Cardinal offers prayers for Queen Elizabeth on her Platinum Jubilee

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Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Bishops' Conference, has offered his prayers for Her Majesty for her Platinum Jubilee year.

The Cardinal said: "Today we thank God for all the years of astonishing service that have been given by Her Majesty from that day of her solemn anointing, through times of peace and great sadness, suffering and joy.

"The calmness that she carries always with her arises from a soul at peace, rooted in a trust in God and inspired by her Christian faith, of which she speaks so eloquently and demonstrates so faithfully.

"God bless Her Majesty. May we pray for her always."

The Cardinal also recalled his memories of the Queen's 1953 Coronation, saying: "Jubilees are for memories and thanksgiving. This Platinum Jubilee overflows with both. How well I remember the Coronation mug and the bar of chocolate in its decorated tin box that I received, along with every child, on the day of Her Majesty's Coronation. It was also the first time that I watched a television!"

The Bishops' Conference has established that, at all Sunday Masses on 4-5 June 2022, each parish prays for Her Majesty the Queen to mark her Platinum Jubilee by including an intention in the Prayer of the Faithful and by reciting at the end of Mass (after the Prayer after Communion and before the Final Blessing) the Prayer for the Queen.

For more information and prayer resources see: www.cbcew.org.uk/queen-platinum-jubilee/