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    Thursday, 18th April 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on Maundy Thursday 2019: Our Lord Jesus Christ offered his back to the smiters and his body on the Cross on Good Friday. Our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    Friday, 18th April 2025

    As we look at the cross, this symbol of torture and death, we also sense the victory of an uncontrollable and relentlessly creative life.

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    Sunday, 3rd September 2023

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    Sunday, 20th May 2018

    Sermon at Evensong on the Day of Pentecost 2018: "Together we form the temple of the Holy Spirit." Today, fifty days after Easter, we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost and we rejoice.

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    Sunday, 10th February 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday before Lent 2019: An apostolic Church Some years ago I enjoyed a wonderful summer holiday with a group of friends in the south-west.

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    Sunday, 29th September 2024

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    Sunday, 1st September 2024

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    Sunday, 23rd April 2023

    Homily given at Holy Communion on the Third Sunday of Easter 2023: Today is the day we traditionally honour St George. Today, April 23, is the day we traditionally honour St George. He.

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  • 17th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 2nd May 2002

    Delivered by The Reverend Mark Oakley, St Paul's Covent Garden at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 2nd May 2002 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

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    Thursday, 11th May 2006

    Delivered by The Very Reverend Vivienne Faull, Dean of Leicester at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 11th May 2006 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

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    Wednesday, 11th November 2020

    Come Holy Spirit and fill our hearts afresh with the fire of your love.

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    Sunday, 20th May 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Day of Pentecost 2018: Let us pray that the Holy Spirit of God will uplift us and transform us. It was summer. August in Milan.

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    Thursday, 15th August 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2019: It’s not just about being good, it’s about becoming holy. Today, brothers and sisters, we celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary, the.

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