Printable Catholic Funeral Readings

My new parishes have had 53 funerals in the twelve months preceding my arrival. So, I clearly need to streamline my funeral preparation process. The MSWord (.doc) files below are first fruits of that effort and I am pleased to share them.

Send your own priest a link to this page and he is quite likely to be grateful. To receive this complete collection of files by email, write to victorfeltes at Gmail.

First Readings (for outside of the Easter Season)

C1 – 2nd Maccabees 12
C2 – Job 19
C3 – Wisdom 3 (long version)
C3 – Wisdom 3 (short version)
C4 – Wisdom 4
C5 – Isaiah 25
C6 – Lamentations 3
C7 – Daniel 12

First Readings (for during the Easter Season)

C8 – Acts 10 (long version)
C8 – Acts 10 (short version)
C9 – Revelation 14
C10 – Revelation 20
C11 – Revelation 21

Responsorial Psalms

D1 – Psalm 23
D2 – Psalm 25
D3 – Psalm 27
D4 – Psalm 42
D5 – Psalm 63
D6 – Psalm 103
D7 – Psalm 116
D8 – Psalm 122
D9 – Psalm 130
D10 – Psalm 143

Second Readings

E1 – Romans 5:5
E2 – Romans 5:17
E3 – Romans 6 (long version)
E3 – Romans 6 (short version)
E4 – Romans 8:14
E5 – Romans 8:31
E6 – Romans 14
E7 – 1st Corinthians 15 (long version)
E7 – 1st Corinthians 15 (short version)
E8 – 1st Corinthians 15:51
E9 – 2nd Corinthians 4
E10 – 2nd Corinthians 5
E11 – Philippians 3
E12 – 1st Thessalonians 4
E13 – 2nd Timothy 2
E14 – 1st John 3:1
E15 – 1st John 3:14

Gospel Acclamations

F – Acclamation Verses

Gospel Readings

G1 – Matthew 5
G2 – Matthew 11
G3 – Matthew 25:1
G4 – Matthew 25:31
G5 – Mark 15 (long version)
G5 – Mark 15 (short version)
G6 – Luke 7
G7 – Luke 12
G8 – Luke 23:33
G9 – Luke 23:44 (long version)
G9 – Luke 23:44 (short version)
G10 – Luke 24 (long version)
G10 – Luke 24 (short version)
G11 – John 5
G12 – John 6:37
G13 – John 6:51
G14 – John 11 (long version)
G14 – John 11 (short version)
G15 – John 11:32
G16 – John 12 (long version)
G16 – John 12 (short version)
G17 – John 14
G18 – John 17
G19 – John 19

Petitions / Prayers of the Faithful

H1 – Female Adult Version
H1 – Male Adult Version

(Adapted from the USCCB)

 

2 Responses to “Printable Catholic Funeral Readings”

  1. Howard Says:

    I’ve always thought the best way to handle funerals is basically to stick with the readings, homily, etc. from All Souls’ Day. If anyone wants to “celebrate my life” in a pub, that’s fine, but I expect more from the Church than from a pub!

  2. Rev. Joe Keating Says:

    Fr. Victor, from one priest to another, THANK YOU for this handy resource!

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