Families who are suffering the loss of a loved one are invited with the assistance of the Consolation Minister to share in the preparation of the Funeral Mass. Listed below are the suggested Scripture readings for Funeral Masses. The St. Raphael Ministry of Consolation has trained lectors to proclaim these readings at the funeral mass. However, if a family member or friend of the loved one is a Lector in their home parish they may be invited to proclaim the scripture at the funeral mass. Your Consolation Minister will have more details regarding this when you meet to finalize all preparations for the mass.
Old Testament Readings - The First Reading
Please choose one from the selection below.
OT
Maccabees 12:43-46.pdf
(He acted in an excellent and noble way as he had the resurrection of the dead in view.)
OT Job 19 1 23 27a.pdf
(I know that my Vindicator lives.)
OT Proverbs 8 32-35.pdf
(Happy the man that obeys me.)
OT Proverbs 31 10, 25-31.pdf
(A truly good wife is the most precious treasure.)
OT Ecclesiastes 3 1-15.pdf
(There is an appointed time for everything.)
OT Wisdom 3 1 6 9.pdf
(He accepted them as a holocaust.)
OT Wisdom 4 7 15.pdf
(An unsullied life, the attainment of old age.)
OT Isaiah 25 6a 7 9.pdf
(He will destroy death forever.)
OT Isaiah 43 1a 3a.pdf
(You have been called by name.)
OT Isaiah 61 10-11.pdf
(A celebration of God's goodness.)
OT Lamentations 3 17 26.pdf
(It is good to hope in silence for the saving help of the Lord.)
OT Daniel 12 1 3.pdf
(Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake.)
New Testament Readings - The Second Reading
Please choose one from the selection below.
NT Romans 5 5 11.pdf
(Since we are now justified by his Blood, we will be saved through him from the wrath.)
NT Romans 5 17 21.pdf
(Where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more.)
NT Romans 6 3-9.pdf
(We too, might live in newness of life.)
NT Romans 8 14 23.pdf
(We also groan within ourselves as we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.)
NT Romans 8 31b 35 37 39.pdf
(What will separate us from the love of Christ?)
NT Romans 14 7-9 10c 12.pdf
(Whether we live or die, we are the Lord's.)
NT Corinthians 12: 31-13:13
A reading from the letter of Paul to the Corinthians (Love is patient, love is kind) .pdf
NT 1 Corinthians 15 20 23.pdf
(So too in Christ shall all be brought to life.)
NT 1 Corinthians 15 51 57.pdf
(Death is swallowed up in victory.)
NT 2 Corinthians 4 14 5 1.pdf
(What is seen in transitory, but what is unseen is eternal.)
NT 2 Corinthians 5 1 6 10.pdf
(We have a building from God, eternal in heaven.)
NT Philippians 3 20 21.pdf
(He will change our lowly bodies to conform to his glory.)
NT Thessalonians 4 13 18.pdf
(We shall stay with the Lord forever.)
NT 2 Timothy 2 8 13.pdf
(If we have died with him we shall also live with him.)
NT 2 Timothy 4 6-8.pdf
(The crown of righteousness awaits.)
NT 1 John 3 1- 2.pdf
(We shall see Him as He is.)
NT 1 John 3 14 - 16.pdf
(We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers.)
New Testament Readings during the Easter Season
During the Easter Season one of the following four readings is used as the First reading instead of the passage from the Old Testament. The Easter Season is from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday.
ES NT Acts 10 34 36 42 43.pdf
(He is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.)
ES NT Revelation 14 13.pdf
(Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.)
ES NT Revelation 20 11 21 1.pdf
(The dead were judged according to their deeds.)
ES NT Revelation 21 1 5a 6b 7.pdf
(There shall be no more death.)
