OLD TESTAMENT READINGS
1. Job 19:1, 23-27
I know that my Redeemer lives.
2. Wisdom 3: 1-9 (longer) or 3:1-6, 9 (shorter)
He accepted them as a holocaust.
3. Wisdom 4:7-15
A blameless life is a ripe old age.
5. Isaiah 25:6a, 7-9
The Lord God will destroy death for ever.
6. Lamentations 3:17-26
It is good to wait in silence for the Lord God to save.
7. Daniel 12:1-3
Of those who lie sleeping in the dust of the earth many will awake.
8. 2 Maccabees 12:43-45
It is good and holy to think of the dead rising again.
9. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
For everything, there is a season.
RESPONSORIAL PSALMS
The words of the response between the verses of the Psalm are indicated here.
1. Psalm 23
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
Or:
Though I walk in the valley of darkness, I fear no evil, for you are with me.
2. Psalm 25
To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.
Or:
No one who waits for you,0 Lord, will ever be put to shame.
3. Psalm 27
The Lord is my light and my salvation.
Or:
I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.
4. Psalm 42 and 43
My soul is thirsting for the living God: when shall I see him face to face?
5. Psalm 63
My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
6. Psalm 103
The Lord is kind and merciful.
Or:
The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.
7. Psalm 116
I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
Or:
Alleluia.
8. Psalm 122
I rejoiced when I heard them say: let us go to the house of the Lord.
Or:
Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
9. Psalm 130
Out of the depths, I cry to you, Lord.
Or:
I hope in the Lord, I trust in his word.
10. Psalm 143
O Lord, hear my prayer.
NEW TESTAMENT READINGS
During the Easter season, reading 1, 17, 18, or 19 is used as the first reading instead of a reading from the Old Testament.
1. Acts of the Apostles 10:34-43 (longer) or 10:34-36, 42-43 (shorter)
God has appointed Jesus to judge everyone, alive and dead.
2. Romans 5:5-11
Having been justified by his blood, we will be saved from God's anger through him.
3. Romans 5:17-21
Where sin increased, there grace abounded all the more.
4. Romans 6:3-9 (longer) or 6:3-4, 8-9 (shorter)
Let us walk in newness of life .
5. Romans 8:14-23
We groan while we wait for the redemption of our bodies.
6. Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39
Who can ever come between us and the love of Christ?
7. Romans 14:7-9, 10b-12
Whether alive or dead, we belong to the Lord.
8. 1 Corinthians 15:20-23, 24b-28 (longer) or 15:20-23 (shorter)
All people will be brought to life in Christ.
9. 1 Corinthians 15:51-57
Death is swallowed up in victory.
10. 2 Corinthians 4:14-5:1
What is seen is transitory; what is unseen is eternal.
11. 2 Corinthians 5:1, 6-10
We have an everlasting home in heaven.
12. Philippians 3:20-21
Jesus will transfigure these wretched bodies of ours to be like his glorious body.
13. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18.
We shall stay with the Lord forever.
14. 2 Timothy 2:8- 13
If we have died with him, we shall live with him.
15. 1 John 3:1-2
We shall see God as he really is.
16. 1 John 3:14-16
We have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers and sisters.
17. Revelation 14:13
Happy are those who die in the Lord.
18. Revelation 20:11-21:1
The dead have been judged according to their works.
19. Revelation 21:1-5a, 6b-7
There will be no more death.
ALLELUIA VERSES AND VERSES BEFORE THE GOSPEL.
1. Matthew 11:25
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the kingdom.
2. Matthew 25:34
Come, you whom my Father has blessed, says the Lord; inherit the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world.
3. John 3:16
God loved the world so much, he gave us his only Son, that all who believe in him might have eternal life .
4. John 6:39
This is the will of my Father, says the Lord, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given to me, and that I should raise it up on the last day.
5. John 6:40
This is the will of my Father, says the Lord, that all who believe in the Son will have eternal life
and I will raise them to life again on the last day.
6. John 6:51a
I am the living bread from heaven, says the Lord; whoever eats this bread will live forever.
7. John 11:25-26
I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord; whoever believes in me will not die for ever.
8. See Philippians 3:20
Our true home is in heaven, and Jesus Christ, whose return we long for, will come from heaven to save us.
9. 2 Timothy 2: 11b- 12a
If we die with Christ, we shall live with him, and if we are faithful to the end, we shall reign with him.
10. Revelation 1:5a, 6b
Jesus Christ is the firstborn from the dead; glory and kingship be his for ever and ever- . Amen.
11. Revelation 14:13
Blessed are those who have died in the Lord; let them rest from their labors for their good deeds go with them.
GOSPEL READINGS.
1. Matthew 5:1-12a
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.
2. Matthew 11:25-30
Come to me . . . and I will give you rest.
3. Matthew 25:1-13
Look, the bridegroom comes. Go out to meet him.
4. Matthew 25:31-46
Come, you whom my Father has blessed.
5. Mark 15:33-39; 16:1-6 (longer) or 15:33-39 (shorter)
Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last.
6. Luke 7:11-17
Young man, I say to you, arise.
7. Luke 12:35-40
Be prepared.
8. Luke 23:33, 39-43
Today you will be with me in paradise.
9. Luke 23:44-46, 50, 52-53; 24:1-6a (longer) or 23:44-46, 50, 52-53 (shorter)
Father, I put my life in your hands.
10. Luke 24:13-35 (longer) or 24:13-16, 28-35 (shorter)
Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer and so enter into his glory?
11. John 5:24-29
Whoever hears my word and believes, has passed from death to life.
12. John 6:37-40
All who believe in the Son will have eternal life and I will raise them to life again on the last day.
13. John 6:51-58
All who eat this bread will live forever; and I will raise them up on the last day.
14. John 11:17-27 (longer) or 11:21-27 (shorter)
I am the resurrection and the life.
15. John 11:32-45
Lazarus, come out.
16. John 12:23-28 (longer) or 12:23-26 (shorter)
If a grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies, it yields a rich harvest.
17. John 14:1-6
There are many rooms in my Father's house.
18. John 17:24-26
Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am.
19. John 19:17-18, 25-30
Jesus bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
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