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  • Sermon given on Christmas Day 2019

    Wednesday, 25th December 2019

    There is a famous Christmas Day story set here in Westminster Abbey. It takes us back to Christmas Day 1066 William the Conqueror came here to be crowned.

    Christmas Day

  • Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on Christmas Day 2018

    Tuesday, 25th December 2018

    The heart of the joy of Christmas gives almost universal pleasure.

  • A Reflection for the First Sunday of Christmas: God who is being revealed to us

    Sunday, 29th December 2024

    Ponder the meaning of young Jesus' teaching in the temple with The Reverend Amanda Bourne in a reflection for the First Sunday of Christmas.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Christmas 2023

    Sunday, 1st January 2023

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Christmas 2023: A reflection on a much-overlooked part of the Christmas story from the Gospel of Matthew, and encourages us to.

  • A Christmas Caroll from Westminster Abbey

    Works by Leighton, Poulenc, Rutter and Walton feature in this delightful and unusual selection of music for Christmas.

  • Christmas Day Reflection

    Wednesday, 25th December 2024

    Hear the good news of Christ's coming with The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster.

  • 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 the Sung Eucharist of Christmas Day 2024

    Wednesday, 25th December 2024

    ...but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son.

  • Sermon at the First Eucharist of Christmas 2016

    Saturday, 24th December 2016

    Sermon at the First Eucharist of Christmas 2016: Light in the darkness Picture, if you will, a fertile windswept landscape of low hills and large horizons.  The land is farmed - arable.

  • Sermon given at Midnight Mass at Christmas 2018

    Monday, 24th December 2018

    ‘When the angels had left them, the shepherds said one to another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.”’

  • 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 Given at First Eucharist of Christmas 2016

    Saturday, 24th December 2016

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

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

    Sunday, 5th January 2020

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Christmas 2020: By grace we are gathered and by grace we shall be gathered. Having Christmas behind us can feel like quite.

  • Sermon given at the First Eucharist of Christmas 2017

    Sunday, 24th December 2017

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

  • Reflection: Christmas Day

    Monday, 1st January 0001

    Watch or read the reflection from Christmas Day, Peace on earth

  • Sermon Given at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Christmas 2017

    Sunday, 1st January 2017

    Sermon given by The Right Reverend Jonathan, Goodall Bishop of Ebbsfleet.

  • 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 Given at the Sung Eucharist on Christmas Day 2015

    Friday, 25th December 2015

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

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the First Sunday of Christmas 2015

    Sunday, 27th December 2015

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

  • 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.

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