You will choose the readings for the funeral with the priest.  

Use the following guide to help in making your selection:

• The First Reading usually comes from the list of Old Testament readings.
• The Psalm is usually sung with a response from the congregation between each verse. We have shown the selected psalms in their entirety. The responsorial version of the psalm that would be used at the mass would be taken from an appropriate hymnbook.
• The Second Reading is usually selected from the list of New Testament readings, other than the Gospel.

• The Gospel is read by the priest/celebrant but the First and Second readings would normally be read by family members or friends of the deceased.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-11a
Job 19: 1,23-27
Wisdom 3:1-9
Wisdom 4:7-15
Ezekiel 37:12-14
Isaiah 25:6a, 7-9
Isaiah 61:1-3d
Isaiah 65:17-21
Lamentations 3:17-26
Daniel 12:1-3
2 Maccabees 12:43-45

Psalm 23
Psalm 25
Psalm 27
Psalm 42 and 43
Psalm 63
Psalm 103
Psalm 116
Psalm 122
Psalm 130
Psalm 143
 

Acts 10:34-43
Romans 5:5-11
Romans 5:17-21
Romans 6:3-9
Romans 8:14-23
Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39
Romans 14:7-12
1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20
1 Corinthians 15:20-24a, 26-28
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 20:11-21:1
Revelation 21:1-5a, 6b-7
Revelation 7:9, 14b-17

Alleluia Verses

Matthew 11:25
John 3:16
John 6:39
John 6:40
John 6:51
John 11:25a-26
Philippians 3:20
2 Timothy 2:11-12a
Revelation 1:5a, 6b
Revelation 14:13