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    Sunday, 21st December 2025

    The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival discusses the meaning of Zechariah's prophecy, and how God remains faithful to us even when we doubt.

  • Advent Reflection #3: God who keeps faith for ever

    Sunday, 15th December 2024

    Join The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival as she explores the psalm for the day, reminding us of why we should 'rejoice in the Lord always'.

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the Second Sunday of Advent 2015

    Sunday, 6th December 2015

    Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.

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    Sunday, 13th December 2015

    Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.

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    Walking together on the road to Emmaus.

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    Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Advent 2019: "The things which matter most must never be at the mercy of the things which matter least" [Goethe] Our New Testament lesson.

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    The pilgrimage of the Magi is essentially rooted in some kind of trusting hunch.

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    Sunday, 12th December 2021

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Advent 2021: Let our longing be worthy of the kingdom which John proclaimed In the iconography of the Christian East – what we.

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

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    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.

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    Sunday, 1st December 2024

    'Year passes year, silently; Christ’s coming is ever nearer.'

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    Sunday, 20th December 2015

    Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.

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    Sunday, 27th November 2016

    Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.

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    Sunday, 17th December 2017

    Sermon given by The Reverend Canon Dr Emma Percy, Chaplain, Trinity College, Oxford.

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