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# (Untitled)
- URL: https://joshualore.com/inthemiddleway/the-end-of-the-first-reading-from-todays-office/
- Published: 2015-12-08T19:45:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-03T04:01:57.000Z
- Author: Joshua Lore
- Tags: Uncategorized, christ, Grace, Jesus, Sin, #Migrated-1788408094757, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-09-03 00:01

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The end of the first reading from today’s Office of Readings has been on my mind a lot today (Romans 5:20b-21):

“However where sin abounded grace overabounded, that as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through justice \[‘dikaiosynes’\] unto everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

As the psalm says: “A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.”