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Each Sunday five separate sermons are delivered at Westminster Abbey or St Margaret's. The Abbey's clergy and guest preachers address current theological issues, religion and world events, and the interpretation of biblical texts.

2010

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  • 3 January 2010 Sermon given at Matins on Sunday 3 January 2010

    The Reverend Robert Reiss, Canon in Residence

    The first in a series of sermons on ‘What can we realistically believe about God?

  • 6 January 2010 Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on Epiphany: Wednesday 6 January 2010

    The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster

    Lying behind the modern democratic political system is a shadow structure that acknowledges the Sovereignty of Christ. The Dean said it was an important question how far elected politicians and we personally acknowledge in practice God’s Sovereignty

  • 10 January 2010 Sermon given at Matins Sunday 10 January 2010

    The Reverend Robert Reiss, Canon in Residence

    Continuing with the series on ‘What can we realistically believe about God?’ this looks at the God of the Bible.

  • 17 January 2010 Sermon given at Matins on Second Sunday of Epiphany, Sunday 17 January 2010: God and Science

    The Reverend Robert Reiss, Canon in Residence

    Continuing the series of addresses on what we can realistically believe about God this examines the relation of science to notions of God.

  • 17 January 2010 Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on Second Sunday of Epiphany: Sunday 17 January

    The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster

    Jesus did not change water into wine to revive the wedding party but as a sign that his life-giving sacrifice would render obsolete the rituals of the old covenant.

  • 24 January 2010 Sermon given at Matins on Sunday 24 January 2010: God and Suffering

    The Reverend Robert Reiss, Canon in Residence

    Continuing with the theme of ‘what can we realistically believe about God?’ this looks at God and suffering.

  • 31 January 2010 Sermon given at Matins on Sunday 31 January 2010

    The Reverend Robert Reiss, Canon in Residence

    The conclusion of the series of address on what we can realistically believe about God

  • 2 February 2010 Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on Candlemas: Tuesday 2 February 2010

    The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster

    Within the beauty of the Candlemas celebration, we must discern the battle between light and darkness and align ourselves with Jesus Christ, the light of the world.

  • 7 February 2010 Sermon given at Matins on Sunday 7 February 2010: Sloth

    The Reverend Dr Jane Hedges, Canon in Residence

    During February Jane Hedges is looking at the subject of the Seven Deadly Sins and the series will be continued in March by Dr Nicholas Sagovsky. In this sermon she examines how the list of seven emerged and then talks about the sin of "Sloth" .

  • 7 February 2010 Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on Sunday 7 February 2010

    The Reverend Dr Nicholas Sagovsky, Canon of Westminster

  • 14 February 2010 Sermon given at Matins Sunday 14 February 2010: Lust

    The Reverend Dr Jane Hedges, Canon in Residence

    In the second of the series on the Seven Deadly Sins this sermon looks at the subject of Lust. It explores Biblical attitudes to sexual immorality and goes on to look at the contribution the Church can make in today’s society in encouraging healthy attitudes towards sex and the establishment of stable, loving relationships.

  • 17 February 2010 Sermon given at Sung Eucharist with the Imposition of Ashes: Wednesday 17 February 2010

    The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster

    ‘Nothing less than Christ will do. We are to be imitators of Christ.’

  • 21 February 2010 Sermon given at Matins Sunday 21 February 2010: Greed

    The Reverend Dr Nicholas Sagovsky, Canon of Westminster

    Greed has been defined as ‘an excessive, single-minded desire for gain’. Both Old and New Testaments provide stories to warn against greed. It’s all too easy to point the finger at others for being greedy. In a materialist society, we all need to cultivate the antidote to greed: generosity.

  • 24 February 2010 Sermon given at the 150th Anniversary Service for the RABI

    The Right Reverend John Oliver, Honorary Chaplain and Trustee of RABI

  • 7 March 2010 Sermon given at Matins on Sunday 7 March 2010: Pride

    The Reverend Dr Nicholas Sagovsky, Canon in Residence

    Pride is the sin where our sense of our own power and importance runs out of control, and we end up putting ourselves in the place of God. Pride blinds us to the reality that, wonderful though human beings may be, we are just creatures, like other creatures, and it is good for us humbly to accept what God has willed for us. As Dante says, ‘In his will is our peace’.

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