Sermons
Below you can find transcripts of sermons our clergy and guest preachers have given at recent Abbey services. They deal with current theological issues, religion and world events, and the interpretation of biblical texts.
Where possible, we provide an audio and video recording of the sermon.
Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday of Advent 2025
“Are you the one who is to come?”
The Reverend Tessa Bosworth Succentor
Sunday, 14th December 2025
Address given at a Service to celebrate Christian Witness in Advent
All over the world ploughshares are being beaten into swords.
His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Radcliffe OP
Wednesday, 10th December 2025
Address given at the Parliamentary Carol Service 2025
What might people say of us?
The Right Reverend Richard Jackson Bishop of Hereford
Wednesday, 3rd December 2025
Sermon preached at Evensong on the feast of Christ the King 2025
My kingdom is not from here.
The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon in Residence
Sunday, 23rd November 2025
Sermon preached at Evensong on the Second Sunday before Advent 2025
In this house, I hope, we can relax.
The Reverend Dr Melanie Marshall Associate Priest, St Mary Magdalen, Oxford
Sunday, 16th November 2025
Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Advent 2025
The world is on fire; we all see it.
The Reverend Professor Katherine Sonderegger William Meade Chair in Systematic Theology, Virginia Theological Seminary, USA
Sunday, 16th November 2025
