This is All Saints Day when Christians remember those ordinary members of the Church over the last two thousand years whose lives as witnesses, disciples or martyrs were shaped and driven by Jesus Christ, the pioneer of our faith. Joining together all who have died in that faith with those alive now in one eternal communion in His Kingdom built by the Holy Spirit and dedicated to the worship of the one true and only God, the Holy Trinity, all live in Christ.
One such person was our late Sovereign Lady, Queen Elizabeth II, who though the first in this land lived her life as the servant of her people and her King of Kings. On the 27 January 2022, during the advent of her Platinum Jubilee anticipated on 6 February, I wrote her a tribute in celebration of her reign. Since Her Majesty graciously did not object nor her successor, His Majesty King Charles III, I am now honoured to be able to publish it here.
As the season of Advent approaches (27 November) only faith in God can save us now.
Author: Peter Southwood