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forgiveness blossomed into long is through this lens of history that we should view the conflicts of today, and so giveus hope for course, family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of amunity, organisation or Commonwealth is a family of 53 nations, all with amon bond, shared beliefs, mutual values and is this which makes the Commonwealth a family of people in the truest sense, at ease with eachother, enjoying its shared history and ready and willing to support its members in the direst have always looked to the future, with a sense of camaraderie, warmth andmutual respect while still maintaining their importance of family has, of course, e home to Prince Philip and me personally this yearwith the marriages of two of our grandchildren, each in their own way a celebration of the Godgiven love that binds a family many this Christmas will not be our armed forces deployed around the world,thousands of service families face Christmas without their loved ones at bereaved andthe lonely will find it especially , as we all know, the world is going through difficult this will affect our celebration of this great Christian hope in adversity is one of the themes of was born into a world full of angels came to frightened shepherds with hope in their voices: ‘Fear not’, they urged, ‘webring you tidings of great joy, which shall be to all unto you is born this day in the Cityof David a Saviour who is Christ the Lord.’Although we are capable of great acts of kindness, history teaches us that we sometimes needsaving from ourselves – from our recklessness or our sent into the world a uniqueperson – neither a philosopher nor a general(important though they are)– but a Saviour, with thepower to lies at the heart of the Christian can heal broken families, it can restorefriendships and it can reconcile divided is in forgiveness that we feel the power ofGod’s the last verse of this beautiful carol, O Little Town of Bethlehem, there’s a prayer:O Holy Child of Bethlehem Descend to us we pray Cast out our sin And enter inBe born in us todayIt is my prayer that on this Christmas day we might all find room in our lives for the message of theangels and for the love of God through Christ our wish you all a very happy Christmas.第三篇:英國(guó)女王2014圣誕致辭英國(guó)女王圣誕致辭In the ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral is a sculpture of a man and a woman reaching out to embrace each sculptor was inspired by the story of a woman who crossed Europe on foot after the war to find her (Coventry Cathedral)的外面豎立著一尊雕塑,造型是一個(gè)男人和一個(gè)女人正伸手想要擁抱彼此。Casts of the same sculpture can be found in Belfast and Berlin, and it is simply called ,它的名字很簡(jiǎn)單,叫做和解。The ceramic poppies at the Tower of London drew millions, and the only possible reaction to seeing them and walking among them was every poppy a life。每一朵罌粟象征著一個(gè)生命,讓人們想起失去至愛(ài)后的悲痛。In 1914, many people thought the war would be over by Christmas, but sadly by then the trenches were dug and the future shape of the war in Europe was ,很多人認(rèn)為戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)會(huì)在圣誕節(jié)結(jié)束,但遺憾的是那時(shí)戰(zhàn)壕已經(jīng)挖好,歐洲戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上未來(lái)的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)形態(tài)也已經(jīng)確定。Without any instruction or mand, the shooting stopped and German and British soldiers met in No Man39。士兵們拍照留念并互贈(zèng)禮物。Truces are not a new the ancient world a truce was declared for the duration of the Olympic Games and wars and battles were put on 。Sport has a wonderful way of bringing together people and nations, as we saw this year in Glasgow when over 70 countries took part in the Commonwealth ,我們看到有70多個(gè)國(guó)家參與今年在格拉斯哥舉行的英聯(lián)邦運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)。s 。As with the Invictus Games that followed, the courage, determination and talent of the athletes captured our imagination as well as breaking down ,運(yùn)動(dòng)員們的勇氣,決心和天賦不但吸引著我們的目光,同時(shí)還打破了隔閡。雖然我參觀《權(quán)利的游戲》拍攝地的新聞吸引了大部分人的注意力,但對(duì)克拉姆林路監(jiān)獄的參觀卻讓我記憶猶新。a reminder of what is possible when people reach out to one another, rather like the couple in the **期間的監(jiān)獄如今充滿(mǎn)了希望和新目標(biāo);讓人們認(rèn)識(shí)到,當(dāng)人們伸出手互相幫助時(shí),什么事都是有可能的,就像雕塑里的那對(duì)夫婦一樣。and bridging these differences will take ,和解有很多方式。Bringing reconcil