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  • Advent II: What are we hoping for?

    Sunday, 7th December 2025

    The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, talks about the traditional themes of Advent and how Isaiah helps us identify our hopes for God's future.

  • Sermon preached at Evensong on the feast of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey 2025

    Sunday, 19th October 2025

    The London Mayors come to Westminster Abbey.

  • Sermon Given at the Evensong with The London Mayors

    Sunday, 16th October 2016

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

  • 8th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Monday, 24th May 1993

    Delivered by Angela Tilbyat at Westminster Abbey 24th May 1993.

  • Feast of the Epiphany Reflection: God made manifest

    Sunday, 5th January 2025

    Join The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster, on the Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord, as he explores why Christ’s birth matters.

  • Sermon Given at Evensong Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Re-organisation of Local Government in London

    Sunday, 8th March 2015

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

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on Ascension Day 2021

    Thursday, 13th May 2021

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on Ascension Day 2021: We are made for freedom—made to soar—made to share the unlimited life of heaven. For several years I worked in a school for.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday of Advent 2020

    Sunday, 13th December 2020

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday of Advent 2020: Putting right what was wrong. Ten years ago, I was appointed Dean of Bristol.  A friend sent me a.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday after Trinity 2024

    Sunday, 2nd June 2024

    The sabbath was made for humankind, not humankind for the sabbath.

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  • Sermon given at Civic Matins 2022

    Sunday, 3rd July 2022

    Sermon given at Civic Matins 2022: What are you supposed to be? That interests me this morning. Let me take you back nearly 500 years. In December 1540, the City of Westminster.

  • Sermon preached at the Festival Eucharist on the National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor 2024

    Saturday, 19th October 2024

    What should be the pilgrim’s imprint upon the earth?

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

    Sunday, 9th October 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity 2022: What do you want? I would like to begin by asking you a question. My question is this: What.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2021

    Sunday, 19th December 2021

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2021: What is hope, and what do we hope for? Advent is often described as a season of hope. But what is.

  • Where does wise leadership come from?

    In our parliamentary democracy, leaders are not only elected by the people, they are themselves drawn from the people.

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  • Sermon preached at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Advent 2024

    Sunday, 8th December 2024

    What is the spirit of this Advent season?

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