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document.write("Funeral Readings - First Readings<\/h3><\/div>\n\n
A reading from the book of Job<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div> Job said:<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div> \'Ah, would that these words of mine were written down,<\/span><\/div> inscribed on some monument <\/span><\/div> with iron chisel and engraving tool,<\/span><\/div> cut into the rock forever.<\/span><\/div> This I know: that my Avenger lives,<\/span><\/div> and he, the Last will take his stand on earth.<\/span><\/div> After my waking, he will set me close to him,<\/span><\/div> and from my flesh I shall look on God.<\/span><\/div> He whom I shall see will take my part:<\/span><\/div> these eyes will gaze on him and find him not aloof.\'<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div> This is the word of the Lord.<\/span><\/div>
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A reading from the book of Wisdom<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God,<\/span><\/div>no torment shall ever touch them.<\/span><\/div>In the eyes of the unwise, they did appear to die,<\/span><\/div>their going looked like a disaster,<\/span><\/div>their leaving us like annihilation;<\/span><\/div>but they are in peace.<\/span><\/div>If they experienced punishment as men see it,<\/span><\/div>their hope was rich with immortality;<\/span><\/div>slight was their affliction, great will their blessings be.<\/span><\/div>God has put them to the test<\/span><\/div>and proved them worthy to be with him;<\/span><\/div>he has tested them like gold in a furnace,<\/span><\/div>and accepted them as a holocaust.<\/span><\/div>They who trust in him will understand the truth,<\/span><\/div>those who are faithful will live with him in love;<\/span><\/div>for grace and mercy await those he has chosen. <\/span><\/div>
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A reading from the book of Wisdom<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>The virtuous man, though he die before his time, will find rest.<\/span><\/div>Length of days is not what makes age honourable, nor number of years the true measure of life; <\/span><\/div>understanding, this is man’s grey hairs, untarnished life, this is ripe old age.<\/span><\/div>He has sought to please God, so God has loved him;<\/span><\/div>and he was living among sinners, he has been taken up.<\/span><\/div>He has been carried off so that evil may not warp his understanding or treachery seduce his soul;<\/span><\/div>for the fascination of evil throws good things into the shade,<\/span><\/div>and the whirlwind of desire corrupts a simple heart.<\/span><\/div>Coming to perfection in so short a while, he achieved long life;<\/span><\/div>his soul being pleasing to the Lord,<\/span><\/div>he has taken him quickly from the wickedness around him.<\/span><\/div>Yet people look on, uncomprehending;<\/span><\/div>it does not enter their heads<\/span><\/div>that grace and mercy await the chosen of the Lord,<\/span><\/div>and protection, his holy ones.<\/span><\/div>
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A reading from the prophet Isaiah<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>On this mountain, the Lord of hosts will prepare for all the peoples a banquet of rich food.<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>On this mountain he will remove the mourning veil covering all the peoples, and the shroud enwrapping all nations, he will destroy Death for ever.<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>The Lord will wipe away the tears from every cheek; he will take away his people\'s shame everywhere on earth, for the Lord has said so.<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>That day, it will be said: See, this is our God in whom we hoped for salvation; the Lord is the one in whom we hoped.<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>We exult and we rejoice that he has saved us.<\/span><\/div>
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<\/span><\/div>This is the word of the Lord.<\/span><\/div>
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A reading from the book of Lamentations<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div> My soul is shut out from peace;<\/span><\/div> I have forgotten happiness.<\/span><\/div> And now I say, \' My strength is gone,<\/span><\/div> that hope which came from the Lord\'.<\/span><\/div> brooding on my anguish and affliction<\/span><\/div> is gall and wormwood.<\/span><\/div> My spirit ponders it continually<\/span><\/div> and sinks within me.<\/span><\/div> This is what I shall tell my heart,<\/span><\/div> and so recover hope:<\/span><\/div> the favours of the Lord are not all past,<\/span><\/div> his kindnesses are not exhausted;<\/span><\/div> every morning they are renewed;<\/span><\/div> great is his faithfulness.<\/span><\/div> \'My portion is the Lord\' says my soul <\/span><\/div> and so I will hope in him.\'<\/span><\/div> The Lord is good to those who trust him,<\/span><\/div> to the soul that searches for him.<\/span><\/div> It is good to wait in silence <\/span><\/div> for the Lord to save.<\/span><\/div>
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A reading from the prophet Daniel<\/span><\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div> I, Daniel, was doing penance when I received this message from the <\/span>Lord:<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div> \'At that time Michael will stand up, the great prince who mounts<\/span><\/div> guard over your people. There is going to be a time of great distress<\/span><\/div> unparalleled since the nations first came into existence. When that time<\/span><\/div> comes , your own people will be spared, all those whose names are<\/span><\/div> found written in the Book. Of those who lie sleeping in the dust of the<\/span><\/div> earth many will awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and<\/span><\/div> everlasting disgrace. The learned will shine as brightly as the vault of <\/span><\/div> heaven, and those who have instructed many in virtue, as bright as<\/span><\/div> stars for all eternity.\'<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div> This is the word of the Lord.<\/span><\/div>