One reading is chosen from the Old Testament for the First Reading, and one reading is chosen from the New Testament for the Second Reading. A family member or friend may proclaim the Readings, or a liturgical minister from the Collaborative can do so.
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First Reading from the Old Testament
1. Job 19:1, 23-27 (“…But as for me, I know that my Vindicator lives…”)
2a. Wisdom 3:1-9 (“…The souls of the just are in the hand of God…”)
2b. Wisdom 3:1-6, 9 (shorter version of above)
3. Wisdom 4:7-15 (“The just man, though he die early, shall be at rest…”)
4. Isaiah 25:6a, 7-9
5. Lamentations 3:17-26
6. Daniel 12: 1-3
7. Maccabees 12:43-46
8. Ecclesiastes 3:2, 4-11
9. Sirach 51:8-12
10. Micah 6:6-8
Second Reading from the New Testament
1a. Acts of the Apostles 10:34-43
1b. Acts of the Apostles 10:34-36, 42-43
2. Romans 5:5-11
3. Romans 5:17-21
4a. Romans 6:3-9
4b. Romans 6:3-4, 8-9
5. Romans 8:14-23
6. Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39
7. Romans 14:7-9, 10b-12
8a. 1 Corinthians 15:20-23, 24b-28
8b. 1 Corinthians 15:20-23
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. Thessalonians 4:13-18
14. Timothy 2:8-13
15. 1 John 3:1-3
16. 1 John 3:14-16
17. Revelation 14:13
18. Revelation 20:11, 21:1
19. Revelation 21:1-5a, 6b-7
20. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
21. 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18
22. 1 Peter 1:3-9