Below you will find the approved Responsorial Psalms for planning a funeral liturgy for use at any time of the year.

Please select one Psalm from below.

Each scripture reference is followed by a summary theme of that reading.

Click on the blue text for the entire Responsorial Psalm.

Bring a copy of each of your four selections  (First Reading, Psalm, Second Reading, Gospel)  to your meeting with the presider. 

Please print your selected  readings in their entirety.  

RESPONSORIAL PSALM SELECTIONS

 D1 – Psalm 23:1-3, 4, 5, 6: “The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want.”

 D2 – Psalm 25:6 and 7b, 17-18, 20-21: “To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.”

 D3 – Psalm 27:1 ,4, 7and 8b, and 9a, 13-14: “The Lord is my light and my salvation.” or “I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the Land of           the living.”

D4 – Psalm 42:2, 3, 5cdef; 43:3, 4, 5: “My soul is thirsting for the living God: when shall I see him face to face?”

D6 - Psalm 103:8 and 10, 13-14, 15-16, 17-18: “The Lord is kind and merciful.”

D7 – Psalm 116:5, 6, 10-11, 15-16ac: “I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.”

D8 – Psalm 122;1-2, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9: “I rejoiced when I heard them say; let us go to the house of the Lord.”