Please review the readings, make your selections, and circle them on the Funeral Planning Guide.
First Reading: (Old Testament) (choose one)
Wisdom 3:1-6, 9 (As sacrificial offerings he took them to himself)
Isaiah 25: 6a, 7-9 (He will destroy death forever)
Isaiah 35: 1-6; 10 (They will bloom with abundant flowers)
Daniel 12:1-3 (Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake)
Second Reading (New Testament) (choose one)
Romans 6:3-4, 8-9 (We too might live in newness of life)
Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39 (What will separate us from the love of Christ?)
1 Corinthians 15:51-57 (Death is swallowed up in victory)
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (Thus we shall always be with the Lord)
1 John 3:1-2 (We shall see him as he is)
Gospel Reading (The Gospel is proclaimed by priest or deacon, followed by the homily) (choose one)
Matthew 5:1-12a (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 25:31-46 (Come, you who are blessed by my Father)
John 11:21-27 (I am the resurrection and the life)
John 14:1-6 (In my Father’s house there are many dwellings)
