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  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Eve of St Peter 2019

    Friday, 28th June 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Eve of St Peter 2019: Should we think of St Peter as a good role model? Jesus called Peter a rock. But should we think.

    St Peter's Day

  • St Margaret of Antioch Patronal Festival

    Sunday, 21st July 2019

    May St Margaret pray for us that we may not fail in the face of opposition but remain firm in our faith and confident as witnesses to God’s truth.

  • Leap of faith

    Since the first televised service from the Abbey of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953, digital worship has accelerated. Tim Wyatt asks: is this step into a ‘brave new world’ a positive one?

    Faith

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  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2024

    Sunday, 13th October 2024

    We seek St Edward’s prayerful solidarity in Christ.

  • Sermon at the Solemn Evensong of Thanksgiving for the Canonisation of St Oscar Romero

    Saturday, 17th November 2018

    We celebrate today the canonisation of St Oscar Romero, Bishop and Martyr, that took place in Rome on 14th October 2018.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day, 2021

    Tuesday, 29th June 2021

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day, 2021: The life of our heavenly patron St Peter reminds us that even when we get it wrong, the love of Christ.

  • Sermon preached at the Festival of St Margaret of Antioch 2023

    Thursday, 20th July 2023

    Sermon preached at the Festival of St Margaret of Antioch 2023: God is with us in our trials and tribulations and will ultimately uphold the righteous. A few weeks ago the Chaldean.

  • The Charles Gore Lecture 2005 No. 1

    Tuesday, 15th February 2005

    Before I moved to Westminster Abbey, I used to live near an Immigration Detention Centre. Three years ago, just before Christmas, I heard there was no priest working at the Chaplaincy.

  • Sermon preached on the feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor, 2023

    Friday, 13th October 2023

    Sermon preached on the feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor, 2023: This is an astonishing place, and today we honour the Saint whose gift it is. On this day,.

  • St Margaret's Church

    St. Margaret’s is a 12th-century church next to Westminster Abbey. It’s sometimes called ‘the parish Church of the House of Commons’. Everyone’s welcome to visit.

  • Sermon at a Sung Eucharist of Thanksgiving at St Margaret's Church

    Saturday, 31st October 2020

    Sermon at a Sung Eucharist of Thanksgiving at St Margaret's Church: There is a file full of letters on my desk. Some of them, probably, written by people now sitting here.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2025

    Monday, 13th October 2025

    Good kings confess. And good kings serve.

  • St Margaret’s Consort

    The St Margaret’s Consort is the professional vocal ensemble which provides choral music for the many high-profile services which take place in St Margaret’s Church

  • Sermon Given at the Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace, Good Friday 2017

    Friday, 14th April 2017

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

  • 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.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of St Peter the Apostle 2015

    Monday, 29th June 2015

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

  • Sermon given at the Festival Eucharist in the National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor

    Saturday, 16th October 2021

    Sermon given at the Festival Eucharist in the National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor: When in 2007 we came to refurbish the shrine of Hereford’s own saint, Thomas.

  • Sermon at Evensong on the Feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2019

    Sunday, 13th October 2019

    Sermon at Evensong on the Feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2019: The warrior and the saint, on the same axis, West and East At his burial service, a.

    Edwardtide

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Eve of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2018

    Friday, 12th October 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Eve of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2018: Our response to tough times should not be to turn away from God. Our focus.

    ...thousand years, between 1014 and 2018, our people in this land have suffered dreadful set-backs and horrors to test faith and potentially extinguish trust in

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