Farewell Service

Hymns, readings and a printed program for a Christian funeral

Revelation 14:13

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

Reads in about 1 minute1 verseCatholic: New Testament (Easter season)

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King James Version

  1. 13And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

Douay-Rheims

  1. 13And I heard a voice from heaven, saying to me: Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. From henceforth now, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours. For their works follow them.

Most Catholic parishes in the US read the New American Bible. Read Revelation 14 in the NABRE at usccb.org.

Where this reading is used

  • Catholic: New Testament (Easter season) (Lectionary for Mass, no. 1012)

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.