Part One The Queen's Diamond Jubilee

Hello and you're very welcome to a special live programme of the

coverage of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee visit to Northern Ireland.

Now, we were expecting Her Majesty to be arriving here in Enniskillen

within the next few minutes, but, as you can see, the weather is

playing havoc in Northern Ireland. She was due to have touched down at

the local airport, St Angelo Airport, but that, we are told, has

now been delayed. So, at this stage, we don't know what time the Queen

will be arriving, but the crowds have turned out in their droves.

The brollies are up, the flags are waving. All hoping to welcome the

Queen to Enniskillen to St Macartin's Cathedral for a very

special Thanksgiving service. We can go inside the cathedral now and

join Noel Thompson. It's a little warmer inside St

Macartin's Cathedral where 760 people are packed in. That's almost

capacity for the church. These invitees are some local people but

a lot have come from far and wide. This is seen as a state service, in

some ways, of Thanksgiving for Her Majesty and people have come from

all over Northern Ireland and further afield to take their part

in this service. It is the First Minister there

who'll be reading a lesson in the service. And there are the Lords,

lieutenants of all counties in Northern Ireland. There are chairs

and deputy chairs and Chief Executives of local councils, the

Chief Constable there, of course. They'll all be compacted here in

this cathedral. The former Archbishop there at the extreme

right of that picture. I'm joined in the cathedral in our little area

here by cannon Noel Batty whose voice will be well known to all BBC

Radio and television listeners. Very good morning to you. Thank you

very much, Noel. Tell us a little about the cathedral? St Macartin's

has only been a cathedral since about 1923, 90 years ago. Before

that, it was a parish church for 300 years, in fact it had a

different name, called St Anne's. The hope was at that stage it would

replace the cathedral but it didn't do so, both have remained.

should remind people, this is the only dioceses in the whole Anglican

communion that has two cathedrals. It's unique for two reasons, I

suppose. By definition, each dioceses should have just one

diocese in the cathedral. To have more than one seat of government, I

suppose it would be like having one assembly in Stormont and one up the

road in Lurgan. But only one dene? Yes, exactly. Great excitement

yesterday for the rehrsal for the service and there'll be some music

from the choir -- rehearsal. They are well augmented. Special voices

brought in for this special occasion, from special musical and

choral societies. We'll hear from the chamber choir from a Royal

school who have a special bit of music for us. There will be hymns,

prayers, an address by the Archbishop, Alan Harper, and the

service should last 45-50 minutes, we understand.

Then, Her Majesty will make her way across the road to St Michael's

Church where she'll meet groups of civil society, from businesses,

schools, voluntary communities. That's all ahead of us. Sarah.

Well, Noel, a little update for you on the Queen's arrival. We have

been told by the NIO that because of the inclement weather that,'s

one way to put it, the Queen will now not be landing at St Angelo

Airport near Enniskillen, she will instead be arriving at RAF Alder

grove and then will be helicoptered here instead. So a delay on the

proceedings today. Everybody waiting inside and out, but the

spirits are still high. We heard there inside the cathedral a little

bit about the history beside this fantastic building. In fact, the

Queen's visit coincides with the 400th anniversary of the founding

of Enniskillen by Royal charter from King James I in 1612. This

magnificent cathedral now occupies the site of the original church

which was built on the highest point of this island town.

Oush district journalist Julian Fowler has been exploring some of

its history with the rector and the dene, Kenneth Hall.

The first church here was completed in 1627. Built by Captain William

Cole for the settlement of English families. All that remains of the

original is part of the tower. The modern building with its 150 foot

spire dates back to 18 42. Originally, the parish church of St

Anne's, it became St Macartin's Cathedral in 1923 which means the

dene holds a unique position in the Anglican Church. I think in 1923

that when it was upgraded to a cathedral status, they were looking

to centre the cathedral in a provincial town. Clogher has two

cathedrals, I think I'm the only person to be dene of two. Part of

the knave has been converted into a regimental chapel. This opened in

1970. Enniskillen is the only town in the British Isles to have two

regiments. The Dragoon guards and the Royal Fusiliers. The colonel in

chief was the Queen's cousin. Two flags are laid up here in this

regimental chapel. At the back of the regimental chapel, there's the

Book of Remembrance, containing every name of every serving soldier

that lost their lives in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The east

window is reputed to be one of the finest in any parish church in

Ireland. I think one of the most impressive features is the east

window. It has the theme of the resurrection. The raising of the

widow's son, the diocese' daughter, the raising of has reth and Christ

to Mary after the resurrection, that's a sign of great hope as we

look to the east and look to the resurrection for eternal life.

of the history is preserved in an intriguing headstone now mounted in

the wall. This was found at the rebuilding of the church in 18 42,

a memorial to the son of one of the founders of Enniskillen. Engraved

on the stone, the last words of Thomas Cromwell, beheaded by Henry

VIII. This is the first time in the 385 year of the church that a

ruling Monarch's come to visit. She hasn't arrived yet, sadly, as

we have heard. The Queen has been delayed and won't be landing just

as we thought within the next few minutes.

Sheltering under the umbrella with me today is the historian Eamonn

Phoenix. We were hearing incredible history behind this cathedral here?

It goes back really to the plantation of Ulster in 1611 when

the town of Enniskillen was founded by Captain William Cole. This has

been built three times, rebuilt three times this church. The first

goes back to 1627. But the present cathedral dates to the 1840s. With

this fantastic tower and spire with this bell peeling, which we can

hear even as we speak. It's the highest hill of Enniskillen, hence

the choice for this church. It's the first time a reigning Monarch's

visited the cathedral, but it's not the first visit for the Queen?

came here just after the Second World War, 1946 and paid a famous

visit as Princess Elizabeth to Enniskillen at that time. Of course,

she was actually captured on film by a local publican, William Blake,

of the famous local hostelry Blakes of the Hollow who filmed her from

an upstairs window in his pub. She visited the RUC Depot and was none

plused I think was the superintendent presented her with a

bottle of potten. We'll be bringing you a Special Report on that poteen

presentation later, through the wonders of television! You also

mentioned the capturing on the cine film by the local publican William

Blake. We have that footage of the visit by the young Princess

Elizabeth back in March, 1946. Take a look. Arthur Blake watches

pressure memories of himself and his family in the 40s. That's me.

And my sister Anne. Thanks to friendships struck up with the

American troops stationed in Fermanagh during the war, Arthur's

father William had access to his beloved 16mm colour cine film which

was impossible to get here at the time. Those friendships allowed him

to record a special day in Enniskillen's history, filmed from

the upstairs of the family's confectionary shop. The arrival of

a young Princess on an early official visit.

There's a large crowd to welcome Princess Elizabeth to Enniskillen,

held back by police as they jostle for a good look at the future Queen.

The Princess doesn't disappoint. Smiling and waving from the balcony

of the Town Hall, she was greeted with cheers, the peeling of bells

from the cathedral followed by the national anthem played by the band

of the Royal Ulster Rifles 1st Battalion. That's nice there.

There's not much of it, but at least she's there. This little

footage has been rescued and saved and it's great that the family can

share it now on the Queen's Jubilee. And this is a brief glimpse of

William Blake. Many of his latest films were lost in a fire, but

thankfully, this one survived. In an era of black-and-white

photographs and newsreel, the colour images he captured on his

cine camera back in 1946 are a unique record of a Royal occasion.

We are looking at pictures of the choir and the clergy at the top of

the church by the altar there. Leader is here. You will see many

faces you recognise as the cameras go round the interior, Matt Baggott

and Peter Robinson of course. Noel, as we said, two diocese here, In

clog clog. -- Clogher. We spoke to the parish priest and the dene here

and they're very keen that today this be seen if you like as one

dioceses, one parish? Well, they've both been here two years, less than

that, and they were both new in the town. It's remarkable the change

they've made, the effect of working tots. Yesterday afternoon, we went

to St Michael's to have a lack at the church and to see the

preparations that have gone on. They were quite fantastic. I wasn't

just impressed by the flower arrangements and the lists of

people being lined up for today's service and for the meeting

afterwards, but also for the way in which they've taken out the pews

out of the back of the church just to make people welcome. It had a

tremendous sense of a real effort being put into the whole thing to

keep the two working together. we haven't seen quite yet is the

relationship between the two churches. When you walk out of the

west door, the main door of St Macartin's and you're practically

in, you cross the narrow street and you are into St Michael's? It's

remarkable. So we'll be seeing cannon Peter O'Reilly, the parish

priest of St Michael's and of course Kenneth Hall, the dene of

this cathedral. They've been working very closely. They both

said they had picked up on cooperation which was going on for

years between the previous bishops, bishop Duffy and Jackson and there

was a very good relationship which they're very keen to see this day

as a coming together of all the people of the two diocese, not to

forget of course the Presbyterians and the methodists who're

represented here by their leaders as well.

We all wait outside St Macartin's Cathedral for the arrival of the

Queen. As we know, it's been delayed. I think the word is

filtering through to the people on the streets, but they're still

waving from the windows and when she arrives, we'll bring you full

The delay because of the weather means a later than planned start to

the Queen's visit to Northern Ireland. We will be returning as

soon as she arrived. Now let's reminisce the boy -- bygone days.

The BBC television cameras have captured the changing face of

everyday life in Northern Ireland for more than a century. Over the

years our lives have been transformed. We have captured the

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best of times and the worst of Hello and welcome to our lives

special coverage of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee visit to Northern

Ireland. We can just show you now scenes at the St Angelo airport as

the Queen's helicopter is just coming into view, about to land. It

is an hour and 20 minutes later than she was due to touch down at

St Angelo. She was meant to be here at 10:20am this morning. In a

regular aircraft. But the weather was playing havoc with the plans

and she had to make an alternative to tour to RAF Aldergrove. She and

the Duke of Edinburgh got into this helicopter and they have now just

touched down in Enniskillen, at St Angelo airport. People here at St

Macartin's cathedral are anxiously waiting. They have been here since

early this morning, all waiting for that special service of

thanksgiving. They will be delighted to hear that their

weighting has paid off. They have fun runners at the ready. -- they

have our umbrellas at the ready. The rain has stopped just in time

for the doors to open on the helicopter. Somebody is stepping

out. In the next few minutes we will finally see the Queen as she

arrives. She is due to be greeted by the Lord-Lieutenant of Fermanagh

and the Secretary of State, Owen Paterson. That door is just opening

now. And there we get a first glimpse of the Queen! As she

arrives, touching down in Enniskillen, dressed in a striking

a powder-blue outfit today for her visit to Northern Ireland. Behind

her, the Duke of Edinburgh, too. Looking well after his recent spell

in hospital. You will remember the weather at the river pageant on the

Jubilee weekend. He has made to a good recovery. The Queen and the

Duke of Edinburgh making their way across the tarmac. She raises her

hand as if to say sorry about that! Some people were wondering if she

was operating on Fermanagh time today, with things a little bit

later than planned! But she is here now and the bells are ringing. The

people of Enniskillen are delighted to welcome the Queen and the Duke

on this very special Diamond Jubilee visit to Northern Ireland,

her first engagement of a two-day visit. We see the official greeting

taking place on the tarmac. Lots of people on standby from very early

this morning. I passed the airport just shortly after 7 o'clock this

morning. The security presence was tight. Last evening people were

there, getting ready. The fire tenders being washed to prepare for

the special visit. We are back at St Macartin's. The bells are

ringing, as I said. A special thanksgiving service taking place

today. Let's go inside the cathedral to join Noel. Well, if

patience is a virtue, then the 760 people gathered in here are well on

their way to paradise. People started arriving, as with all these

royal events because of security requirements, people were arriving

already at 7 o'clock this morning. Some of them took their seats as

early as 7:30am. It has been a long wait. But there has been a genuine

sense of anticipation and excitement about the morning. I

don't think too many people have been too worried. The Dean has been

keeping the congregation well informed about the progress of the

royal couple. They have also been able to see pictures on royal

television screens of the arrival of the helicopter, so they knew

they were on their way. The former Archbishop, Robin Eames, and the

First Minister Peter Robinson. This is not really a local congregation.

Most of these people had been invited by the Northern Ireland

Office. This is seen as a state occasion for Northern Ireland, in

some ways. There are people from all over, from all areas of

Northern Ireland. People from councils, archbishops, bishops,

We will have a service of thanksgiving, as this is being

called. The lovely official souvenir programme has the Crown

and Elizabeth Regina on the front. It marks the Diamond Jubilee in St

Macartin's cathedral in Enniskillen. 760 people gathered here, which is

pretty much capacity for the cathedral. I am joined in my

commentary box by Canon Noel Battye, a familiar voice to you all from

Radio Ulster. Tell us about the cathedral itself. As I was saying

earlier, it was originally a parish church, up until 1923. For the

first 300 years of its existence it was in fact called St Annes. At

that stage, the church had been enlarged and there was a move to

making it into a cathedral. It was remarkable because they prepared

the way beforehand. They extended the Chancellor, and they said,

perhaps if we slip in some stalls, if we ever become a cathedral, they

will be there if they are needed. And so on. But when it came to it,

this church, which was to become a cathedral, did so, but it did not

in fact replace the other one. we have the only Diesis in the

Anglian Communion to have two cathedrals? Exactly. So the service

will last 45 or 50 minutes. The choir has been specially augmented

for this very important day. It has been augmented by a number of adult

male voices, which were in particular shortage. They have been

gathered in from various musical societies, with a programme of

music. The Bishop of the diocese said that this was an immensely

important occasion in the life of the diocese. Indeed, in the life of

Northern Ireland. He said it was a chance for everyone to follow how

the Queen has led, and to thank God for the many gifts of God that he

has given her. A very important day. We were at the rehearsal yesterday,

which went extremely well, I should say. A genuine sense of

anticipation and excitement. Some of the junior members of the choir

there. We will also hear from the Chamber Choir of the Royal School

in the area. After the service, the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh will go

a few steps across the road to St Michael's, where they will meet

members of the civic community, I suppose. Business people, people

from the voluntary sector, people from schools. Nine of 10 groups of

people, all with something important to say. After this

service, the Queen will retire for a few minutes to the Deanery, where

she will meet representatives of families who died in the

Enniskillen bombing. That is a very important occasion for them. A very

solemn moment for the Queen and for the families of those victims. The

youngest of the people meeting the Queen there will just be 18 years

old, and this is the 25th anniversary of the Omagh bombing.

The pain passes down generations. The families say that they are very

conscious that many people have been affected by violence. They

think it is a very important moment Let's see what is happening outside,

Sarah? Thank you. All good things come to those who wait. The people

behind they have been waiting, just like those inside, since very early

this morning to catch their first glimpse of the Queen as she makes

her way along Church Street behind him. There they are, the umbrellas

are down and the flags are waving. In the shop across the street, I

don't know if you can see it, it appears that the Queen is in the

window. But I am told it is just a face mask! She seems to be waving.

The real Queen touched down with the Duke of Edinburgh at St Angelo

airport. There was supposed to be a line-up where she would meet people

but because things are running slightly behind schedule, she has

now headed straight in the cars. Heading along Church Street, up to

the cathedral at St Macartin's, any There were school children at St

Angelos, the first to see her as she touched down in Enniskillen.

But it would seem that there are plenty of school children out for

the day. They couldn't miss this, let off for the day, behind me

lining the streets. All ages waiting for the first glimpse of

the Queen. We did see that the Queen was met by the Lord

Lieutenant of Fermanagh, and Eamonn Phoenix, you are guiding me through

the proceedings today. Tell me a bit about the role of the Lord

Lieutenant? It's a thing that gos back to the reign of Henry VIII,

there were put in place to represent the Crown and to race

Yeomanry and militia. So that's continued. The appointees or the

appointments were made by the Queen herself. The Earl is due to retire

shortly as well? Yes, one of the greatest land holders,. The

Fermanagh Castle very much besieged years ago. He will stand down and

is due to be replaced by a member of the Brook family. Lord Alan

Brook, he'll be a grandson of one of the Prime Ministers of Northern

Ireland who is a viscount. We saw scenes earlier for those who

joined us earlier this morning from the Princess Elizabeth's visit at

the age of 19 in 1946 on this very say same street it would seem. Then

they lined the streets and again today, they've come out? Absolutely.

She came here as a very young Princess. I think flying for the

first time with her parents to Northern Ireland in that post-war

visit of 1946, you know. Probably a different occasion today

in that it's much more close community and cross community.

There is a cross community feel to the crowd, the people in the shops

and to the distinguished audience in St Macartin's Cathedral itself

this morning. Enniskillen suffered a lot during the Troubles, we all

remember the world was shocked in 1987 by the Enniskillen bombing on

Remembrance Sunday? Indeed so. We are approaching the 25th

anniversary of that tragedy when 12 people died, over 60 people were

injured in what was a terrible atrocity here in the town of

Enniskillen. We see some of the victims here this morning who may,

we understand, be meeting the Queen later on. Indeed they will meet

with the Queen in the denery later on this morning.

It could be approaching this afternoon now, things slightly

delayed. I'm just going to look over my shoulder. Still no sign of

the Queen, but the crowds are getting extremely excited. The

volume level has gone up. Still they wait, but we hear she is on

her way very shortly. Eamonn, if you could just sum up the mood here

today, how would you say people are feeling? It's a carnival atmosphere

here today. It's building on all the progress we've made in Northern

Ireland from the Royal visit last year as well. There's a sense of

mutual respect and excitement. A lot of churn and young people are

here. A sense of buoyancy and a sense of completing the peace

process. -- children and young people. The Queen is just coming

into view. We just see the outriders. They're coming ahead, we

hope, the Royal cavalcade. One police outrider heading along

Church Street. Nothing in view just yet.

A lone outrider makes his way along the street. The crowds becoming

extremely excited. Just listen to the cheers. They know that Her

Majesty is not far away. Indeed, more police riders following,

coming into my line of vision at the moment. It would appear that

the Queen has finally arrived for this with four outriders this time,

heading slowly along Church Street. The time is approaching 11.55. And

there we see the police in front of the Land Rovers and the cars, the

first car is coming into vision. There are quite a few. There is the

Royal standard on the second car. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh

have finally made it to Church Street and St Macartin's Cathedral.

The rain has stopped, the umbrellas are down and the bells are peeling

to welcome Her Majesty and the Duke So, obviously heavy security for

the Queen's visit today. In the lines of cars as well, the people

who met her as she arrived at St Angelo Airport.

And the flags are waving, the cameras are out. I can see the

Queen now. She is in my line of sight looking up to where I'm

standing at the moment smiling, waving and the school children are

delighted behind me as they catch a glimpse for the first time of the

Queen. There we have it, an hour and 15 minutes later than scheduled,

the Queen is now arriving, the doors of her car are opening and

she steps out of one side, the Duke she steps out of one side, the Duke

of Edinburgh out of the other and she's coming up to St Macartin's,

being greeted there by the dene who finally gets to meet the Queen and

do what he's been rehearsing for for a long time now. The Very

Reverend Kenneth Hall. You can also see the Secretary of State, Owen

Pat terson. A big day for him too as he welcomes the Queen and the

Duke of Edinburgh on this, the Diamond Jubilee. There we go. Up

the steps. The Duke slightly behind the Queen. They've now entered into

the cathedral. It's now over to The Queen and Prince Philip shake

hands with the Archbishop of Armargh, Alan Harper. And also

there will be the Bishop of clog clog -- Clogher, John McDole. That

fanfare played by a young trumpeter called Andrew. The Queen will

proceed up the aisle to her seat, led by the verger Jack Watson, what

WHO's been verger here for 50 years. He's seen a lot of things but he

told me he was very excited about today. We have the cross and the

Most Reverend Alan Harper, the primate and there we have Jack

Watson, a big day for him. Kenny Hall, the dene of the Cathedral and

Her Majesty is wearing an Angela Kelly outfit and hat. Wedgwood blue

with hand-embroidered white lace, and she's wearing a brooch which is

The Duke of Edinburgh back to his punishing schedule after a short

stay in hospital around the official Jubilee in London, but

everyone very pleased to see him We begin the service with a hymn

that was sung at the Queen's wedding in Westminster Abbey in

1947. It was written by Henry Francis Light, educated at the

school in Enniskillen here. Praise # Praise my soul the King of heaven

Praise him, praise him # Praise him, praise him

# Praise the ever lasting... # Praise him for his grace and

favour # Praise him

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# Praise him, praise him Praise him, praise him

# Angels help us to adore him # Ye behold him face to face

# Sun and moon, bow down before him # Dwellers all in time and space

Alleluia! Praise him, praise him,

# Praise him, praise him, # Praise with us the God of grace...

Behold our defender O God and look upon the face of your anointed for

one day in your courts is better than a thousand. The Lord be with

you. And also with you. We wait for your loving kindness O God. Lord

open our lips. Beloved in Christ. We come together to offer our

worship and praise and Thanksgiving to hear and receive God's holy word,

to give thanks for the 60-year reign of Elizabeth our Queen. We

pray for her continued health and wisdom, that by the power of the

Holy Spirit she may continue to give herself to the service of God.

We commit ourselves afresh to serve our community and our nation, that

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the earth may be filled with God's Our lesson is taken from St

Matthew's gospel, chapter seven. Do not judge so that you may not be

judged, for with the judgment you make, you will be judge and the

measure you give will be the measure you get.

Why do you see the spec in your neighbour's eye but do not notice

the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbour, let me

take the spec out of your eye while the log is in your own eye. You

hypocrite. First take the log out of your own eye and then you will

see clearly to take the spec out of your neighbour's eye.

In everything, do to others as you would have them do to you for this

is the law and the prophets. Everyone then who hears these words

of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house

on rock. The rain fell, the floods came and the winds blew and beat on

that house, but it did not fall because it had been founded on rock.

Everyone who hears the words and does not act on them will be like a

foolish man who built his house on sand, the rain fell and the floods

came and the winds blew and beat against that house and it fell and

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18-year-old Chris tan who is on his way to study at the Royal Academy

in London, you will not be surprised to hear, and is a pupil

of Sir James Galway. As we pursue the feel to today's service, we'll

have prayers of intersession read by the Reverend Ken Lynsey, the

President of the methodist church in Ireland, by Cardinal Sean Brady,

the leader of the Irish Catholic Church and by the Right Reverend

Roy Patton, a moderator of the assembly of the Presbyterian church.

Lord, you have called us to know you. You have called us to serve

you. Make us worthy of our calling. May we proclaim your power and your

piece. May we rejoice in your life and your love. We give thanks for

our faith, and pray for all who teach your word, for those who

loathe and by their lives demonstrate your loved to the world.

-- for those who live. We give thanks to your servant Elizabeth

the Queen. Then richer, we pray, with your heavenly grace. Prosper

her with all happiness and bring her to your eternal kingdom. Lord,

We celebrate before you the rich diversity of our country, and pray

for people of all cultures and faiths in our society. Together,

maybe build a home that welcomes all, seeks your justice and lives

in peace. We remember before you the life of our communities. We

give thanks and celebrate the professional and voluntary service

given by so many across the country. We pray for those that work for the

public good, and whose work builds up community life, as we do for

those who need help and for all who live in fear and isolation. Lord,

your will be done in our lives. may your kingdom come in us.

Cardinal Brady is followed by road pattern, the Moderator of the

Presbyterian church. We remember the young people of our country. We

pray for them with their dreams, concerns and anxieties. And for

those with responsibility for their upbringing, education and

employment, as they grasp the opportunities of today. May they

use them well to shape the future of our lives and our nation. We

also a member before you all who have lost the joy and pleasure of

living. And all who are in suffering, danger or need. May the

hand of your love and mercy hold, strengthen and uplift them. Lord,

you will be done in our lives. Accept our prayers according to

your gracious world, in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord, who taught

us to pray, saying Our Father who art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name.

By kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give

us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we

forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation but

deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the Power and the

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Another hymn from the pen of Lord, for the years, we bring our

thanks today. Lord for that word, the word of

life which fires us, For young and old, for Commonwealth

and nation, Lord of our land, be pleased to hear our prayer

Lord, for our world, where men disown and doubt you

Loveless in strength and comfortless in pain

Hungry and helpless, lost indeed without you

# Lord of the world, we pray that Christ may reign

Lord for ourselves, in living power remake us

Self- on the cross, and Christ upon the throne,

Past put behind us, for the future take us

Lord of our lives, to live for The words of Bishop Timothy Dudley

Smith. In the name of the living God, father, son and Holy Spirit.

Amen. Words from the 7th chapter of the

Gospel According to Saint Matthew. In everything, Jesus said, do to

others as you would have them do to you. In Israelite tradition, the

year of Jubilee was a resetting of the clock, a new beginning. It

heralded an end to distortions accumulated in the past and freedom

for those in slavery or bondage. It is in the context of new beginnings

an end to distortions and justice, with a new freedom from enslavement

to the past that I reflect on this unique and historic occasion. All

remember and some were present to witness the moving events of Your

Majesty's state visit to the Republic of Ireland. For many it

was an occasion of profound significance and the promotion. --

de emotion. It felt like an ascent at the highest level to a process

of announcing the new day for all the people of this island. It was

an ascent that urges us and sets us free to build perhaps for the first

time ever in the recorded history of this island and authentic pax

Khyber liquor. The shackles that have been steadily loosening since

the ceasefires and the Belfast Agreement finally fell away, giving

us a new freedom to be positively rather than merely negatively

ourselves. The principal actors in that the shearing off the shackles

were two women. One a monarch, one of President. One baptised

Elizabeth, one baptised Mary. Both steeped in the practice and the

values of the Christian faith. As the emotional tide of May, 2011,

recedes, the focus returns to sustainability, to consolidating

the peace and restoring the future. For this, we shall require more

enduring foundations for our community life than those that

proved so inadequate in the past. We must build on the rock of a

shared future, not the sand of divide and rule. Virtuous

foundations are essential for the survival of any human construct,

foundations that are secure must be formed of sustainable values.

Values that are sustainable transcend mere self-interest.

Secure values are established when societies and individuals look

beyond self advantage towards the greater good and the judgments of

eternity. Queen Elizabeth I in her golden speech to Parliament on 30th

November, 1601, declared, I have ever used to set the last judgment

before my eyes, and so to rule as I shall be judged to answer before a

higher judge. It was in the side and acknowledgement of that same

eternal judge that you, your Majesty, in your speech at Lambeth

Palace insisted our religions provide critical guidance for the

way we live our lives, and for the way in which we treat each other.

Many of the ideas and values we take for granted in this and other

countries originate in the ancient wisdom of our traditions. Even the

concept of Jubilee is rooted in the Bible. You went on to say that

religion reminds us of the responsibilities that we have

beyond ourselves. Building a future, by its very nature, calls asked to

look beyond ourselves. -- calls us. It is rightly a shared enterprise,

a corporate exercise, but want to be undertaken in a spirit of keen

sensitivity to the needs, even the quirks, of ordinary individuals in

all their diversity. Legislators, administrators, innovators,

entrepreneurs, and shapers of opinion must look beyond themselves

and beyond self advantage, electoral, financial or otherwise,

to make sure that we build the society with awareness of and

reverence for the individual needs of other people. In everything, our

Lord said, do to others what you would have them do to you. We have

come to call this the golden rule. If, in our society, each member

were to become committed to the golden rule, we would have created

a community replete with the fruits of justice and peace, a society in

which none are marginalised because none are overlooked or ignored. If

such an attitude were to become the centrepiece of our community life,

how spectacular would be its transformation. Observe the

subtlety of the golden rule. Nowhere are we required to agree

with one another. Or surrender heart felt aspirations, or

principles. We are called upon either to like the unlikeable or

tolerate the untolerable. Rather to use ourselves and our own need for

consideration, compassion and respect as the benchmark for which

we measure the attitudes and behaviour that we deployed towards

others. Furthermore, crisis very clear, before we have the temerity

to set about correcting or condemning the outlook for or

attitudes of others, we must first examine ourselves. -- of Christ is

very clear. Again, Jesus uses the benchmark of the self. If even half

the time spent pretty King or seeking to amend the folds of --

criticising or seeking to amend the mistakes of others were spent in

looking at our own mistakes, so that that is a mutual exercise, if

we each took responsibility for ourselves rather than presuming to

do so for one another, this lack of harmony would dissipate like the

early mist of morning on the still waters of the loch. Everyone who

hears these words of mine and act on them, Jesus said, will be like

the wise man who built his house upon the rocks, the rocks of the

words and the wisdom of the Son of God. Your Majesty, it is upon that

frock that you have built your life and answered every call of duty. --

that rock. Queen Elizabeth I and drew her golden speech towards its

close with these words. For myself, I was never so much enticed with

the glorious name of a King, or the raw authority of the Queen, as

delighted that God has made me his instrument to maintain his truth

and glory and defend his kingdom. We recognise in Queen Elizabeth II

that same deep commitment to defending the faith and maintaining

the truth and glory of God. The first Queen Elizabeth continued,

and although you have had and may have many princes more mighty and

Wise sitting in this seat, yet you never had nor shall have any that

will be more careful and loving. In that, the first Queen Elizabeth was

mistaken. She did not anticipate the reign of her Elizabethan

successor. 60 years of duty, devotion and service, and for that

we say thanks be to God. And now the anthem. In a setting specially

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written for this service by the Lord for ourself, in living power

Now an act of dedication by the Bishop of Clogher, John McDole.

Let us pray. As we come to the end of this Thanksgiving service, let

us dedicate our lives and you to the service of God, our nation and

world. Lord of our lives and God of our

salvation, grant that we may live by your word. Remember with

Thanksgiving Her Majesty's example of dedication and service and

commit ourselves afresh to serve our local community, nation and

world for the building up of your kingdom, fathers, sons and Holy

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And now a special Diamond Jubilee Gracious God, all-time is yours. We

place these past years, our present and our future into your hands and

into the realm of your healing and creative love, as we say. Amen.-

Time and eternity whose son reigns as servant, not master, we give you

thanks and praise that you have blessed this nation, the realms and

territories with Elizabeth our beloved and glorious Queen, in this

year of Jubilee, grant with gifts of love, joy and peace as she

continues to be faithful to you, her Lord and God and to the lands

and peoples and those of the Commonwealth. Three Jesus Christ

God grant to the living grace, to the departed rest, to the church

the Queen, the Commonwealth and all people, peace and Concorde and to

us and all his servants, life ever lasting and the blessing of God

almighty, the father, the son and the Holy Spirit be with you all

God save our gracious Queen Long live our noble Queen

God save our Queen Send her victorious

Happy and glorious The Choiest of gifts in store, on

her be pleased to pour, long may she reign.

May she defend our laws, And ever give us cause,

To sing with heart and voice, And so ends our service of

Thanksgiving for the Jubilee of Very much a service with an Irish

feel, intentionally so, with the choice of music. The congregation

joining heartily in with the hymns, the anthem St Patrick's Breast

Plate, and a special setting for The Queen and Prince Philip will

now make their way to the denery where they'll meet with the

families of victims from the Enniskillen bombing 25 years ago

this year. Seven people in that group have

relatives of the 12 who died that day. There will be a few very

important minutes for them with the Queen who'll then just make her way

across to the people who've been waiting, some of them since 4.30

this morning! There's one woman who's from Enniskillen. She's been

up in her caravan in Portrush for the Irish Open, she came down, back

home again for this. After this occasion, she's heading straight

back up to Portrush for the rest of the week. People have made a real

effort. I spoke to people from Belfast and other areas. I spoke to

a woman who had just come back from the Jubilee celebrations in London

who also went to Dublin to see the Queen there. So there are people

who will go a long way to catch a glimpse of Her Majesty. Not daunted

by the weather which has been reasonably kind after the heavy

rain which we had for a short time. It's been quiet ever since. So

something to give thanks for. And various processions. The choir, the

cathedral clergy, the chap tr, the bishops of the Catholic Church, the

church of Ireland, the President of the methodist church, the

Archbishop of Armargh, the moderator of the Presbyterian

church, all return to the chapter room. Across the road at St

Michael's Church, there will be a meeting of a number of group who is

represent various areas of Fermanagh Society. People

representing the management of schools, people representing school

pupils, the business interests in the area and people from the

farming community, of course vitally important in Fermanagh.

People who all have particular interests. The cross makes its way

Lord Lieutenant of Ern. Peter Robinson. And the Lords,

lieutenants from the other counties of Northern Ireland. We have the

Bishop of Clogher, followed by Lord Traynor, followed by the church of

Ireland bishops as they go straight across the road to St Michael's. St

Michael's was originally built at a level about 40 feet lower. You can

just see the front door there. It's just see the front door there. It's

French gothic revival style, I'm told. It's built by the architect

who built St Peter's Cathedral in Belfast, the one which has been so

wonderfully restored recently. That The joke started to get a bit rocky.

It was built in 1803. -- the church. They're all sorts of cracks and it

was finally abandoned in 1867. It was rebuilt in 1875. It could not

hold and masonry spire, because of the rock foundations. But one was

later added in 1995. It is not a masonry spire, it is a steel

So the two churches just a few feet apart. More and more are coming

together in fellowship. The Dean and the parish priest have done a

lot of work to bring the communities together. They talked

of the terrible impact of the Enniskillen bombing. And how it

acted in a way as a motivator to improve community relations. It

takes a long time to do this, of course. They said they built upon

the work of previous bishops. The Roman Catholic Bishop Duffy and

Michael Jackson, the church of Ireland Bishop, who did a lot of

work to improve community relations. That work has now been carried on

here. The Dean is of course the rector, so that is his rectory and

his deanery. There are some refreshments available there for

the immediate party with the royal couple. But central to the next few

minutes, the Queen will have a chance for a little refreshment,

but there is that meeting with the seven relatives of victims of the

Enniskillen bombing. The Royal Standard, which amazingly arrived

at the deanery in a jiffy bag yesterday. I saw it sitting on the

hall table. You would expect it to arrive with seven for it men! But

it arrived in a Jiffy bag. It is hoisted to its place of honour on

the steeple of St Macartin's. Let's rejoin Sarah. Well, the crowds are

still lining the streets outside St Macartin's cathedral. Many have

been here since the 7 o'clock this morning. Just then, when the Queen

and the Duke of Edinburgh made their way from the cathedral to the

Deanery, once again they waited and they were rewarded with a brief

glimpse of the Queen. She heads into the deanery to meet victims

and families of those bereaved in the Enniskillen bombing. I have

been joined throughout the service by the historian home in Phoenix.

What did you make of the service within the cathedral? -- a month

A very definite service, celebrating 60 years of Queen

Elizabeth, but also the theme of a diversified and to link up

community. We had that her -- address. He spoke in Irish at

Dublin Castle last year. He talked about a true Irish peace emerging

from this. And this is reinforced by the Presbyterian Moderator and

the Cardinal, who thanked God for the rich diversity of our society.

We have also been hearing about the reconciliation that was done

between the cathedral here and St Michael's parish church across the

road. When the Queen has finished in the Deanery, she will head into

St Michael's church and she will be greeted by Canon Peter Riley. The

bells are ringing in the background. Just to tell you something about

another famous bell, it marked the attention to the throne of Queen

Elizabeth I, more than four centuries ago. It will be used

again tomorrow to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, when

she visits Belfast of course. It weighs the best part of a turn. --

ton. What is the connection between the St Bartholomew church in South

Belfast and two Queen Elizabeths on the throne? The answer lies up

there in the bell tower. The St Barts bell was originally one of

eight at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. It was recast in 6095. When

the cathedral was replaced, it was donated to this church in the 1930s.

-- it was recast in 16 at 95. It has been ringing for centuries.

rang in 69 th at the occasion of the session to the throne of

Elizabeth I. -- 1648. It was run in the victory over the Spanish, it

was wrong after the Battle of the Boyne and it was wrong during Lord

Nelson's campaign. It then chimed again in 1952 at the accession to

the throne of Queen Elizabeth II. To mark the Diamond Jubilee and a

visit to Northern Ireland, the bell will ring again on Wednesday, when

the Queen is being shown around the Titanic Quarter of the city.

Of course the people are still waiting to see the Queen at she

leaves the Deanery. She will be meeting with the victims of the

Enniskillen bombing. Of the sunshine has just come out and

people are waving their flags. People are hanging out of office

windows, not much work being done in Enniskillen today. Everything

overran by an hour and 15 minutes due to the weather. But the Queen

eventually made it here. We have that service of thanksgiving this