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Your Excellency Archbishop Gallagher, Rev Sister Jane, Your Eminence, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, thanks very a lot for becoming a member of us this night as we have fun Her Majesty The Queen’s official birthday in the seventieth 12 months of her reign. As we noticed in the media over final weekend, this Platinum Jubilee has introduced the folks of the United Kingdom collectively in a rare method, in a celebration of Her Majesty’s dedication to her folks, and in tribute to the longest reign in British historical past – second solely to that of the longest reigning monarch in recorded historical past, Louis XIV, who reigned a bit of over 72 years. The Queen’s extraordinary reign has seen her journey extra broadly than every other monarch, endeavor over 260 official visits abroad, together with almost 100 state visits – which is maybe why these celebrations have echoed so broadly throughout each a part of the world.

It is a selected honour for me to be marking this event as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Holy See, given the robust private relationships she has constructed with 5 successive popes, beginning as a younger princess in 1951 with a gathering with Pius XII right here in Rome. Also given the central position her religion has performed in the efficiency of her duties. From her first recorded broadcast, on her twenty first birthday, when she devoted her entire life in that now well-known phrase, ‘whether it be short or long’, to the service of her folks and referred to as on God to assist her make good her vow. And we now have seen over the years how, clearly, she meant this. Including by way of quite a few Christmas broadcasts, for instance in 2002:

‘I know just how much I rely on my own faith to guide me through the good times and the bad. Each day is a new beginning, I know that the only way to live my life is to try to do what is right, to take the long view, to give of my best in all that the day brings, and to put my trust in God.’

Importantly, nevertheless, as Head of the Nation and Head of the Commonwealth, Her Majesty additionally recognises and celebrates different faiths in the UK and all through the world. I quote from a speech she made at an interfaith assembly in Lambeth Palace throughout her Diamond Jubilee in 2012:

‘Faith plays a key role in the identity of millions of people, providing not only a system of belief but also a sense of belonging. It can act as a spur for social action. Indeed, religious groups have a proud track record of helping those in the greatest need, including the sick, the elderly, the lonely and the disadvantaged. They remind us of the responsibilities we have beyond ourselves.’

Those of you watching the Pageant on Sunday may have seen a splendidly vibrant presentation referred to as ‘Have Faith’, with the six precept faiths in Britain represented in lantern sculptures. It is difficult to think about a greater approach to showcase the significance of her religion to Her Majesty. It additionally jogged my memory of the significance of multi-faith work, together with on world points corresponding to local weather change. I’m more than happy that my first large official assembly as ambassador right here was the religion leaders assembly on local weather final October, organised with the Vatican and the Embassy of Italy at which Pope Francis himself handed an enchantment to world leaders to our COP President prematurely of the assembly in Glasgow. An glorious instance of the impression of our collaboration.

This 12 months, we now have been celebrating the fortieth Anniversary of ambassadorial relations between the UK and the Holy See. Her Majesty herself performed a important position in establishing our present flourishing relationship when she got here on a state go to to the Vatican in 1980, with an invite for Pope St John Paul II to go to Buckingham Palace throughout his upcoming pastoral go to to the UK. The first by a reigning pope. And she spoke of a ‘new and constructive era’ unfolding between the Church of England and the Catholic Church.

In November 2015, in an handle to the Church of England, the Queen highlighted how she noticed the position of the church when she mentioned: ‘St Paul reminds us that all Christians, as ambassadors for Christ, are entrusted with the ministry of reconciliation. Spreading God’s phrase and the onerous however rewarding process of peace-making and battle decision are vital components of that ministry. So, too, is the Church of England’s vocation to work in partnership with these of different faiths and none, to serve the widespread good on this land.’

Before I shut at the moment, there are a few logistical bulletins to make. I hope you’ve gotten all discovered the totally different meals being served in numerous corners of this pretty backyard. I’m grateful to those that have labored so onerous to arrange them, and specifically to establish the wide selection of edible variations of purple on the menu at the moment! I’m grateful to the Embassy Choir for main us in the National Anthems, and to our bag-piper who welcomed us all this night.

In a second, the archbishop and I shall be planting a tree on this backyard as a part of the Queen’s Green Canopy initiative – an initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee, which invited folks from throughout the United Kingdom and round the world to “Plant a Tree for the Jubilee”.  We had been thrilled to listen to that Pope Francis had donated a Cedar of Lebanon as a part of this marketing campaign. And we are going to now be planting an olive tree as a logo of peace in a conflict-afflicted world. Remembering Ukraine, and different components of the world at battle, together with the final place I hosted a Queen’s Birthday Party, pre-COVID, in Juba, South Sudan. Later, we shall be serving the Jubilee pudding – chosen by Mary Berry (an icon of British baking) from a whole bunch of different recipes to be the flag-carrier for this 12 months’s jubilee. I might additionally wish to thank Sister Jane and the Congregation of Jesus for letting us use this glorious backyard. And lastly, I want to thanks all for coming.

I’ll shut with what I imagine is one in all the most revealing statements Her Majesty has made about her system of beliefs in 2015: ‘Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love,’ she mentioned, quoting a favorite saying of Mother St Teresa of Calcutta. The Queen continued: ‘On our own, we cannot end wars or wipe out injustice, but the cumulative impact of thousands of small acts of goodness can be bigger than we imagine.’

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