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  • The Sermon preached at the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III

    Saturday, 6th May 2023

    The Sermon preached at the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III: We are here to crown a King, and we crown a King to serve. We are here to crown a.

  • Sermon preached at the Solemn Liturgy of the Passion and Death of Our Lord, Good Friday 2025

    Friday, 18th April 2025

    As we look at the cross, this symbol of torture and death, we also sense the victory of an uncontrollable and relentlessly creative life.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Maundy Thursday 2022

    Thursday, 14th April 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Maundy Thursday 2022: It brought Jesus to his knees – a striking posture for God. The clock had been ticking since the previous Sunday with.

  • Address given by the Prime Minister on the fifth anniversary of the attacks on Westminster Bridge and in New Palace Yard

    Tuesday, 22nd March 2022

    Address given by the Prime Minister on the fifth anniversary of the attacks on Westminster Bridge and in New Palace Yard: 'Death is swallowed up in victory.' I want to begin by.

  • The ‘so-called Essex ring’

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2021

    Sunday, 24th October 2021

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2021: The story of blind Bartimaeus is moving one. The screen which faces the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday before Advent 2022

    Sunday, 30th October 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday before Advent 2022: ‘The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end.’ ‘The steadfast love of the Lord.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday after Trinity 2018

    Sunday, 17th June 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday after Trinity 2018: Everyone loves a good story. Everyone loves a good story. The popularity of Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, and The Chronicles.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Christmas 2022

    Sunday, 2nd January 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Christmas 2022: God is love, and love is his first gift to us. As the procession of choir and clergy entered the Abbey.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on Maundy Thursday 2019

    Thursday, 18th April 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on Maundy Thursday 2019: Our Lord Jesus Christ offered his back to the smiters and his body on the Cross on Good Friday. Our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Death: a Christian reflection

  • Death of St Edward the Confessor

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Christmas 2018

    Sunday, 30th December 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Christmas 2018: There is so much we do not know... Over Christmas, so we are informed, almost half the population of the.

  • Sermon at the Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2017

    Sunday, 24th December 2017

    Sermon at the Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2017: Every tall story comes true It was the smell that first alerted her. Not an unpleasant smell, not at all, just.

  • The Story of the Unknown Warrior for teachers

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Easter 2025

    Sunday, 27th April 2025

    'Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.'

  • Why is the Resurrection so important to Christians today?

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Trinity Sunday 2022

    Sunday, 12th June 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Trinity Sunday 2022: The difficulty about that trinitarian doctrine is the difficulty of comprehending a love that goes so deep. For much of the last.

  • Sermon in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, on Good Friday 2019

    Friday, 19th April 2019

    Sermon in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace on Good Friday 2019: The passion and death of our Lord Jesus Christ stand at the centre of our historic inheritance in this country..

  • Sermon at Evensong on the First Sunday of Christmas 2019

    Sunday, 29th December 2019

    Sermon at Evensong on the First Sunday of Christmas 2019: We travel in faith, for the nativity story is one of journeys. The great Christmas story is still ringing in our ears,.

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