Message of Abbot Paul - Friday 9th September
Abbot Paul • September 8, 2022
Message from Fr Paul for Friday, 9th September 2022
Although we all knew it was bound to happen one day, the shock and sense of loss we all feel at the death of our beloved Queen is hard to describe. She was the Mother of the Nation and Commonwealth and a mother to us all. When she spoke, you sensed she was talking with you and when she smiled, you knew she was smiling at you. I was almost five when she became Queen and remember the joyful celebration of her Coronation. What a wonderful example she has been to us throughout her life. How we shall miss her, but she has left us so many lasting memories and so much to be thankful for. We pray that the good Lord, in whom she believed with such deep faith, will receive her into his kingdom and grant her the reward of her labours here on earth. We pray for our new King and for all the Royal Family at this time of parting and bereavement. May her great soul rest in peace. Amen.
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