1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Thessalonians
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, so that
you may not grieve like the rest, who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and
rose, so too will God, through Jesus, bring with him those who have fallen asleep. Indeed,
we tell you this, on the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming
of the Lord, will surely not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself, with
a word of command, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God, will come
down from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are
left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Thus we
shall always be with the Lord. Therefore, console one another with these words.
The Word of the Lord
New Testament Reading #12