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  • Sermon Given at Evensong on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity 2017

    Sunday, 13th August 2017

    Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White Canon Theologian.

  • Sermon Given at Evensong on the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity 2017

    Sunday, 22nd October 2017

    Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton Canon in Residence.

  • Sermon Given at Evensong on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2017

    Sunday, 29th October 2017

    Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton Canon in Residence.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 2018

    Sunday, 16th September 2018

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 2018: How we judge others says far more about us, than how we are judged by others. Just a few moments ago,.

  • Sermon at the Solemn Evensong of Thanksgiving for the Canonisation of St Oscar Romero

    Saturday, 17th November 2018

    We celebrate today the canonisation of St Oscar Romero, Bishop and Martyr, that took place in Rome on 14th October 2018.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Fifth Sunday after Trinity 2021

    Sunday, 4th July 2021

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Fifth Sunday after Trinity 2021: Without darkness and weakness, how would the need for real humour arise? Over these many months of pandemic I’ve found a.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 2021

    Sunday, 22nd August 2021

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 2021: The future of humanity starts with a true conversion of mind and heart. Yesterday thousands of marchers rallied outside the Palace.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Advent 2021

    Sunday, 7th November 2021

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Advent 2021: ‘Why pray when you can worry?’ ‘Ah yes, why pray when you can worry?’ said my husband as I fretted. ‘Why pray.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday before Advent 2021

    Sunday, 14th November 2021

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday before Advent 2021: We often fail to get angry about the right things, in the right way. The email arrived whilst I was on.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday before Lent 2022

    Sunday, 20th February 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday before Lent 2022: To begin to understand the present precarious situation in Ukraine we first need to understand what has happened in the past..

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

    Sunday, 10th July 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday after Trinity 2022: "Music and poetry have in all ages been counted divine..." In 1688, the publisher and playwright Henry Playford had a bit.

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

    Sunday, 17th July 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Fifth Sunday after Trinity 2022: Do not take yourself too seriously, but take the faith extremely seriously. Isn’t boasting unattractive? Right up there in the list.

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

    Sunday, 14th August 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2022: Whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? “Whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom.

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

    Sunday, 28th August 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity 2022: God’s justice. In the month of their “residence” Canons of Westminster have often preached a sermon series—sermons developing a particular theme..

  • 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 Fourth Sunday before Advent 2022

    Sunday, 30th October 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday before Advent 2022: ‘The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end.’ ‘The steadfast love of the Lord.

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

    Sunday, 23rd October 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2022: ‘Vanity of Vanities, says the Teacher; all is vanity.’ ‘Vanity of Vanities, says the Teacher; all is vanity’ Not exactly the most.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Advent 2022

    Sunday, 6th November 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Advent 2022: ‘O where shall wisdom be found?’ More years ago than I would care to admit, I was as chorister in a.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday before Advent 2022

    Sunday, 13th November 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Advent 2022: The unknown warrior's burial somehow represents us all. When the Unknown Warrior was buried here in 1920, he was to commemorate.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Lent 2023

    Sunday, 5th February 2023

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Lent 2023: Scripture is full of strange phrases. Scripture is full of strange phrases. A repeated trope we hear throughout the Prophet Amos.

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