When planning for a funeral liturgy, contact St. Luke Rectory at 215-572-0128. The parish arranges for the organist, cantor, and altar servers. The parish may also arrange for volunteer lectors, if the family wishes.
The stipend for the Church is usually $250.00 for parishioners and $400.00 for others. The fee for the organist and cantor is $125.00 each. The stipend is $10.00 for each of the two Altar servers. (The funeral director usually handles all fees.)
The Church may be used for viewings. If you wish, flowers may be left as a memorial at the altar (outside of Lent). Memorial gifts may be made to the St. Luke the Evangelist Church Sanctuary Fund or the St. Luke Tree of Life Fund.
There are twp options for a
Funeral at Church:
Funeral Mass
Funeral Liturgy without Mass
Both include Liturgy of the
Word:
Old Testament Reading
Sung Psalm Response
New Testament Reading
Gospel Acclamation
Gospel Reading
Homily
General Intercessions
The list of suggested music is here.
The family may chose two readings from the Lectionary for Mass, usually, one reading from the Old Testament and one from the New Testament for the Liturgy of the Word. During the Easter Season (the fifty days from Easter Sunday until Pentecost Sunday) both readings should be from the New Testament; the first from the books of the Acts of the Apostles or Revelation. The homilist will choose the Gospel reading.
Click on the reading link to be connected the the text of the New American Bible maintained by the Unites States Catholic Conference of Catholic Bishops.
2 Maccabees 12:43-46
...In doing this he acted in a very excellent and noble way, inasmuch as he had the resurrection of the dead in view;...
Job 19:1,23-27a
...But as for me, I know that my Vindicator lives...
Wisdom 3:1-9
The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them....
Wisdom 3:1-6, 9
The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them....
Wisdom 4:7-15
The just man, though he die early, shall be at rest....
Isaiah 25: 6a, 7-9
On this mountain the Lord of hosts will provide for all peoples....
Lamentations 3:17-26
...My portion is the Lord, says my soul; therefore will I hope in him....
Daniel 12:1-3
...And those who lead the many to justice shall be like the stars forever.
Acts of the Apostles 10:34-43
...To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name.
Acts of the Apostles 10:34-36, 42-43
...To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name.
Revelation 14:13
...Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on....
Revelation 20:11 - 21:1
....Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
Revelation 21:1-5a, 6b-7
...He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain...
Romans 5:5-11
...Not only that, but we also boast of God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Romans 5:17-21
...so through one righteous act acquittal and life came to all....
Romans 6:3-9
...we shall also be united with him in the resurrection....
Romans 6:3-4, 8-9
...If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him....
Romans 8:14-23
...The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ,...
Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39
If God is for us, who can be against us?...
Romans 14:7-9, 10c-12
...For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s....
1 Corinthians 15:20-28
...For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life,...
1 Corinthians 15:20-23
...For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life,...
1 Corinthians 15:51-57
Behold, I tell you a mystery, We shall not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed...
2 Corinthians 4:14 - 5:1
...For we know that if our earthly dwelling, a tent, should be destroyed, we have a building from God, a dwelling not made with hands, eternal in heaven.
2 Corinthians 5:1, 6-10
...for we walk by faith, not by sight...
Philippians 3:20-21
Our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ....
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Thessalonians 4:13-18
...For if we believe that Jesus died and rose, so too will God, through Jesus, bring with him those who have fallen asleep....
2 Timothy 2:8-13
... If we have died with him we shall also live with him;...
1 John 3:1-2
...Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed....
1 John 3:14-16
We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers.
Revelation 14:13
...Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on...
Revelation 20:11 - 21:1
....Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
Revelation 21:1-5a, 6b-7
...He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain...
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Revised: July 17, 2008