PARTIAL LIST OF BIBLE READINGS FOR A FUNERAL LITURGY
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Please choose the readings for the Funeral Liturgy Mass:
1. Select one reading from the "Old or New Testament" (Lector) 2. Select one of the "Resposorial Psalm" (Cantor) 3. Select one "Gospel Reading" (Priest or deacon) Click on Bible Verse to see reading English Funeral Readings Booklet / Lecturas en Ingles para Funeral Spanish Funeral Readings/ Lecturas en Español para Funeral |
At our parishes we have trained lectors assigned for each Funeral Liturgy. |
Old Testament Readings (Lector)
A4 Job 19:23-27 «I know that my Redeemer lives»
A6 Wisdom 3:1-9 «He accepted them as a holocaust»
A10 Isaiah 25:6a.,7-9 «The Lord God will destroy death for ever»
Resposorial Psalm (usually sung by cantor)
B2 Psalm 22 (23),1-3.4.5.6 R.The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
B4 Psalm 24 (25),6,7bc.,17-18.20-21 R. To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.
B6 Psalm 26 (27),1,4,7,8b,9a,13-14 R. The Lord is my light and my salvation.
New Testament Readings (Lector)
C2 Acts of the Apostles 10:34-36.42-43 «God has appointed Jesus to judge everyone, alive and dead»
C4 Romans 5:5-11 «Having been justified by his blood, we will be saved from God’s anger through him»
C12 Romans 14:7-9.10b-12 «Whether alive or dead, we belong to the Lord»
Gospel Reading (Priest)
F2 Matthew 11:25-30 «Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven»
F16 Luke 12:35-40 «Today you will be with me in paradise»
F24 John 5:24-29 «All who believe in my Son, I will raise him»
A4 Job 19:23-27 «I know that my Redeemer lives»
A6 Wisdom 3:1-9 «He accepted them as a holocaust»
A10 Isaiah 25:6a.,7-9 «The Lord God will destroy death for ever»
Resposorial Psalm (usually sung by cantor)
B2 Psalm 22 (23),1-3.4.5.6 R.The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
B4 Psalm 24 (25),6,7bc.,17-18.20-21 R. To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.
B6 Psalm 26 (27),1,4,7,8b,9a,13-14 R. The Lord is my light and my salvation.
New Testament Readings (Lector)
C2 Acts of the Apostles 10:34-36.42-43 «God has appointed Jesus to judge everyone, alive and dead»
C4 Romans 5:5-11 «Having been justified by his blood, we will be saved from God’s anger through him»
C12 Romans 14:7-9.10b-12 «Whether alive or dead, we belong to the Lord»
Gospel Reading (Priest)
F2 Matthew 11:25-30 «Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven»
F16 Luke 12:35-40 «Today you will be with me in paradise»
F24 John 5:24-29 «All who believe in my Son, I will raise him»