Catholic Church Testament Readings
Choose one from the Old Testament for the first reading and one from the New Testament for the second reading.
2 Maccabees 12:43-46 “…he made atonement for the dead…”
Job 19:1,23-27 “…I know that my vindicator lives….”
Ecclesiastes 3.1-8 “…A time to be born, a time to die…”
Ecclesiastes 3.1-15 “…A time to be born, a time to die…”
Wisdom 3.1-9 “…The souls of the just are in the hand of God…”
Wisdom 3:1-6, 9 “…The souls of the just are in the hand of God…”
Wisdom 4:7-14 “The Righteous One, though he die early, shall be at rest…”
Sirach 2:1-11 “…in fire gold is tested….Compassionate is the Lord…”
Isaiah 25:6,7-9 “…he will destroy death forever…”
Isaiah 26:7-19 “…your dead shall live, their corpses shall rise…”
Isaiah 35:1-10 “…Here is your God, he comes with vindication…”
Isaiah 40:1-11 “…Here is your God, Here comes with power…”
Lamentations 3:17-26 “…My portion is the Lord, says my soul…”
Ezekiel 37:12-14 “O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise…”
Daniel 12:1-3 “…the wise shall shine brightly…”
Micah 7:7-9 “…though I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light…”
Acts 10:34-43 “…Everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins”
Acts of the Apostles 10:34-36, 42-43 “…Everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins”
Romans 5:5-11 “…We were reconciled to God through the death of his Son…”
Romans 5:17-21 “…through one righteous act acquittal and life came to all…”
Romans 6:3-9 “…if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall live with him…”
Romans 6:3-4.8-9 “…if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall live with him…”
Romans 8:1-11 “…There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ…”
Romans 8:14-23 “…Those who are led by the Spirit of God are Children of God”
Romans 8:31-35, 37-39 “…If God is for us, who can be against us?”
Romans 14:7-9, 10-12 “…This is why Christ died and came to life”
1 Corinthians 2:6-10 “…”Eye has not seen, and ear has not heard…”
1 Corinthians 15:12-20 “If there is no resurrection of the dead…”
1 Corinthians 15:20-28 “In Adam all die, so too if Christ shall all be brought to life.”
1 Corinthians 15:51-57 “Death where is your victory?”
2 Corinthians 4:14-5:1 “The one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us…”
2 Corinthians 5:1, 6-10 “We would rather leave the body and go home…”
Philippians 3.7-14 “…I run toward the prize to which God calls me…”
Philippians 3.20-21(1) “He will change our lowly body…”
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 “If we believe that Jesus died and rose…”
2 Timothy 2:8-13 “Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead…”
2 Timothy 4:1-2, 6-8 “I have competed well, I have finished the race…”
1 John 3:1-2 “Beloved, we are God’s children now…”
1 John 3:14-16 “We know that we have passed from death to life…”
Revelation 14:13 “…Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord…”
Revelation 20:11-21:1 “…The sea gave up its dead; then Death and Hades…”
Revelation 21:1-5, 6-7 “…I also saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem…”