Queen's Christmas Speech

クリスマスになるとエリザベス女王のクリスマスメッセージを聞くのが楽しみです。映像（YouTube）より先にfull-textがBBCに掲載されていますので，視聴のお伴にしてください。最後の部分のみ転載しておきます。（UG）

Queen's Christmas Speech

'For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Saviour who is Christ the Lord.'
Although we are capable of great acts of kindness, history teaches us that we sometimes need saving from ourselves - from our recklessness or our greed.

God sent into the world a unique person - neither a philosopher nor a general, important though they are, but a Saviour, with the power to forgive.

Forgiveness lies at the heart of the Christian faith. It can heal broken families, it can restore friendships and it can reconcile divided communities. It is in forgiveness that we feel the power of God's love.

In 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 in.
Be born in us today.
It is my prayer that on this Christmas day we might all find room in our lives for the message of the angels and for the love of God through Christ our Lord.
I wish you all a very happy Christmas."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16328899

The Christmas Broadcast (better known as 'The Queen's Speech') will be available to view on the Royal YouTube Channel from approx 15:00 GMT on Christmas Day.