The Liturgy of the Word

From the Book of Divine Worship - The Burial of the Dead - Rite One.

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