Second Reading
Choose the SECOND READING from the New Testament selections listed below. Once you have selected a first reading, download or print out a copy for the person who will be reading the scripture at Mass.
Romans 5:5-11 (E1)
Since we are now justified by his Blood, we will be saved through him from the wrath.
[Nos reconciliamos con Dios a través de la muerte de su Hijo.]
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Romans 5:17-21 (E2)
Where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more.
[Donde el pecado aumentó, la gracia se desbordó aún más.]
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Romans 6:3-9 [long] (E3)
We too might live in newness of life.
[Si hemos muerto con Cristo, creemos que también viviremos con él.]
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Romans 6:3-4, 8-9 [short] (E3s)
We too might live in newness of life.
[Si hemos muerto con Cristo, creemos que también viviremos con él.]
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Romans 8:14-23 (E4)
We also groan within ourselves as we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
[Los que son guiados por el Espíritu de Dios son hijos de Dios.]
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Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39 (E5)
What will separate us from the love of Christ?
[¿Qué nos separará del amor de Cristo?]
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Romans 14:7-9, 10c-12 (E6)
Whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
[Si vivimos o morimos, somos del Señor.]
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1 Corinthians 15:20-28 [long] (E7)
So too in Christ shall all be brought to life.
[Así también en Cristo todos serán traídos a la vida.]
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1 Corinthians 15:20-23 [short] (E7s)
So too in Christ shall all be brought to life.
[Así también en Cristo todos serán traídos a la vida.]
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1 Corinthians 15:51-57 (E8)
Death is swallowed up in victory.
[La muerte es tragada por la victoria.]
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2 Corinthians 4:14—5:1 (E9)
What is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal.
[Lo que se ve es transitorio, pero lo que no se ve es eterno.]
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2 Corinthians 5:1, 6-10 (E10)
We have a building from God, eternal in heaven.
[Tenemos un edificio de Dios, eterno en el cielo.]
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Philippians 3:20-21 (E11)
He will change our lowly bodies to conform to his glory.
[Él cambiará nuestros humildes cuerpos para conformarnos a su gloria.]
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1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (E12)
Thus we shall always be with the Lord.
[Así estaremos siempre con el Señor.]
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2 Timothy 2:8-13 (E13)
If we have died with him we shall also live with him.
[Si hemos muerto con él, también viviremos con él.]
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1 John 3:1-2 (E14)
We shall see him as he is.
[Amados, ahora somos hijos de Dios.]
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1 John 3:14-16 (E15)
We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers.
[Sabemos que hemos pasado de la muerte a la vida.]
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1 John 4:7-10 (E16)
God’s Love and Christian Life.
[El amor de Dios y la vida cristiana.]
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1 Corinthians 13:1-13 (E30)
Love is patient, love is kind.
[El amor es paciente y muestra comprensión.]
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1 Corinthians 13:1-7 [short] (E30s)
Love is patient, love is kind.
[El amor es paciente y muestra comprensión]
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2 Timothy 4:7-8 (E32)
The good fight
[La noble competición]
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1 Corinthians 12:4-11; 13 (E56)
Unity and Variety
[Unidad y variedad]
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1 Corinthians 15:39-42,44 (E57)
The Resurrection Body
[El Cuerpo de Resurrección]
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Romans 12:9-18 (E58)
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
[Alégrense con los que están alegres, lloren con los que lloran.]
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Hope in the face of death
Because of our belief not only in the immortality of the soul, but also in the resurrection of the body, the Church professes hope in the face of death, and acts with charity in the funeral rites. The Church provides a number of prayers for the faithful to offer both to accompany the dying of a loved one and to strengthen our faith upon their death.
Through private prayer and public funeral rites, we strengthen our faith and hope, comfort those who mourn, and bury the bodily remains of the deceased with care befitting what was the Temple of the Holy Spirit.
Source: usccb.org
I am going to prepare a place for you.... I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be.” John 14:2-3