mark 15: 33 – 16: 6: Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last.
Mark 15: 33-39 short (short form)
Luke 7: 11-17: Young man, I say to you, arise.
Luke 12: 35-40: Be prepared.
Luke 23: 33, 39-43: Today you will be with me in paradise.
Luke 23: 44-46, 50 52-53 24:1-6a: Father, I put my life in your hands.
Luke 23: 44-46, 50 52-53 short (short form)
Luke 24: 13-35: Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer and so enter into his glory?
Luke 24: 13-16 28-35 short (short form)
John 5: 24-29: Whoever hears my word and believes has passed from death to life.
John 6:37-40: All who believe in the Son will have eternal life and I will raise them to life again on the last day.
John 6: 51-58: All who eat this bread will live forever; and I will raise them up on the last day.
John 11: 17-27: I am the resurrection and the life.
John 11: 21-27 short (short version)
John 11: 32-45: Lazarus, come out.
John 12: 23-28: If a grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies, it yields a rich harvest.
John 12: 23-26 short (short version)
John 14: 1-6: There are many rooms in my Father’s house.
John 17: 24-26: Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am.
John 19: 17-18 25-30: Jesus bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Antiguo Testamento (Spanish)

Job 19: 1, 23-27: Yo sé bien que mi defensor está vivo.
Sabiduría 3: 1-9: Los aceptó como un holocausto agradable.
Sabiduría 3: 1-6 9 forma breve
Sabiduría 4: 7-15: La edad avanzada se mide por una vida intachable.
Isaías 25: 6,7-9: El Señor destruirá la muerte para siempre.
Lamentaciones 3: 17-26: Es bueno esperar en silencio la salvación de Señor.
Daniel 12: 1-3: Muchos de los que duermen en el polvo, despertarán.
Macabeos 12: 43-46: Obró con gran rectitud y nobleza, pensando en la resurrección.

Salmos (Spanish)

Salmo 22: El señor es mi pastor, nada me falta. –o– Aunque camine por cañadas oscuras, Nada temo, porque tú vas conmigo.
Salmo 24: A ti Señor, levanto mi alma. –o– Los que esperan en ti, Señor, no quedan defraudados.
Salmo 26: El Señor es me luz y mu salvación. –o– Espero gozar de la dicha del Señor en el país de la vida.
Salmo 41 & 42: Mi alma tiene sed el Dios vivo.
Salmo 62: Mi alma está sedienta de ti, mi Dios.
Salmo 102: El Señor es compasivo y misericordioso. –o– El Señor es quien salva a los justos.
Salmo 114: Caminare en presencia del Señor en el país de la vida. –o– Aleluya.
Salmo 121: ¡Que alegría cuando me dijeron: “Vamos a la casa del Señor!” –o– Vamos alegres a la case del Señor.
Salmo 129: Desde lo hondo a ti grito, Señor. –o– Espero en el Señor, espero en su palabra.
Salmo 142: Señor, escucha mi oracion.

Neuvo Testamento (Spanish)

Durante el tiempo Pascual se usa la lectura 1, la 17, la 18, o la 19 como primero lectura en vez de una lectura del Antiguo Testamento.

Hechos 10: 34-43: Dios ha constituido a Jesús como juez de los vivos y muertos.
Hechos 10: 34-36, 42-43 forma breve
Romanos 5: 5-11: Justificados por la sangre de Cristo, seremos salvados por él del castigo final.
Romanos 5: 17-21: Donde abundó el pecado, sobreabundó la gracia.
Romanos 6: 3-9: Fuimos sepultados con él por medio del bautismo para que emprendamos una vida nueva.
Romanos 6: 3-4, 8-9 forma breve
Romanos 8: 14-23: Anhelemos la redención de nuestro cuerpo.
Romanos 8: 31-35, 37-39: ¿Qué cosa podrá apartarnos de amor con que nos ama Cristo?
Romanos 14: 7-9, 10-12: Si vivimos, para el Señor vivimos; y si morimos, para el Señor morimos.
Corintios 15: 20-24a, 25-28: En Cristo todos volverán a la vida.
Corintios 15: 20-23 forma breve
Corintios 15: 51-57: La muerte ha sido aniquilada por la victoria.
Corintios 4: 14 – 15: 1: Lo que se ve es transitorio y lo que no se ve es eterno.
Corintios 5:1, 6-10: Dios nos tiene preparada en el cielo una morada eterna.
Filipenses 3: 20-21: El transfigurará nuestro cuerpo miserable es un cuerpo glorioso, semejante al suyo.
Tesalonicenses 4: 13-18: Estaremos con el Señor para siempre.
Timoteo 2: 8-13: Si morimos con él, viviremos con él.
Juan 3: 1-2: Aún no se ha manifestado cómo seremos al fin.
Juan 3: 14-16: Estamos seguros de haber pasado de la muerte a la vida, porque amamos a nuestros hermanos.
Apocalipsis 14:13: Dichosos los que mueren en el Señor.
Apocalipsis 20: 11-21 1: Los muertos fueron juzgados conforme a sus obras.
Apocalipsis 21: 1-5, 6-7: Ya no habrá muerte.