Families planning a funeral Mass are invited to select two readings, which can either be read by someone of their own choosing or by a member of the clergy.  Please click on the links below to find the complete texts:

Reading I from the Old Testament (except during Easter Time)
  2 Maccabees 12:43-46
  Job 19:1, 23-27a
  Wisdom 3:1-9 (Long Form)
  Wisdom 3:1-6, 9 (Short Form)
  Wisdom 4:7-15
  Isaiah 25:6a, 7-9
  Lamentations 3:17-26
  Daniel 12:1-3

Reading I from the New Testament (during Easter Time only)
  Acts 10:34-43 (Long Form)
  Acts 10:34-36, 42-43 (Short Form)
  Revelation 14:13
  Revelation 20:11–21:1
  Revelation 21:1-5a, 6b-7

Reading II from the New Testament
  Romans 5:5-11
  Romans 5:17-21
  Romans 6:3-9 (Long Form)
  Romans 6:3-4, 8-9 (Short Form)
  Romans 8:14-23
  Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39
  Romans 14:7-9, 10c-12
  1 Corinthians 15:20-28 (Long Form)
  1 Corinthians 15:20-23 (Short Form)
  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