Farewell Service

Hymns, readings and a printed program for a Christian funeral

Daniel 12:1–3

A Catholic funeral reading (first reading), with the full text in the King James Version and the Douay-Rheims.

Reads in about 1 minute3 versesCatholic: Old Testament

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King James Version

  1. 1And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
  2. 2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
  3. 3And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

Douay-Rheims

  1. 1But at that time shall Michael rise up, the great prince, who standeth for the children of thy people: and a time shall come, such as never was from the time that nations began, even until that time. And at that time shall thy people be saved, every one that shall be found written in the book.
  2. 2And many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake: some unto life everlasting, and others unto reproach, to see it always.
  3. 3But they that are learned, shall shine as the brightness of the firmament: and they that instruct many to justice, as stars for all eternity.

Most Catholic parishes in the US read the New American Bible. Read Daniel 12 in the NABRE at usccb.org.

Where this reading is used

  • Catholic: Old Testament (Lectionary for Mass, no. 1011)

Hymns based on it

Scripture: King James Version (1769 text) and Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner revision (Project Gutenberg #1581); both public domain. Citation as listed in the Lectionary for Mass.