“I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.” -John 11:25-26

Every Catholic has a right to be buried with the funeral rights of the Catholic Church. In the case of a death in your family, assistance is available to you and your family in arranging and planning the visitation, funeral liturgy, and burial. 

Please contact Fr. Carter Zielinski, at (785) 843-6286.

Download our Funeral Preparation Guide Here.  You will find helpful checklists and information about the readings and music for the funeral. This guide will also help you with other questions you may have about the details of the funeral.

Download our Suggested Music List Here. Contact our Director of Music and Liturgy, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., for more information. 

Suggested Readings:

Old Testament Readings (First  Reading) (Choose one)

Job 19:1,23-27 (I know that my Redeemer lives)

Wisdom 3:1-9 or 3:1-6, 9- Short form (The souls of the just are in the hand of God)

Wisdom 4:7-15 (God's care is with us)

Isaiah 25:6a, 7-9 (The Lord God will destroy death forever)

Lamentations 3:17-26 (Hope in the Lord)

Daniel12:1-3 (The just will shine like stars)

2 Maccabees 12:43-46 (A splendid reward awaits us)

New Testament Readings (Second Reading) (Choose one)

Acts 10:34-43 or 10:34-36, 42-43 (God has appointed Jesus as judge for everyone)

Romans 5:5-11 (God gives us hope)

Romans 5:17-21 (Jesus brings us life)

Romans 6:3-9 or 6:3-4, 8-9 -·Short form (Let us walk in newness of life)

Romans 8:14-23 (Those that are led by the Spirit of God are children of God)

Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39 (Who can ever come between us and the love of Christ?)

Romans 14:7-9, IOb-12 (Whether alive or dead, we belong to the Lord)

1 Corinthians 15:20-23, 24b-28 or 20-23 (All will be brought to life in Christ)

1 Corinthians 15:51-57 (Death is swallowed up in victory)

2 Corinthians 4:14-15:1 (What is seen is transitory; what is unseen is eternal)

2 Corinthians 5:1,6-10 (We have an everlasting home in heaven) Philippians 3:20-21 (We will be remade in Christ)

1 Thessalonians  4:13-18 (We shall stay with the Lord forever)

2 Timothy 2:8-13 (If we have died with Him, we shall live with Him)

1 John 3:1-2 (We shall see God as He really is)

1 John 3:14-16 (We have passed from death to life)

Revelation 14:13 (Happy are those who die in the Lord)

Revelation 20:11-21:1 (The dead have been judged according to their works)

Revelation 21:1-5a, 6b-7 (There will be no more death)

Gospel Readings (Choose one)

Matthew 5:1-12a (The Beatitudes)

Matthew 11:25-30 (Come to me...and I will give you rest)

Matthew 25:1-13 (Stay awake...for you do not know the day nor the hour)

Matthew 25:31-46 (Come, you whom my Father has blessed)

Mark 15: 3-39; 16:1-6 or 15:33-39 (Jesus breathes his last)

Luke 7:11-17 (Young man, I say to you, arise)

Luke 12:35-40 (Be prepared)

Luke 23:33,39-43 (Today you will be with me in paradise)

Luke 23:44-46, 50, 52-53; 24:1-6a or 23:44-46, 50, 52-53 (Father, I put my life in your hands)

Luke 24:13-35 or 24:13-16,28-35 (The road to Emmaus)

John 5:24-29 (Whoever hears my word and believes, has passed from death to life)

John 6:37-40 (All who believe in the Son will have eternal life)

John 6:51-58 (All who eat this bread will live forever; and I will raise them up on the last day)

John 11:17-27 or 11:21 -27 (I am the resurrection and the life)

John 11:32 -45 (The raising of Lazarus from the dead)

John 12:23-28 or 23-26 (If a grain of wheat falls and dies, it yields a rich harvest)

John 14:1-6 (There are many rooms in my Father's house)

John: 17 :24-26 (Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am)

John 19: 1 -18, 25-30 (Jesus dies on the cross)