King Charles III paid tribute to volunteer work and socially useful work in their country, comparing it with those who took shelter Joseph and Mary on the day of Jesus’ birth.
“Going the extra mile to help someone simply because it’s the right thing to do,” he said, recalling the charity representatives who attended his coronation ceremony. “They are the pillar of our society.”
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“Service is at the center of the Christmas story, the birth of Jesus, who came to serve the whole world, showing us by example how we love our neighbor as ourselvessaid the king.
Accompanied by pictures of the family Prince William, Princess Catherine and their children interacting with the public and performing various tasks at community events, he said his family witnessed support systems built for the less fortunate, especially foreigners.
He attributed the prosperity of his nation to God’s blessing.
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The king added that worship is only one way of fulfilling the responsibility of caring for creation, and with a Christmas image of a shepherd, he spoke about the importance of protecting nature.
King Charles III’s interest in ecology and peace
Addressing the nation from Buckingham Palace, the 75-year-old monarch called for finding “great inspiration” in the “growing awareness of how we must protect the Earth and our natural world”.
Standing next to a live Christmas tree – the first in the British monarchy’s annual ceremonial speech – the king also said that prayed for peace, at a time when conflict is raging in the Middle East and elsewhere, the EFE agency reported.
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“The care of this creation is a responsibility that falls to people of all faiths and none,” he said in a pre-recorded royal message broadcast on British television at 15:00 GMT.
Monarch, a long-time defender of the environmentsy, who spoke at the recent COP28 UN climate summit in Dubai, stressed the importance of “taking care of the Earth for the benefit of our children’s children”.
Concluding his message by acknowledging the “increasingly tragic conflicts around the world,” he said he prayed “that we can also do everything in our power to protect each other.”
“Jesus’ words seem more appropriate than ever: ‘Do to others what you want them to do to you‘”, he pointed out, stressing that “such values are universal”.
“They remind us that we must imagine ourselves in the place of our neighbors and seek their good as we would want our own,” he summarized.
jj/srg/yad/mab/mb and we seek their well-being as we would our own,” he summarized. (AND)
Source: Eluniverso
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