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• Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Lent 2020

  Sunday, 1st March 2020

  Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Lent 2020: Shaped by the Cross I The season of Lent is often described as a pilgrimage, or as a journey or.

• Sermon at Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Lent 2020

  Sunday, 8th March 2020

  Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Lent 2020: Shaped by the Cross II Last Sunday morning we observed that Westminster Abbey is a crucifix in stone representing symbolically.

• 7th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Thursday, 7th May 1992

  Delivered by John Fenton at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 7th May 1992 and at Lincoln Theological College and Keble College, Oxford.

• Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of Christ the King 2022

  Sunday, 20th November 2022

  Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of Christ the King 2022: Jesus rules from the cross and from the place of risen glory. Each year November begins with the.

• 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.

• 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 at Matins on Good Friday 2018

  Friday, 30th March 2018

  Sermon at Matins on Good Friday 2018: Why should the tortured death of one man on a cross 2000 years ago on a scrubby hill in the Middle East matter to us.

• 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

• The Victoria Cross and George Cross Memorial

  Wednesday, 7th May 2003

  The Victoria Cross and George Cross Memorial in Westminster Abbey unveiled and dedicated at a Service on 14th May 2003.

  Victoria Cross and George Cross Memorial

• Reflection: Ash Wednesday

  Monday, 1st January 0001

  Read or listen to the reflection for Ash Wednesday 2023.

• Reflection: Good Friday

  Monday, 1st January 0001

  Read or listen to the reflection for Good Friday

• Address given at the Oath and Installation of the Great Master and Knights Grand Cross of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

  Friday, 16th May 2025

  'Think on these things.'

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

  Sunday, 3rd September 2023

  Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity 2023: How will you engage in community with others in the Church? In the name of the Father, and of.

• 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 preached at the Sung Eucharist on Easter Day 2025

  Sunday, 20th April 2025

  If we want to see Easter, we must look to ourselves.

• Sermon Given at Matins on the Fourth Sunday of Lent 2016

  Sunday, 6th March 2016

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

• Good Friday

  Friday, 18th April 2025

  Why is Good Friday good? The Reverend Dr Ishaya Anthony, Commonwealth Theologian at Westminster Abbey, reflects on Jesus' death.

• Order of the Bath

  The Most Honourable Order of the Bath was established as a military order by George I on 18th May 1725. Since then the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey has been used as their chapel.

  Notable people

• Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Lent 2024

  Sunday, 10th March 2024

  God is love.

• Reflection: Second Sunday of Lent

  Monday, 1st January 0001

  Read or listen to the reflection for the Second Sunday of Lent 2024.