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  • Sermon given at Midnight Mass, Christmas 2019

    Tuesday, 24th December 2019

    It is my first Christmas in the Abbey, I have been here a month. Kind people keep asking me if I am looking forward to my first Christmas here.

    Midnight Mass

  • Sermon on The Feast of the Presentation of Christ 2020

    Sunday, 2nd February 2020

    Vicars live in Vicarages, Rectors live in Rectories and Deans live in Deaneries. This is important; it assures us we've put them in their place.

    Candlemas

  • Sermon given at Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday after Trinity, 2020

    Sunday, 5th July 2020

    We closed the Abbey doors on 20th March; a little over a hundred days ago. Then, this place of national memorial and celebration, this church that welcomes over a million visitors a year, went quiet.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity 2023

    Sunday, 20th August 2023

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity 2023: There is no gap or limit to God’s mercy. I doubt it will surprise you to know that here.

  • Reflection: Palm Sunday

    Monday, 1st January 0001

    Read or listen to the reflection for Palm Sunday

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

    Sunday, 20th August 2023

    Sermon preached at Evensong on the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity 2023: Humanitarianism is fundamental to the Christian faith. Last Thursday their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of.

  • A reflection for Passiontide

    Sunday, 29th March 2020

    At first glance, the site of Auschwitz Birkenau and the Roman Basilica of Santa Maria della Concezione appear to have very little in common.

  • Abbey Marks 9/11 Anniversary

    Monday, 12th September 2011

    A service to mark the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 on Awareness Sunday was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 11 September 2011 at 6.30pm.

    Special Service 9/11

  • Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Easter 2019

    Sunday, 28th April 2019

    Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Easter 2019: ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us?’ St. Luke approaches the end of his gospel with.

  • Address Given at The Service of Thanksgiving and Re-Dedication to Mark the 75th Anniversary of The Battle of Britain

    Sunday, 20th September 2015

    Address given by The Venerable (Air Vice-Marshal) Jonathan Chaffey QHC RAF, Chaplain-in-Chief, Royal Air Force.

    Battle of Britain Sunday

  • 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.

  • The Mystery of the Transfiguration: Seven Meditations

    These Meditations were first published in 1979, although they were originally delivered in the late 1940s.

  • Sermon at Evensong on the First Sunday of Christmas 2019

    Sunday, 29th December 2019

    Sermon at Evensong on the First Sunday of Christmas 2019: We travel in faith, for the nativity story is one of journeys. The great Christmas story is still ringing in our ears,.

  • Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on the Epiphany of Our Lord

    Monday, 6th January 2020

    Epiphany, the tinsel and the Christmas lights come down, a few chocolates wait on the sideboard for the moment when firm January convictions fail and we are back to business as usual.

    Epiphany

  • 22nd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 10th May 2007

    Delivered by The Reverend Dr Richard A. Burridge, Dean of King's College London at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 10th May 2007 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • 28th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 2nd May 2013

    Dame Averil Cameron gives the 28th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture on Constantine's Vision and the Church Today - From the Battle of the Milvian Bridge (AD 312) to the twenty-first century.

  • 37th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 25th May 2023

    Loretta Minghella talks about Money, Bias and the Geography of the Heart

    Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  • 27th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 10th May 2012

    The well-rehearsed arguments about the establishment of the Church of England require revisiting at a time when the nature of sovereignty and location of power have substantially shifted.

  • Reflection: Christmas Day

    Monday, 1st January 0001

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

  • Advent II Reflection: God who wants to be known

    Sunday, 8th December 2024

    "God wants to be known in history" says The Reverend Canon Mark Birch, as he reflects on the Luke's gospel for the Second Sunday of Advent.

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