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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 the First Eucharist of Christmas 2023

  Sunday, 24th December 2023

  Sermon preached at the First Eucharist of Christmas 2023: The Incarnation of Jesus Christ is not a myth. It’s a very particular sound-world. At Christmas, in the villages surrounding Rome, you can.

• Sermon Christmas Day 2023

  Monday, 25th December 2023

  Sermon Christmas Day 2023: In the beginning was the Word. Now, I need some room, some leeway. this morning. Perhaps, and please, you might be patient? I do know it is Christmas.

• 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 Ascension Day 2023

  Thursday, 18th May 2023

  Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on Ascension Day 2023: Ascension Day declares the primary task of the Church universal, its true vocation. Ascension Day declares the primary task of the Church.

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

  Sunday, 5th November 2023

  Sermon preached at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday before Advent 2023: Naming God When I was interviewing potential undergraduate students to study theology, I would quite often ask them ‘How useful is.

• Sermon preached at Eucharist with Ordination and Consecration 2023

  Friday, 29th September 2023

  Sermon preached at the Eucharist with Ordination and Consecration 2023

• The Sermon preached on the Day of Pentecost 2023

  Sunday, 28th May 2023

  The Sermon preached on the Day of Pentecost 2023: The Holy Spirit is the invitation to all people, in all their diversity, to share in the Power of all our powers. When.

• Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Baptism of Christ 2023

  Sunday, 8th January 2023

  Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Baptism of Christ 2023: We, the Church, have been entrusted with a message to rebalance our brains, and save our souls. Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Easter Day 2023

  Sunday, 9th April 2023

  Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Easte Day 2023: Every broken fragment can now know healing in the light of Easter. The Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has a new.

• Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Easter 2023

  Sunday, 16th April 2023

  Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Easter 2023: The end of today’s second reading is perhaps the finest cliffhanger in history. The end of today’s second reading is perhaps.

• Sermon given at the Solemn Liturgy on Good Friday 2023

  Friday, 7th April 2023

  Sermon given at the Solemn Liturgy on Good Friday 2023: We must see man and God. There is a story, from nineteenth-century France, about a young officer who made a bet. The.

• Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Ash Wednesday 2023

  Wednesday, 22nd February 2023

  Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Ash Wednesday 2023: We do not easily use the words provided. Working somewhere else I used to sit next to a thoughtful devout Catholic in.

• Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist of Trinity Sunday 2023

  Sunday, 4th June 2023

  Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist of Trinity Sunday 2023: ‘Firmly I believe and truly, God is three and God is one’ Today, in union with Christians throughout the world, we celebrate.

• Sermon preached at Evensong on the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity 2023

  Sunday, 8th October 2023

  Sermon preached at Evensong on the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity 2023: Discerning the will of God for our lives and obeying God’s commandments. Whoever says, ‘I abide in him’ ought to walk.

• Sermon preached at the Festival of St Margaret of Antioch 2023

  Thursday, 20th July 2023

  Sermon preached at the Festival of St Margaret of Antioch 2023: God is with us in our trials and tribulations and will ultimately uphold the righteous. A few weeks ago the Chaldean.

• Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2023

  Sunday, 23rd July 2023

  Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2023: The sower has sown good seed in his field and looks forward to a good harvest. Behind me, in.

• Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on All Saints' Day 2023

  Wednesday, 1st November 2023

  Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on All Saints' Day 2023: God will wipe away every tear. Today's readings centre on the theme of  "Praising God and thanking Him for His love.

• Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity 2023

  Sunday, 22nd October 2023

  Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity 2023: If we wish to be seen as virtuous, then we should commit to a life of virtue. Image, and.

• Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of Christ the King 2023

  Sunday, 26th November 2023

  Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of Christ the King 2023: Today is a summons to believe in God, not ourselves. It is the Feast of Christ the King.