Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
This reading emphasizes God as the source of comfort, who provides solace in affliction so that believers can, in turn, comfort others with the same divine comfort they received.