1. Job 19:1, 23-27 I know that my Redeemer lives.
2. Wisdom 3:1-6, 9 He accepted them as a holocaust.
3. Wisdom 4:7-15 A blameless life is a ripe old age.
4. Isaiah 25:6a, 7-9 The Lord God will destroy death for ever.
5. Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 There is an appointed time for everything.
6. Lamentations 3:17-26 It is good to wait in silence for the Lord God to save.
7. Daniel 12:1-3 Of those who lie sleeping in the dust of the earth many will awake.
8. Maccabees 12:43-46 It is good and holy to think of the dead rising again.
9. Micah 12:1-3 But as for me, I will look to the Lord.
*If the Responsorial Psalm is to be sung, it should be chosen from the Pre-Approved Vocal Selections. If it is to be read, then it should be from the following list.
1. Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
2. Psalm 25 To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.
3. Psalm 27 The Lord is my light and my salvation.
4. Psalm 42 and 43 My soul is thirsting for the living God: when shall I see him face to face?
5. Psalm 63 My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
6. Psalm 103 The Lord is kind and merciful.
7. Psalm 116 I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
8. Psalm 122 I rejoiced when I heard them say: let us go to the house of the Lord.
9. Psalm 130 Out of the depths, I cry to you, Lord.
10. Psalm 143 O Lord, hear my prayer.
1. Acts 10:34-36, 42-43 God has appointed Jesus to judge everyone, alive and dead.
2. Romans 5:5-11 Having been justified by his blood, we will be saved from God's anger through him.
3. Romans 5:17-21 Where sin increased, there grace abounded all the more.
4. Romans 6:3-9 Let us walk in newness of life.
5. Romans 8:14-23 We groan while we wait for the redemption of our bodies.
6. Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39 Who can ever come between us and the love of Christ?
7. Romans 14:7-9, 10b-12 Whether alive or dead, we belong to the Lord.
8. 1 Corinthians 15:20-23 All people will be brought to life in Christ.
9. 1 Corinthians 15:51-57 Death is swallowed up in victory.
10. 2 Corinthians 4:14 - 5:1 What is seen is transitory; what is unseen is eternal.
11. 2 Corinthians 5:1, 6-10 We have an everlasting home in heaven.
12. Philippians 3:20-21 Jesus will transfigure these wretched bodies of ours to be like his glorious body.
13. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 We shall stay with the Lord for ever.
14. 2 Timothy 2:8-13 If we have died with him, we shall live with him.
15. 1 John 3:1-2 We shall see God as he really is.
16. 1 John 3:14-16 We have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers and sisters.
17. Revelation 14:13 Happy are those who die in the Lord
18. Revelation 20:11 - 21:1 The dead have been judged according to their words.
19. Revelation 21:1-5a, 6b-7 There will be no more death.
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