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

    Sunday, 12th May 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Easter 2019: Tell us plainly what we need to know! The people asked: ‘If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.’ Jesus.

  • Sermon preached at Evensong on the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity 2023

    Sunday, 8th October 2023

    Sermon preached at Evensong on the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity 2023: Discerning the will of God for our lives and obeying God’s commandments. Whoever says, ‘I abide in him’ ought to walk.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist with the Washing of the Feet on Maundy Thursday 2015

    Thursday, 2nd April 2015

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

  • Address given at a Service to mark the life of Florence Nightingale

    Wednesday, 9th May 2018

    Address given at a Service to mark the life of Florence Nightingale: Jesus said, Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Yesterday when I was.

  • 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.

  • Reflection: First Sunday of Lent

    Monday, 1st January 0001

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

  • Reflection: Maundy Thursday

    Monday, 1st January 0001

    Read or listen to the reflection for Maundy Thursday

  • Sermon preached at Evensong on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2024

    Sunday, 4th August 2024

    For millennia, humans have burrowed deep, searching for what is useful, beautiful, valuable, and meaningful.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday of Lent 2025

    Sunday, 23rd March 2025

    Unless you repent...

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Easter 2023

    Sunday, 16th April 2023

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Easter 2023: The end of today’s second reading is perhaps the finest cliffhanger in history. The end of today’s second reading is perhaps.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist of Trinity Sunday 2023

    Sunday, 4th June 2023

    Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist of Trinity Sunday 2023: ‘Firmly I believe and truly, God is three and God is one’ Today, in union with Christians throughout the world, we celebrate.

  • 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.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2024

    Sunday, 8th September 2024

    Creation Sunday. This is a day to talk about the world.

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

    Sunday, 5th June 2016

    Sermon given by The Venerable Andrew Tremlett, Canon in Residence.

  • 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 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,.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on Ash Wednesday 2017

    Wednesday, 1st March 2017

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

  • 5th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 31st May 1990

    Delivered by The Very Reverend Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral San Francisco at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 31st May 1990 and subsequently at Lincoln Minster and Keble College, Oxford.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixth Sunday after Trinity 2017

    Sunday, 23rd July 2017

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixth Sunday after Trinity 2017: God in the dock ‘All rise!’, the voice shouts across the room; and the judge with wig and gown moves.

  • 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.

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