wfn.org | Prayer for the Royal Golden Wedding

[Audrey Whitefield <a.whitefield@quest.org.uk>]

Nov. 10, 1997
ANGLICAN COMMUNION NEWS SERVICE
Canon James Rosenthal, Director of Communications, 
Anglican Communion Office
London, England

ACC  1402

Prayer for the Golden Wedding of HM The Queen and HRH the Duke of
Edinburgh

On the 20th November HM the Queen and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh will
celebrate the 50th Anniversary of their wedding. There will be a service
of Thanksgiving in Westminster Abbey on that day.

The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have provided all clergy with a
special prayer which they have approved for use in public worship
throughout the Church of England in connection with this very special
anniversary. The Archbishops hope that it will be used in the services
on the day of the Anniversary itself and/or on either Sunday 16th or
Sunday 23rd November. It is, of course, available for use in private
prayers as well.

Almighty God

With joy in our hearts, we offer you our praise and thanksgiving as we
celebrate the Golden Wedding of our Sovereign Lady, Queen Elizabeth and
His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh.

We thank you for your precious gift of marriage, through which countless
of your children, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in
sickness and in health, have found lifelong comfort and love.

Above all, on this happy anniversary, we thank you for the constant
commitment of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness, throughout their long
marriage, to the selfless Christian service of the people over whom you
have called her to reign.

Pour your richest blessing upon them, we pray, and grant them many more
years of happiness together.

Through Jesus Christ Our Lord

Amen