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 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
Address given at a Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving on Remembrance Sunday 2025
Ours must be a moral remembrance, one that stays the course.
The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster
Sunday, 9th November 2025
Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on All Souls' Day 2025
This is a place of death and a place of life.
The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist
Monday, 3rd November 2025
Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on All Saints' Day 2025
The saints are the shape and colour of our hope.
The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster
Saturday, 1st November 2025
Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity 2025
Being faithful to God requires perseverance.
The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist
Sunday, 19th October 2025
Sermon preached at Evensong on the feast of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey 2025
The London Mayors come to Westminster Abbey.
The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster
Sunday, 19th October 2025
