From our New Testament reading, from 2 Timothy: ‘The saying is sure: If we have died with him, we shall also live with him; if we endure, we shall also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful – for he cannot deny himself’.

St Ambrose commented: ‘The apostle says that even we shall reign together with Christ in the kingdom of Christ. “If we are dead with him, we shall also live with him; if we endure, we shall also reign with him.” But we by adoption, he by power; we live by grace, he by nature …’

Today, let us consciously live by the grace of God, allowing it to permeate our every action; and may God bless you this day.