If you are planning a Catholic funeral, either in advance for yourself, or in the next few days or weeks for a loved one, this page will offer the Bible choices for the Roman tradition. Some of the links are functional–the ones on which I’ve posted on this blog. For the next few months, this page will be a work in progress. Feel free to join the discussion on any of the links below. If you are interested in some friendly consultation, I recommend contacting me at my parish’s office, where I have more resources on hand to assist you.
Reading I from the OT
1) 2 Maccabees 12:43-46
2) Job 19:1, 23-27a
3) Wisdom 3:1-9 or 3:1-6, 9
4) Wisdom 4:7-14
5) Isaiah 25:6a, 7-9
6) Lamentations 3:17-26
7) Daniel 12:1-3
Reading I from the NT
during the Season of Easter
1) Acts 10:34-43 or 10:34-36, 42-43
2) Revelation 14:13
3) Revelation 20:11—21:1
4) Revelation 21:1-5a, 6b-7
Responsorial Psalm
1) Psalm 23:1-3, 4, 5, 6
2) Psalm 25:6+7bc, 17-18, 20-21
3) Psalm 27:1, 4, 7+8b+9a, 13-14
4) Psalm 42:2, 3, 5cdef; Psalm 43:3, 4, 5
5) Psalm 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9
6) Psalm 103:8+10, 13-14, 15-16, 17-18
7) Psalm 116:5, 6, 10-11, 15-16ac
8) Psalm 122:1-2, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9
9) Psalm 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6ab, 6c-7, 8
10) Psalm 143:1-2, 5-6, 7ab+8ab, 10
Reading II from the NT
1) Romans 5:5-11
2) Romans 5:17-21
3) Romans 6:3-9 or 6:3-4, 8-9
4) Romans 8:14-23
5) Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39
6) Romans 14:7-9, 10c-12
7) 1 Corinthians 15:20-24a, 25-28 or 15:20-23
8) 1 Corinthians 15:51-57
9) 2 Corinthians 4:14—5:1
10) 2 Corinthians 5:1, 6-10
11) Philippians 3:20-21
12) 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
13) 2 Timothy 2:8-13
14) 1 John 3:1-2
15) 1 John 3:14-16
Gospel
1) Matthew 5:1-12a
2) Matthew 11:25-30
3) Matthew 25:1-13
4) Matthew 25:31-46
5) Mark 15:33-39; 16:1-6 or 15:33-39
6) Luke 7:11-17
7) Luke 12:35-40
8) Luke 23:33, 39-43
9) Luke 23:44-46, 50, 52-53; 24:1-6a
or 23:44-46, 50, 52-53
10) Luke 24:13-35 or 24:13-16, 28-35
11) John 5:24-29
12) John 6:37-40
13) John 6:51-58
14) John 11:17-27 or 11:21-27
15) John 11:32-45
16) John 12:23-28 or 12:23-26
17) John 14:1-6
18) John 17:24-26
19) John 19:17-18, 25-29
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