Funerals

Catholic funerals

The most important aspect about Catholic funerals is that they express the Christian hope in eternal life and the resurrection of the body on the last day.

Every component of the Catholic funeral rites should express these fundamental beliefs and hopes.

Our funeral rites are not “a celebration of life,” as they are referred to sometimes, but a privileged opportunity to return to God the gift of the deceased, hoping to usher them into paradise with the aid of our prayers.

Our love for the departed is expressed after death, above all else, in our prayer for them.

ENGLISH: First Reading
1) Acts of the Apostles 10: 34-36, 42-43
2) Acts of the Apostles 10: 34-43
3) Daniel 12: 1-3
4) Isaiah 25: 6a, 7-9
5) Job 19: 1, 23-27
6) Lamentations 3: 17-26
7) Maccabees 12: 43-46
8) Revelation 14: 13
9) Revelation 20: 11-21
10) Revelation 21: 1-5a, 6b-7
11) Wisdom 3: 1-6, 9
12) Wisdom 3: 1-9
13) Wisdom 4: 7-15

ENGLISH: Second Reading
1) 1 Corinthians 15: 20-23
2) 1 Corinthians 15: 51-57
3) 1 Corinthians 5: 20-28
4) 1 John 3: 1-2
5) 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18
6) 2 Corinthians 4: 14 – 5:1
7) 2 Corinthians 5:1, 6-10
8) 2 Timothy 2: 8-13
9) Philippians 3: 20-21
10) Romans 14: 7-9, 10c-12
11) Romans 5: 17-21
12) Romans 5: 5-11
13) Romans 6: 3-4, 8-9
14) Romans 6: 3-9
15) Romans 8: 14-23
16) Romans 8: 31b-35, 37-39