Readings for Funeral Liturgy

Old Testament - First Reading 

• Job 19:1, 23-27
• Wisdom 3:1-9 (Longer Form)
• Wisdom 3:1-6, 9 (Shorter Form)
• Wisdom 4:7-15
• Isaiah 25:6a7-9
• Lamentations 3:17-26
• Daniel 12:1-3
• Maccabees 12:43-46

New Testament - Second Reading

• Apostles 10:34-43
• Apostles 10:34-36,42-43 (Shorter form)
• Romans 5:5-11
• Romans 5:17-21
• Romans 6:3-9
• Romans 6:3-4, 8 -9 (Shorter form)
• Romans 8:14-23
• Romans 8:31b-35 , 37-39
• Romans 14:7-9, 10b-12
• 1 Corinthians 15:20-23
• 1 Corinthians 15:20-23, 24b-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
• 1 John 3:1-2
• 1 John 3:14-16
• Revelation 14:13
• Revelation 20: 11-15 and  21:1
• Revelation 21:1-5a, 6b-7