Funeral Readings

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Outside Easter Time: Old Testament
C1: 2 Maccabees 12:43-46: “He acted in an excellent and noble way as he had the resurrection of the dead in view”

C2: Job 19:1, 23-27a: “I know that my Vindicator lives.”

C3: Long version: Wisdom 3:1-9: “As sacrificial offerings he took them to himself.”

C3: Short version: Wisdom 3:1-6,9

C4: Wisdom 4:7-15: “An unsullied life, the attainment of old age.”

C5: Isaiah 25:6a, 7-9: “He will destroy death forever.”

C6: Lamentations 3:17-26: “It is good to hope in silence for the saving help of the Lord.”

C7: Daniel 12:1-3: “Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake.”

During Easter Time: New Testament
C8: Long Version: Acts of the Apostles 10:34-43: “He is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.”

C9: Revelation: 14:13: “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.”

C10: Revelation 20:11-21:1: “The dead were judged according to their deeds.”

C11: Revelation 21:1-5a, 6b-7: “There shall be no more death.”

E1: Romans 5:5-11: “Since we are now justified by his Blood, we will be saved through him from the wrath.”

E3: Long version: Romans 6:3-9 “We too might live in newness of life.”

E3: Short version: Romans 6:3-4, 8-9

E4: Romans 8:14-23: “We also groan within ourselves as we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.”

E5: Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39: “What separates us from the love of Christ?”

E6: Romans 14:7-9, 10c-12: “Whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.”

E7: Long Version: 1 Corinthians 15:20-28: “So too in Christ shall all be brought to life.”

E7: Short Version: 1 Corinthians 15:20-23

E8: 1 Corinthians 15:51-57: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

E9: 2 Corinthians 4:14-5:1: “What is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal.”

E10: 2 Corinthians 5:1, 6-10: “We have a building from God, eternal in heaven.”

E11: Philippians 3:20-21: “He will change our lowly bodies conform to his glory.”

E12: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18: “Thus we shall be with the Lord.”

E13: 2 Timothy 2:8-13: “If we have died with him we shall also live with him.”

E14: 1 John 3:1-2: “We shall see him as he is.”

E15: 1 John 3:14-16: “We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers.”