The Liturgy of the Word

The People sit.

One or more of the following passages from Holy Scripture is read. If there is a Funeral Mass, a lesson from the Gospel always concludes the Readings.

• From the Old Testament
• Psalm 42: Quemadmodum
• Psalm 46: Deus noster refugium
• Psalm 90: Domine, refugium
• Psalm 121: Levavi oculos
• Psalm 130: De profundis
• Psalm 139: Domine, probasti
• From the New Testament
• Psalm 23: Dominus regit me
• Psalm 27: Dominus illuminatio
• Psalm 106: Confitemini Domino
• Psalm 116: Dilexi, quoniam