Second reading
Brothers and sisters: You have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as children — “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, or lose heart when you are punished by him; for the Lord disciplines the one whom he loves, and chastises every son whom he accepts.”
Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as sons; for what son is there whom a father does not discipline?
Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.