MASS READINGS, 07 June 2021, General Week 10 - Monday FIRST READING “God comforts us; thus, we can comfort all those who are in distress ” A Reading from the second letter of Saint Paul the apostle to the Corinthians (1, 1-7)

MASS READINGS, 07 June 2021, General Week 10 - Monday 

FIRST READING 

“God comforts us; thus, we can comfort all those who are in distress ” 

A Reading from the second letter of Saint Paul the apostle to the Corinthians (1, 1-7) 

Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the Church of God which is in Corinth as well as to all the faithful who are throughout Greece. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father full of tenderness, the God from whom comes all comfort. In all our distress, he comforts us; thus, we can comfort all those in distress, through the comfort that we ourselves receive from God. For just as we have a large share in the sufferings of Christ, so through Christ we are greatly comforted. When we are in distress, it is so that you may obtain comfort and salvation; when we are comforted, it is again so that you may obtain comfort, and that enables you to endure with perseverance the same sufferings as we do. As far as you are concerned, we have good cause for hope, for, as we know, as you share in suffering, so you will find comfort. 

- Word of the Lord.