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    Thursday, 1st October 2020

    Address given at A Service to Mark the Start of the 2020 Legal Year

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    Poets’ Corner Westminster Abbey is a place of pilgrimage for literature lovers. More than 100 poets and writers are buried or have memorials here.

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  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Easter 2025

    Sunday, 27th April 2025

    'Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.'

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    Read or listen to the reflection for Palm Sunday

  • 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 Ash Wednesday 2016

    Wednesday, 10th February 2016

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

  • Reflection: First Sunday of Lent

    Monday, 1st January 0001

    Read or listen to the reflection for the First Sunday of Lent 2024.

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    Monday, 1st January 0001

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    Monday, 1st January 0001

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    Monday, 1st January 0001

    Read or listen to the reflection for the Second Sunday of Lent 2024.

  • Reverend Mark Birch appointed Minor Canon and Chaplain

    Tuesday, 9th December 2014

    The Reverend Mark Birch has been appointed Minor Canon and Chaplain of Westminster Abbey.

    Reverend Mark Birch

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on Corpus Christi 2019

    Thursday, 20th June 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on Corpus Christi 2019: Christians have been accused of cannibalism since earliest times. Christians have been accused of cannibalism since earliest times, and someone walking off the.

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  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of Christ the King 2023

    Sunday, 26th November 2023

    Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of Christ the King 2023: Today is a summons to believe in God, not ourselves. It is the Feast of Christ the King.

  • Second Sunday of Lent

    Sunday, 16th March 2025

    The Reverend Mark Birch discovers how our repentance is made possible through Jesus, bringing us closer to God.

  • Christmas I Reflection: God of refuge

    Sunday, 28th December 2025

    The Reverend Canon Mark Birch explores the story of the Holy Family's flight into Egypt, and God's all-embracing welcome.

  • A Service to Mark the Passing of the World War One Generation

    Wednesday, 11th November 2009

    HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh attended a Service to Mark the Passing of the World War One Generation at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 11th November 2009.

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    Thursday, 26th September 2024

    The Reverend Mark Birch has been appointed by HM The King as a Canon of Westminster and by Sir Lindsay Hoyle as Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons.

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