In her religious role, the Queen is head of the Church of England, but in her civic role she cares for all her subjects, and no one is better at making everyone she meets feel valued.

The faith religious believers have in God is small compared to the faith people put in politicians, knowing how many times they have been disappointed in the past but still insisting that this time it will be different.

Hope, even more than necessity, is the mother of invention.

The universe is more than mere matter in motion. It and we were brought into being by a Creator who seeks our good.

Faced with destruction, the Jewish people survived.

If we are to cherish freedom, and to guard it, we must remember what the alternative is: the bread of affliction and the bitter herbs of slavery.

As the political leaders of Europe meet to save the euro and European Union, so should religious leaders.