Our Faithful Queen

true Witness
This emphasis on serving others
was highlighted in her Devotions
with Jesus’ words from the Bible:
For whoever wants to save
their life will lose it, but
whoever loses their life
for me and for the gospel
will save it.
Mark’s Gospel chapter 8 verse 35
She also used these words to describe the Christian
Gospel, which she promised to maintain:
In the Gospel of Christ is Light out of darkness,
Freedom out of bondage, Life out of death, that
we may walk in the Power of God as his servants
and witnesses. It belongs to my care that the
true profession of this Gospel shall be strong
amongst my people and throughout the world.
Wherefore I must seek by God’s grace to be
a true and faithful witness unto the Lord.
When the Queen writes her Christmas broadcasts,
speeches she writes herself, she often talks about
Jesus Christ as the reason for the seasonal
celebrations. She identifies herself as one of Jesus
followers; a ‘faithful witness’ to Jesus.
Archbishop Fisher reminded her
that she was not alone in this
task. He quoted the Bible book of
Acts where Luke, a first century
doctor, wrote:
You will receive power when the
Holy Spirit comes on you; and you
will be my witnesses in Jerusalem,
and in all Judea and Samaria, and
to the ends of the earth.
These words, spoken to Jesus’ first century followers,
echo through the ages to promise God’s power and
presence to his followers today.
After considering this verse, the Queen was invited
to pray:
Almighty God…grant that the light of thy Gospel
may shine forth bright and clear to all mankind,
and may bring all men to a true faith in thee;
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
She also prayed for the Church:
Lord Jesus, grant me grace to defend the Faith of
thy Church, in my own heart and life; and with the
whole company of the faithful to promote the
work of the Church for the good of this people
and the growth of thy Kingdom. Amen.
Top: leaving a Sunday morning church service, 2020.
Left: talking to her great grandson, Prince George, after
Princess Charlotte’s christening in Sandringham, 2015.
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