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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.”’

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

Christmas Day: The Beginning of Everything

Wednesday, 24th December 2025

Merry Christmas from Westminster Abbey! In this reflection, the Dean of Westminster explores the good news of Jesus' birth through the Gospel of John.

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 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 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.

Sermon given at Evensong of the First Sunday of Christmas 2017

Sunday, 31st December 2017

Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, 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.

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.

Christmas I Reflection: God of refuge

Sunday, 28th December 2025

The Reverend Canon Mark Birch explores the story of the Holy Family's flight into Egypt, and God's all-embracing welcome.

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.

Reflection: First Sunday of Christmas

Monday, 1st January 0001

Watch or read the full reflection from the First Sunday of Christmas, The dawn of a new year

Sermon preached at Evensong on the First Sunday of Christmas 2025