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Sermons

Transcripts of sermons given at recent Abbey services. They deal with current theological issues, religion and world events, and the interpretation of biblical texts.

Sermon preached at Evensong on the Baptism of Christ 2024

Sunday, 7th January 2024

Sermon preached for the Baptism of Christ 2024: Returning from Bethlehem. ‘Homewards’ is the name of the Prince of Wales’s new anti-homelessness initiative. Prince William has decided to focus an enormous amount.

Sermon at Evensong on Easter Day 2019

Sunday, 21st April 2019

Sermon at Evensong on Easter Day 2019: One of the most enduring images of this last week was the majestic golden altar cross seen glowing among the ashes of Notre Dame cathedral..

Easter Day

Sermon preached at a Service to mark the opening of the Legal Year in England and Wales

Tuesday, 1st October 2024

May the wisdom of God 'enter your heart and protect you with understanding'.

Sermon at Evensong on the Seventh Sunday of Easter 2019

Sunday, 2nd June 2019

Sermon at Evensong on the Seventh Sunday of Easter 2019: 'He who descended is the same one who ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.' What do.

Sermon preached at Evensong on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2024

Sunday, 4th August 2024

For millennia, humans have burrowed deep, searching for what is useful, beautiful, valuable, and meaningful.

Sermon at Evensong on the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity 2019

Sunday, 22nd September 2019

Sermon at Evensong on the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity 2019: Lancelot Andrewes Next Wednesday the Church of England remembers Lancelot Andrewes. Among a number of significant appointments he became Dean of Westminster.

Sermon given at Evensong on the Baptism of Christ 2018

Sunday, 7th January 2018

Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence

The Dean's Sermon

Saturday, 2nd December 2006

Sermon given by The Very Reverend John Hall, Dean of Westminster.

Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey 2024

Sunday, 20th October 2024

We have to think about the cornerstone that set us here.

Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on Ash Wednesday 2024

Wednesday, 14th February 2024

‘What’s love got to do with it?’

Sermon Given at Matins on Christ the King 2016

Sunday, 20th November 2016

Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.

Sermon at Evensong on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity 2019

Sunday, 18th August 2019

Sermon at Evensong on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity 2019: There is something more than just keeping to the strict rules or laws. As many of you will be aware England are.

Sermon Given at Matins on the First Sunday of Lent 2016

Sunday, 14th February 2016

Sermon given by The Venerable Andrew Tremlett, Canon in Residence.

Sermon Given at Matins on the Second Sunday of Lent 2016

Sunday, 21st February 2016

Sermon given by The Venerable Andrew Tremlett, Canon in Residence.

Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of Christ the King 2019

Sunday, 24th November 2019

Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of Christ the King 2019: The ambiguity of a king who serves. Westminster Abbey is not exactly short of imagery surrounding the subject of.

Sermon given at a Sung Eucharist on the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity 2023

Sunday, 1st October 2023

Sermon given at a Sung Eucharist on the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity 2023: Looking for just one thing. We had a lot of bishops here on Friday. The Archbishop of Canterbury was.

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 Given at Matins on the Fifth Sunday of Lent 2016

Sunday, 13th March 2016