Funeral readings, printed in full

Bible passages from the Catholic and Church of England funeral lists, and poems for a humanist ceremony or a celebration of life. Every text here is in the public domain in the US and the UK and can go straight into your booklet.

Bible readings

Psalm 23Catholic and Church of England lists
Psalm 27Catholic and Church of England lists
Psalm 121Church of England list
Psalm 130Catholic and Church of England lists
Psalm 139:1-12Church of England list
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8Popular, not on the official lists
Isaiah 25:6-9Catholic funeral lists
Lamentations 3:22-26Catholic and Church of England lists
Wisdom 3:1-9Catholic and Church of England lists
Matthew 5:1-12Catholic funeral lists
Matthew 11:25-30Catholic funeral lists
John 6:35-40Catholic and Church of England lists
John 11:17-27Catholic and Church of England lists
John 14:1-6Catholic and Church of England lists
Romans 8:31-39Catholic and Church of England lists
1 Corinthians 13Church of England list
1 Corinthians 15:51-57Catholic and Church of England lists
2 Corinthians 4:16-5:1Catholic and Church of England lists
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18Catholic and Church of England lists
Revelation 21:1-7Catholic and Church of England lists

Poems and prose

Crossing the BarAlfred, Lord Tennyson, died 1892
Death Is Nothing at AllHenry Scott Holland, died 1918
Death, Be Not Proud (Holy Sonnet 10)John Donne, died 1631
Gone from My SightAnonymous, first printed in 1904
IfRudyard Kipling, died 1936
On Death (from The Prophet)Kahlil Gibran, died 1931
RememberChristina Rossetti, died 1894
RequiemRobert Louis Stevenson, died 1894
Song (When I Am Dead, My Dearest)Christina Rossetti, died 1894
Time Is (Katrina's Sun-Dial)Henry van Dyke, died 1933
Up-HillChristina Rossetti, died 1894
Warm Summer SunRobert Richardson, as adapted by Mark Twain, died 1901