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  • Sermon at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday before Lent 2019

    Sunday, 10th February 2019

    Sermon at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday before Lent 2019: Seeing the light The Feast of Candlemas, which the Church observed nine days ago, celebrates one of the most symbolically “full” moments.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Sunday next before Lent 2021

    Sunday, 14th February 2021

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Sunday next before Lent 2021: For St Peter it doesn’t get much better than Moses and Elijah. ‘Let us make three dwellings’, said Peter,.

  • Sermon at Evensong on the Fifth Sunday before Lent 2019

    Sunday, 3rd February 2019

    Sermon at Evensong on the Fifth Sunday before Lent 2019: 'There are two eyes of the soul, reason and love.' The Feast of Candlemas, which the Church celebrated yesterday, depicts one of.

  • Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday before Lent 2019

    Sunday, 24th February 2019

    Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday before Advent 2019: Our relationship with creation The Feast of Candlemas, which the Church observed at the beginning of February, celebrates one of the most.

  • Sermon at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Lent 2019

    Sunday, 17th February 2019

    Sermon at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Lent 2019: Seeing in the dark The Feast of Candlemas, which the Church observed at the beginning of February, celebrates one of the most.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Advent 2025

    Sunday, 16th November 2025

    The world is on fire; we all see it.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Sunday next before Lent 2026

    Sunday, 15th February 2026

    God spoke to our ancestors … by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Sunday next before Lent 2025

    Sunday, 2nd March 2025

    We must live it all, offer it all, pray it all.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Advent 2023

    Sunday, 19th November 2023

    Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Advent 2023: Where is the violence we see and sometimes experience actually coming from? In a world full of wrath, and.

  • Sermon preached at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Advent 2023

    Sunday, 12th November 2023

    Sermon preached at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Advent 2023: What kind of a nation are we and what direction do we want to move in? This is my commandment, that.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday before Lent 2025

    Sunday, 16th February 2025

    Blessed are you who are poor.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Lent 2026

    Sunday, 8th February 2026

    ‘Do not worry about your life’, says Jesus. ‘Strive first for the kingdom of God.’

  • Sermon Given at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Lent 2017

    Sunday, 12th February 2017

    Sermon given by The Reverend Graham Hamilton, Vicar, St Peter and St Paul, Bovey Tracey.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Advent 2019

    Sunday, 17th November 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Advent 2019: ‘See, the day is coming, burning like an oven.’ ‘On the 8th of the Jewish month of Ab, in late.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday before Advent 2022

    Sunday, 30th October 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday before Advent 2022: Forgiveness isn't fair. Zacchaeus, in the gospel reading we just heard, was a traitor to his people—not just a.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Sunday next before Lent 2018

    Sunday, 11th February 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Sunday next before Lent 2018: Transfiguration and the meaning of glory.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday before Advent 2017

    Sunday, 5th November 2017

    Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White Sub-Dean and Canon Theologian.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday before Advent 2019

    Sunday, 3rd November 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday before Advent 2019: The dignity of each person is the foundation of a moral vision for society. If one walks around the more.

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the Second Sunday Before Lent 2015

    Sunday, 8th February 2015

    Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Canon in Residence.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Lent 2021

    Sunday, 7th February 2021

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Lent 2021: 'Without knowledge of self, there is no knowledge of God.' Last week, Canon Hawkey asked if we could remembered.

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