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A reflection for Low Sunday 2020

Sunday, 19th April 2020

For Christians who live in the age of the resurrection – that is, our own age – belief is an activity of the heart and the mind.

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2021

Wednesday, 13th October 2021

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2021: Where do you think you belong? I met Simon Jenkins this week, the former.

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Lent 2022

Sunday, 6th March 2022

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Lent 2022: Jesus was being tempted to be first the Provider; second, the Possessor; and third, the Performer. Those being trained.

Sermon given at Evensong on the Eighth Sunday after Trinity 2022

Sunday, 7th August 2022

Sermon given at Evensong on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity: “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made : thou art God from everlasting, and.

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Easter Day 2023

Sunday, 9th April 2023

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Easte Day 2023: Every broken fragment can now know healing in the light of Easter. The Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has a new.

Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday after Trinity 2024

Sunday, 16th June 2024

The kingdom of heaven is like...

Sermon preached at Evensong on the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity 2024

Sunday, 1st September 2024

British holy sites series: I Iona

Sermon preached at the Festival Eucharist on the National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor 2024

Saturday, 19th October 2024

What should be the pilgrim’s imprint upon the earth?

Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixth Sunday of Easter 2018

Sunday, 6th May 2018

Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixth Sunday of Easter 2018: Love is our meaning; the central word of our faith and the truth for which we live and die. Love.

Sermon at the Liturgy on Easter Day 2018

Sunday, 1st April 2018

Sermon at the Liturgy on Easter Day 2018: God raised Jesus of Nazareth from the dead and because of that, nothing in this world can ever be the last word for us..

Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity 2018

Sunday, 21st October 2018

Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity: Possession with purpose I was two years old when my brother was born. Compared with me, Andrew was a good, rather.

Sermon at Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Lent 2020

Sunday, 8th March 2020

Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Lent 2020: Shaped by the Cross II Last Sunday morning we observed that Westminster Abbey is a crucifix in stone representing symbolically.

The Dean's Sermon

Saturday, 2nd December 2006

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

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 Matins on the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity 2016

Sunday, 7th August 2016

Sermon given by The Reverend Dr Paul Edmondson, Head of Research, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey 2021

Sunday, 17th October 2021

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of the Dedication of Westminster 2021: Building a Beloved Community with Living Stones I bring you greeting from the city that never sleeps,.

38th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

Thursday, 23rd May 2024

Canon Paula Gooder gives the 2024 Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture, discussing truth telling and storytelling

Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture