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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 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.”’

  • Taverner: Western Wynde Mass

    James O’Donnell brings composer John Taverner to the fore, presenting two of the undisputed choral masterpieces from sixteenth-century England.

  • 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.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Epiphany 2022

    Sunday, 16th January 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Epiphany 2022: The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity On Tuesday we begin the annual week of prayer for Christian Unity. Back in the.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixth Sunday after Trinity 2022

    Sunday, 24th July 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixth Sunday after Trinity 2022: Ask, search, knock. There is a theme of persistence running through today’s readings: Abraham going back to the Lord,.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022

    Sunday, 2nd October 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022: Jesus has given us a pattern for living and for loving. This morning’s Gospel is about the seriousness of.

  • Charles Gore Lecture 2022

    Tuesday, 5th April 2022

    Professor Anna Rowlands gives the annual Charles Gore Lecture on The Roots of Trust: theological and political reflections on trust in troubled times.

  • One People Oration 2022

    Tuesday, 22nd November 2022

    One People Oration 2022:.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the festival of the Baptism of Christ, 2022

    Sunday, 9th January 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the festival of the Baptism of Christ, 2022: What does the grace of baptism accomplish? Today we keep the feast of the Baptism of Christ. It’s somewhat ironic.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Epiphany 2022

    Sunday, 23rd January 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Epiphany 2022: There is a difficult balance to be maintained between day to day duties, and the wider concerns of society. Last Wednesday.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Lent 2022

    Sunday, 20th March 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Lent 2022: The story of Jacob’s ladder is one which has a fascinating reception history. On Christmas Day 1950, a remarkable theft was.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Maundy Thursday 2022

    Thursday, 14th April 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Maundy Thursday 2022: It brought Jesus to his knees – a striking posture for God. The clock had been ticking since the previous Sunday with.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Trinity Sunday 2022

    Sunday, 12th June 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Trinity Sunday 2022: The difficulty about that trinitarian doctrine is the difficulty of comprehending a love that goes so deep. For much of the last.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the festival of the Baptism of Christ, 2022

    Sunday, 9th January 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the festival of the Baptism of Christ, 2022: You are precious in my sight, and honoured, and I love you. I was fortunate to be.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Epiphany 2022

    Sunday, 16th January 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Epiphany 2022: Through Cana, we can see the fullness of life Christ came to bring. In the beautiful Italian hill town.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday before Lent 2022

    Sunday, 13th February 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday before Lent 2022: “What will you be satisfied with?” Last year was the 700th anniversary of the death of the great Florentine.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Lent 2022

    Sunday, 20th February 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Lent: Sleep, in heaven, is impossible. Bob Monkhouse, of blessed memory, told many memorable jokes—this one sticks in my mind, possibly.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday before Lent 2022

    Sunday, 20th February 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday before Lent 2022: To begin to understand the present precarious situation in Ukraine we first need to understand what has happened in the past..

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Lent 2022

    Sunday, 6th March 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Lent 2022: Jesus was being tempted to be first the Provider; second, the Possessor; and third, the Performer. Those being trained.

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