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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

  • God, Gratitude and Being at Home in the World

    Miroslav Volf gives the annual Gore Lecture on God, Gratitude, and Being at Home in the World.

  • Sermon in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, on Good Friday 2019

    Friday, 19th April 2019

    Sermon in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace on Good Friday 2019: The passion and death of our Lord Jesus Christ stand at the centre of our historic inheritance in this country..

  • 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.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Advent 2023

    Sunday, 10th December 2023

    Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Advent 2023: John Baptist’s voice came from the edge, not from the centre of power. Many of you, I expect, will.

  • 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.

  • 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 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 preached at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday before Advent 2023

    Sunday, 5th November 2023

    Sermon preached at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday before Advent 2023: Naming God When I was interviewing potential undergraduate students to study theology, I would quite often ask them ‘How useful is.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of St Michael and All Angels 2025

    Monday, 29th September 2025

    The angels are at the service of the living God, whom they worship day and night.

  • 12th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 15th May 1997

    Delivered by The Rt Rev. and Rt Hon. Lord Habgood at Westminster Abbey on Thursday the 15th May 1997 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • 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.

  • Nature of God: a priest’s perspective

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist of St Michael and All Angels 2016

    Thursday, 29th September 2016

    Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon Treasurer and Almoner.

  • 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 Given at the Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day 2016

    Wednesday, 29th June 2016

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

  • Sermon preached at Evensong on St Peter's Day 2025

    Sunday, 29th June 2025

    'Do you love me?' Share my mission.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Does Science Need God? lecture

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