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document.write("Funeral Readings - Second Readings<\/h3><\/div>\n\n
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Hope is not deceptive, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given us. We were still helpless when at his appointed moment Christ died for sinful men. It is not easy to die even for a good man - though of course for someone really worthy, a man might be prepared to die - but what proves that God loves us is that Christ died for us while we were still sinners.<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Having died to make us righteous, is it likely that he would now fail to save us from God\'s anger? When we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, we were still enemies; now that we have been reconciled, surely we may count on being saved by the life of his Son? Not merely because we have been reconciled but because we are filled with joyful trust in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have already gained our reconciliation.<\/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 letter of St Paul to the Romans <\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div> If it is certain that death reigned over everyone as the consequenc of<\/span><\/div> one man\'s fall, it is even more certain that one man, Jesus Christ, will<\/span><\/div> cause everyone to reign in life who receives the free gift that he does<\/span><\/div> not deserve, of being made righteous. Again, as one man\'s fall brought<\/span><\/div> condemnation on everyone, so the good act of one man brings<\/span><\/div> everyone life and makes them justified. As by one man\'s disobedience<\/span><\/div> many were made sinners, so by one man\'s obedience many will be<\/span><\/div> made righteous. When law came, it was to multiply the opportunities<\/span><\/div> of falling, but however great the number of sins committed, grace was<\/span><\/div> even greater; and so, just as sin reigned wherever there was death, so<\/span><\/div> grace will reign to bring eternal life thanks to the righteousness that<\/span><\/div> comes through Jesus Christ our Lord. <\/span><\/div>
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A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans <\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div> When we were baptised in Christ Jesus we were baptised in his death;<\/span><\/div> in other words, when we were baptised we went into the tomb with<\/span><\/div> him and joined him in death, so that as Christ was raised from th<\/span><\/div> dead by the Father\'s glory, we too might live a new life.<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div> If in union with Christ we have imitated his death, we shall also<\/span><\/div> imitate him in his ressurection. We must realise that our former<\/span><\/div> selves have been crucified with him to destroy this sinful body and to<\/span><\/div> free us from the slavery of sin.<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div> But we believe that having died with Christ we shall return to life<\/span><\/div> with him: Christ, as we know, having been raised from the dead will <\/span><\/div> never die again. Death has no power over him any more.<\/span><\/div>
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A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Everyone moved by the Spirit is a son of God. The spirit you received is not the spirit of slaves bringing fear into your lives again; it is the spirit of sons, and it makes us cry out, \'Abba, Father!\' The Spirit himself and our spirit bear united witness that we are children of God.<\/span><\/div>And if we are children we are heirs as well: heirs of God and coheirs with Christ, sharing his sufferings so as to share his glory.<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>I think that what we suffer in this life can never be compared to the glory, as yet unrevealed, which is waiting for us. The whole creation is eagerly awaiting for God to reveal his sons It was not for any fault on the part of creation that it was made unable to attain its purpose, it was made so by God; but creation still retains the hope of being freed, like us, from its slavery to decadence, to enjoy the same freedom and glory as the children of God. From the beginning till now the entire creation, as we know has been groaning in one great act of giving birth; and not only creation, but all of us who possess the first-fruits of the Spirits, we too groan inwardly as we wait for our bodies to be set free.<\/span><\/div>
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A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>With God on our side who can be against us? Since God did not spare his own Son, but gave him up to benefit us all, we may be certain after such a gift, that he will not refuse anything he can give. Could anyone accuse those that God has chosen? When God acquits, could anyone condemn? Could Christ Jesus? No! He not only died for us - he rose from the dead, and there at God\'s right hand he stands and pleads for us.<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Nothing therefore can come between us and the love of Christ, even if we are troubled or worried, or being persecuted, or lacking food or clothes, or being threatened or even attacked. These are the trials through which we triumph, by the power of him who loved us.<\/span><\/div>For I am certain of this: neither death nor life, no angel, no prince, nothing that exists, nothing still to come, not any power, or height or depth, nor any created thing, can ever come between us and the love of God made visible in Christ Jesus our Lord.<\/span><\/div>
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A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div> The life and death of each of us has its influence on others; if we live,<\/span><\/div> we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord, so that alive or<\/span><\/div> dead we belong to the Lord. This explains why Christ both died and<\/span><\/div> came to life, it was so that he might be Lord of both the dead and of the <\/span><\/div> living. We shall all have to stand before the judgement seat of God; as<\/span><\/div> scripture says: By my life - it is the Lord who speaks - every knee<\/span><\/div> shall bend before me, and every tongue shall praise God. It is to God,<\/span><\/div> therefore, that each of us must give account of himself.<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div> This is the word of the Lord.<\/span><\/span><\/div>
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A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Corinthians <\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div> Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of all who have<\/span><\/div> fallen asleep. Death came through one man and in the same way the<\/span><\/div> resurrection of the dead has come through one man. Just as all men<\/span><\/div> die in Adam, so all men will be brought to life in Christ; but all of<\/span><\/div> them in their proper order; Christ as the first-fruits and then, after<\/span><\/div> the coming of Christ, those who belong to him. After that will come<\/span><\/div> the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father. For he<\/span><\/div> must be king until he has put all his enemies under his feet and the <\/span><\/div> last of the enemies to be destroyed is death, for everything is to be put<\/span><\/div> under his feet. - Though when it is said that everything is subjected,<\/span><\/div> this clearly cannot include the One who subjected everything to him.<\/span><\/div> And when everything is subjected to him, then the Son himself will be<\/span><\/div> subject in turn to the One who subjected all things to him, so that<\/span><\/div> God may be all in all.<\/span><\/div>
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A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Corinthians<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div> I will tell you something that has been a secret: that we are not all<\/span><\/div> going to die, but we shall be changed. This will be instantaneous,<\/span><\/div> in the twinkling of an eye, when the last trumpet sounds. It will<\/span><\/div> sound and the dead will be raised, imperishable, and we shall be<\/span><\/div> changed as well, because our present perishable nature must put on<\/span><\/div> imperishability and this mortal nature must put on immortality.<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div> When this perishable nature has put on imperishability, and when<\/span><\/div> this mortal nature has put on immortality, then the words of scripture<\/span><\/div> will come true: Death is swallowed up in victory. Death, where is your<\/span><\/div> victory? Death, where is your sting? Now the sting of death is sin, and<\/span><\/div> sin gets its power from the Law. So let us thank God for giving us the <\/span><\/div> victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.<\/span><\/div>
<\/span><\/div> This is the word of the Lord.<\/span><\/span><\/div>