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  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 2022

    Sunday, 4th September 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022: Metropolitan Kallistos Ware At Evensong this month I shall be speaking about two internationally important spiritual leaders who were educated here.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on Easter Day 2017

    Sunday, 16th April 2017

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

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2016

    Sunday, 10th July 2016

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

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Easter 2017

    Sunday, 23rd April 2017

    Sermon given by The Reverend Tony Kyriakides, Priest Vicar.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday of Easter 2023

    Sunday, 21st May 2023

    Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday of Easter 2023: Hope and Despair Do you remember Clockwise, the John Cleese film about a headmaster who’s ordered world goes horribly.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday of Easter 2019

    Sunday, 2nd June 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday of Easter 2019: What does it mean to believe in the resurrection when there are no more resurrection appearances? Ascension Day passes, Pentecost.

  • Sermon at Evensong on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity

    Sunday, 29th July 2018

    Sermon at Evensong on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity: Throughout the year, at Morning Prayer and at Evensong, we hear readings read from both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Throughout.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2019

    Sunday, 4th August 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2019: The vice which constantly seeks more possessions. In March this year, the UK Government Statistical Service released the UK’s statistics.

  • Sermon Given at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Christmas 2017

    Sunday, 1st January 2017

    Sermon given by The Right Reverend Jonathan, Goodall Bishop of Ebbsfleet.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity

    Sunday, 9th October 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity: 'I have called you friends.' A year ago a major US study, reported that ‘the role of friends is experiencing a pronounced decline,.

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2016

    Sunday, 10th July 2016

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

  • Sermons

    Transcripts of sermons given at recent Abbey services. They deal with current theological issues, religion and world events, and the interpretation of biblical texts.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022

    Sunday, 2nd October 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022: ‘May you live in interesting times’ ‘May you live in interesting times’ is often claimed to be a translation of a.

  • Sermon Given at Evensong on the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity

    Sunday, 4th October 2015

    Sermon given by The Reverend Mark Oakley, Canon Chancellor, St Paul's Cathedral.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixth Sunday of Easter 2017

    Sunday, 21st May 2017

    Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon Treasurer and Almoner.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on Palm Sunday 2019

    Sunday, 14th April 2019

    Sermon given at Evensong on Palm Sunday 2019: Above all, this coming week is all about grace. Today is Palm Sunday, the first day of Holy Week, the week in which we.

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

    Sunday, 11th April 2021

    Eight years ago in a parish in Winchester, after the Easter Vigil, I was greeting folk at the Church door.

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the Sixth Sunday of Easter 2017

    Wednesday, 24th May 2017

    Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Canon in Residence.

  • Sermon Given at Evensong on Palm Sunday 2016

    Sunday, 20th March 2016

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

  • Sermon Given at Evensong on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2016

    Sunday, 23rd October 2016

    Sermon given by The Reverend Melusi Francis Sibanda, Rector, St George, Dunsborough, Diocese of Bunbury, Western Australia.

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