Funerals

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.

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.

  
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.

NT 1 short 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.

Corinthians 15: 20-24a 25-28: All people will be brought to life in Christ.

Corinthians 15: 20-23 short (short version)

Corinthians 15: 51-57: Death is swallowed up in victory.

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. 

Timothy 2: 8-13: If we have died with him, we shall live with him.

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.

Revelations 14: 13: Happy are those who die in the Lord.

Revelations 20: 11 - 21: 1: The dead have been judged according to their works.

Revelations 21: 1-5 6-7: There will be no more death.

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.

Macabeos 12: 43-46:  Obró con gran rectitud y nobleza, pensando en la resurrección.

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.

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.

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.