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Sermon Given at the Evensong with The London Mayors

Sunday, 16th October 2016

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

Sermon Given at Evensong Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Re-organisation of Local Government in London

Sunday, 8th March 2015

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

The Sermon preached at the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III

Saturday, 6th May 2023

The Sermon preached at the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III: We are here to crown a King, and we crown a King to serve. We are here to crown a.

15th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

Thursday, 4th May 2000

Delivered by The Reverend Canon Dr Martyn Percy at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 4th May 2000 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford and the Cathedral, Sheffield.

Where, why and how do Christians pray?

How and why do Christians worship at Christmas?

Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2018 commemorating the life of Walter Raleigh (c 1554–1618)

Sunday, 28th October 2018

Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2018 commemorating the life of Walter Raleigh (c 1554–1618): Do we see the hidden reality in the life of Sir Walter.

32nd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

Thursday, 11th May 2017

Salley Vickers addresses the crucial role of the arts in giving shape and form to abiding intangible realities, suggesting the vital importance of nurturing the imagination through the arts in an increasingly secular society.

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Lent 2019

Sunday, 17th March 2019

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Lent 2019: How far will we go for our neighbour? How far will we go to live a properly Christian life?.

Sermon at Evensong on the First Sunday after Trinity 2021

Sunday, 6th June 2021

Sermon at Evensong on the First Sunday after Trinity 2021: How is your soul? It would have been a tough job description; who could have sustained this calling? When God called Jeremiah,.

Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2024

Sunday, 4th August 2024

Let me introduce you to a heresy and explain how you might avoid it.

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 at Evensong on the Day of Pentecost 2019

Sunday, 9th June 2019

Sermon at Evensong on the Day of Pentecost 2019: 'Time is how you spend your love.' At the beginning of her novel On Beauty, Zadie Smith quotes a line from a poem.

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 the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Easter 2022

Sunday, 24th April 2022

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Easter 2022: Every eye will see him. No one, not a single Thomas, will be left in any doubt. How do.

Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Annunciation of Our Lord 2024

Monday, 8th April 2024

If we can but bear it, we will see that all around are the fields of paradise.

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity 2022

Sunday, 14th August 2022

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity 2022: When God peers into my life, what does he see? Who am I and, for that matter, who are.

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.

Address at the Evening Service on the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 2018

Sunday, 19th August 2018

Address at the Evening Service on the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 2018: ‘I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see; I sought my God, but my God eluded me..