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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.
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The King Charles III Sacristy
We’re transforming the welcome we offer to the millions of people who come to the Abbey to enjoy one of the world’s great churches. A new building – to be named The King Charles III Sacristy in honour of HM The King – will be constructed to house state-of-the-art welcome, security and ticketing facilities, allowing the Abbey itself to be preserved in all its beauty and wonder as a sacred space.
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Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath was established as a military order by George I on 18th May 1725. Since then the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey has been used as their chapel.
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Royal tombs
Westminster Abbey is the final resting place of many kings and queens, starting with King Edward the Confessor whose shrine stands just behind the High Altar.
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The Abbey and the Royal Family
British kings and queens have forged a strong bond with Westminster Abbey. Since 1066 every British monarch, except two, has been crowned here.
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Charles Gore Lecture 2023
Friday, 3rd March 2023
Ahead of the coronation of His Majesty The King in Westminster Abbey in May this year, The Reverend Dr James Hawkey reflects on A Theology of Monarchy for the 21st Century.
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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.
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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.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Ash Wednesday 2023
Wednesday, 22nd February 2023
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Ash Wednesday 2023: We do not easily use the words provided. Working somewhere else I used to sit next to a thoughtful devout Catholic in.
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2024
Sunday, 14th July 2024
Until justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity
Sunday, 28th July 2024
The feeding of the five-thousand.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2017
Sunday, 24th December 2017
Sermon given by The Reverend Mark Birch, Minor Canon and Sacrist.
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Good Friday
Friday, 18th April 2025
Why is Good Friday good? The Reverend Dr Ishaya Anthony, Commonwealth Theologian at Westminster Abbey, reflects on Jesus' death.
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Sermon at the Festival Eucharist on the National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor
Saturday, 17th October 2020
Sermon at the Festival Eucharist on the National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor: Holiness is not an idea, or an aspiration. Holiness is bones and flesh, a life.
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on Ascension Day 2023
Thursday, 18th May 2023
Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on Ascension Day 2023: Ascension Day declares the primary task of the Church universal, its true vocation. Ascension Day declares the primary task of the Church.
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Sermon preached at Evensong of the feast of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey, 2023
Sunday, 15th October 2023
Sermon preached at Evensong of the feast of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey, 2023: May we hold onto the perspective of the heavenly city as we seek the peace and prosperity of.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Third Sunday after Trinity 2016
Sunday, 12th June 2016
Sermon given by The Venerable Andrew Tremlett, Canon in Residence.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Ascension Day 2018
Thursday, 10th May 2018
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Ascension Day 2018: This is a day of triumph. ‘God is gone up with a triumphant shout: The Lord with sounding trumpets’ melodies.’ We heard.
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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.
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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,.
