Funeral Readings

  • First Reading / Old Testament
    • OT 1 Ecclesiastes 3: 1-22 Man cannot hit on the Right Time To Act
    • OT 2  Job 19: 1, 23-27 Job Fifth Reply  
    • OT 3 Wisdom 3: 1-9 On suffering
    • OT 4 Wisdom 4: 7-14 On earthly death
    • OT 5 Isaiah 25: 6.7-9 Praise for God’s Deliverance
    • OT 6 Lamentations 3: 17-26 The Voice of a suffering individual
    • OT 7 Daniel 12: 1-3 The Resurrection  

  • Second Reading / New Testament
    • NT 1 Acts 10: 34-43 Who believe in him will be saved
    • NT 2 Romans 5: 1-11 Faith, Hope and Love
    • NT 3 Romans 6: 3-11 Freedom from Sin / Life in God
    • NT 4 Romans 8: 14-23 Children of God through adoption
    • NT 5 Romans 8: 31-39 God’s indomitable Love in Christ
    • NT 6 Romans 14: 7-12 To live and die for Christ
    • NT 7 1 Corinthians 15: 12-20 Result of denial / Christ the firstfruit
    • NT 8 1 Corinthians 15: 20-26 Christ the firstfruit
    • NT 9 1 Corinthians 15: 35-49 The Manner of the Resurrection
    • NT 10 1 Corinthians 15: 51-57 The Resurrection Event
    • NT 11 2 Corinthians 4: 14-5:1 Paradox of the Ministry / Our Future Destiny
    • NT 12 2 Corinthians 5: 1-10 Our Future Destiny
    • NT 13 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18 Hope for the Christian Dead
    • NT 14 1 Thessalonians 5: 1-5,9-11 Vigilance
    • NT 15 2 Timothy 2:8-13 Timothy’s Conduct
    • NT 16 1 John 3:1-2 Children of God.
    • NT 17 1 John 3: 11-18 Love for one another
    • NT 18 Revelation 21: 1-7 The New Heaven and the New Earth