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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixth Sunday of Easter 2023

Sunday, 14th May 2023

Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixth Sunday of Easter 2023: ‘If you love me, you will keep my commandments.’ ‘If you love me, you will keep my commandments.’

Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday after Trinity 2023

Sunday, 11th June 2023

Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday after Trinity 2023: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ A former Canon of.

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.

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.

Coronations

One People Oration 2023

Saturday, 28th October 2023

One People Oration 2023:.

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Epiphany 2023

Sunday, 29th January 2023

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Epiphany 2023: Poverty was turned to riches, sorrow into joy. Earlier this week I was in Ethiopia and learned that after.

Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Lent 2023

Sunday, 5th February 2023

Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Lent 2023: Scripture is full of strange phrases. Scripture is full of strange phrases. A repeated trope we hear throughout the Prophet Amos.

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple 2023

Thursday, 2nd February 2023

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple 2023: A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. Candlemas is a radiant.

Sermon given at Matins on the Second Sunday before Lent 2023

Sunday, 12th February 2023

Sermon given at Matins on the Second Sunday before Lent 2023: Let anyone with ears to hear—listen! A story is told of Franklin D Roosevelt, the thirty-second President of the United States.

Sermon preached at Evensong on the Eighth Sunday after Trinity 2023

Sunday, 30th July 2023

Sermon preached at Evensong on the Eighth Sunday after Trinity 2023: The dungeon shook and my chains fell off; I’m gonna grieve my Lord no more. Sisters and brothers in Christ! May.

Address given at a Service of Commemoration to mark the 5th anniversary of the terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge and in New palace Yard

Tuesday, 22nd March 2022

Address given at a Service of Commemoration to mark the 5th anniversary of the terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge and in New palace Yard: Today is a day to unite against evil..

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 Nave

The Nave is at the western end of the Abbey and contains the graves and memorials of many famous people.

Architecture

21st Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

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.

Sermon preached at Eucharist with Ordination and Consecration 2023

Friday, 29th September 2023

Sermon preached at the Eucharist with Ordination and Consecration 2023

Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2023

Sunday, 23rd July 2023

Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2023: The sower has sown good seed in his field and looks forward to a good harvest. Behind me, in.

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.

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Baptism of Christ 2023

Sunday, 8th January 2023

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Baptism of Christ 2023: We, the Church, have been entrusted with a message to rebalance our brains, and save our souls. 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.

13th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

Thursday, 7th May 1998

Delivered by Canon Eric James FKC at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 7th May 1998 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.