Second Option - First Reading: 1 Peter 4:12-19

¹² Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to prove you, as though something strange were happening to you.
¹³ But rejoice in so far as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.
¹⁴ If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
¹⁵ But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a wrongdoer, or a mischief-maker;
¹⁶ yet if one suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but under that name let him glorify God.
¹⁷ For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?
¹⁸ And “If the righteous man is scarcely saved, where will the impious and sinner appear?”
¹⁹ Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will do right and entrust their souls to a faithful Creator.