“Even in my sorrow, shared with so many around the world, I am filled with an immense sense of gratitude for the gift to the world that has been the life of Queen Elizabeth II,” he said.
The cardinal said on Sept. 8 that the queen’s “Christian faith marked every day of her life and activity.”
“In her millennium Christmas message, she said, ‘To many of us, our beliefs are of fundamental importance. For me the teachings of Christ and my own personal accountability before God provide a framework in which I try to lead my life. I, like so many of you, have drawn great comfort in difficult times from Christ’s words and example.’
“This faith, so often and so eloquently proclaimed in her public messages, has been an inspiration to me, and I am sure to many. The wisdom, stability, and service which she consistently embodied, often in circumstances of extreme difficulty, are a shining legacy and testament to her faith,” Nichols said.
In the homily for the Requiem Mass celebrated Sunday, Sept. 11, at Westminster Cathedral, the loss was brought into a Christian light: “Yes, we mourn the death of our Sovereign. Our loss is profound and our sorrow immense. But we also know that her life continues; it is changed, not ended,” the sermon said.
“For as this earthly dwelling slowly turns to dust, we pray that she will gain an everlasting dwelling in heaven, where nothing of her great goodness is lost but rather brought to its fulfillment. In the words of St. Paul, those who are baptized in Christ ‘went into the tomb with him and joined him in death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father’s glory, we, too, might live a new life.’”
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