Monday of the 10th week of Ordinary Time

1Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy, a brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all of Achaia: 2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation. 4He consoles us in all our tribulation, so that we too may be able to console those who are in any kind of distress, through the exhortation by which we also are being exhorted by God. 5For just as the Passion of Christ abounds in us, so also, through Christ, does our consolation abound. 6So, if we are in tribulation, it is for your exhortation and salvation, or if we are in consolation, it is for your consolation, or if we are exhorted, it is for your exhortation and salvation, which results in the patient endurance of the same passion which we also endure. 7So may our hope for you be made firm, knowing that, just as you are participants in the suffering, so also shall you be participants in the consolation.

2I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise will be ever in my mouth.

3In the Lord, my soul will be praised. May the meek listen and rejoice.

4Magnify the Lord with me, and let us extol his name in itself.

5I sought the Lord, and he heeded me, and he carried me away from all my tribulations.

6Approach him and be enlightened, and your faces will not be confounded.

7This poor one cried out, and the Lord heeded him, and he saved him from all his tribulations.

8The Angel of the Lord will encamp around those who fear him, and he will rescue them.

9Taste and see that the Lord is sweet. Blessed is the man who hopes in him.

1Then, seeing the crowds, he ascended the mountain, and when he had sat down, his disciples drew near to him, 2and opening his mouth, he taught them, saying: 3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth. 5Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be consoled. 6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied. 7Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. 8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 9Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. 10Blessed are those who endure persecution for the sake of justice, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11Blessed are you when they have slandered you, and persecuted you, and spoken all kinds of evil against you, falsely, for my sake: 12be glad and exult, for your reward in heaven is plentiful. For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.