ST. THERESA CATHOLIC CHURCH

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS

 

Although any favorite scripture passage may be chosen, the following suggestions are particularly appropriate for expressing the Christian meaning of death. Choose one reading from each categories: the Old Testament for the first reading, the non-gospel books and letters of the New Testament for the second reading, and the four gospels for the third reading.

 

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AVAILABLE READINGS (Choose one to be read by an assigned reader)

FIRST READING: OLD TESTAMENT 

1. Job 19:1, 23-27

2. Wisdom 3:1-9

3. Wisdom 4:7-15

4. Isaiah 25:6a, 7-9

5. Lamentations 3:17-26

6. Daniel 12:1-3

7. 2 Maccabees 12:43-46

8. Ecclesiastes 3:1-11

 

SECOND READING: NEW TESTAMENT

1. Acts 10:34-43

2. Romans 5: 5-11

3. Romans 5:17-21

4. Romans 6:3-9

5. Romans 8:14-23

6. Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39

7. Romans 14:7-9, 10b-12

8. 1 Corinthians 15:20-23, 24b-28

9. 1 Corinthians 15:51-57

10. 2 Corinthians 4:14-5:1

11. 2 Corinthians 5:1, 6-10

12. Philippians  3:20-21

13. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

14. 2 Timothy 2:8-13

15. 1 John 3:1-2

16. 1 John 3:14-16

17. Revelation 14:13

18. Revelation 20:11-21:1

19. Revelation 21:1-5a, 6b-7

 

THIRD READING: THE 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

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

10. Luke 24: 13-35

11. John 5: 24-29

12. John 6:37-40

13. John 6:51-58

14. John 11:17-27

15. John 11:32-45

16. John 12:23-28

17. John 14:1-6

18. John 17:24-26

19. John 19:17-18, 25-30

 

RESPONSORIAL PSALMS

1. Ps 23:1-3, 3-4, 5,6

2. Ps 25:6-7, 17-18, 20-21

3. Ps 27:1,4,7,8,9,13-1