Farewell Service

Hymns, readings and a printed program for a Christian funeral

Funeral readings for a mother

Bible readings families choose for the funeral of a mother, grandmother or any woman, with the full text in the King James Version and the Douay-Rheims.

How these were chosen. Readings from the Catholic, Episcopal and Protestant lists whose words fit the person: tagged with AI help and checked against the text.

12 readings

  1. Wisdom 3:1–9

    But the souls of the just are in the hand of God…

    Reads in about 1 minute · Lectionary 1011

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  2. Lamentations 3:17–26

    And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace…

    Reads in about 1 minute · Lectionary 1011

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  3. Revelation 14:13

    And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me…

    Reads in about 1 minute · Lectionary 1012

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  4. Revelation 21:1–5a, 6b–7

    And I saw a new heaven and a new earth…

    Reads in about 2 minutes · Lectionary 1012

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  5. Psalm 23

    The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want…

    Reads in about 1 minute · Lectionary 1013

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  6. Romans 8:31b–35, 37–39

    What shall we then say to these things?…

    Reads in about 1 minute · Lectionary 1014

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  7. Matthew 25:31–46

    When the Son of man shall come in his glory…

    Reads in about 3 minutes · Lectionary 1016

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  8. John 14:1–6

    Let not your heart be troubled…

    Reads in about 1 minute · Lectionary 1016

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  9. Psalm 121

    I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills…

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  10. Ecclesiastes 3:1–8

    To every thing there is a season…

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  11. Proverbs 31:10–31

    Who can find a virtuous woman?…

    Reads in about 3 minutes

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  12. Isaiah 66:10–14

    Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her…

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