Outside of the six weeks following easter
- C1– A reading from the second book of Maccabees 12:43-46
- C2– A reading from the book of Job 19:1, 23-27
- C3– A reading from the Book of Wisdom 3:1-9 LV
- C4– A reading from the book of Wisdom 4:7-15
- C5– A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah 25:6a, 7-9
- C6– A reading from the book of Lamentations 3:17-26
- C7– A reading from the book of the prophet Daniel 12:1-3
DURING EASTER TIME
(Note: During the Easter season one of the following four readings is used as a first reading instead of a passage from the Old Testament.)
- C8– A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 10:34-43
- C9– A reading from the book of Revelation 14:13
- C10– A reading from the Book of Revelation 20:11-21:1
- C11– A reading from the book of Revelation 21:1-5a, 6b-7
