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  • Address Given by His Grace The Archbishop of Canterbury at Evening Prayer in Westminster Abbey on the Occasion of the Visit of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to Britain

    Friday, 17th September 2010

    Address given by Right Honourable Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England and Metropolitan.

  • 32nd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 11th May 2017

    Salley Vickers addresses the crucial role of the arts in giving shape and form to abiding intangible realities, suggesting the vital importance of nurturing the imagination through the arts in an increasingly secular society.

  • 15th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 4th May 2000

    Delivered by The Reverend Canon Dr Martyn Percy at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 4th May 2000 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford and the Cathedral, Sheffield.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Annunciation of Our Lord 2024

    Monday, 8th April 2024

    If we can but bear it, we will see that all around are the fields of paradise.

  • Advent Reflection #1: Who are we expecting?

    Sunday, 1st December 2024

    Listen as The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster, reflects on Luke’s gospel passage for the First Sunday of Advent.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple 2023

    Thursday, 2nd February 2023

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple 2023: A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. Candlemas is a radiant.

  • 11th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 9th May 1996

    Delivered by David Hare, Playwright at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 9th May 1996 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday after Trinity 2018

    Sunday, 3rd June 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday after Trinity 2018: How can we learn again, what it means to live in a rhythm of work and rest? In Canary Wharf.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of Christ the King 2024

    Sunday, 24th November 2024

    May we yet learn how to live in the kingdom that is coming.

  • 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 the Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day, 2021

    Tuesday, 29th June 2021

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day, 2021: The life of our heavenly patron St Peter reminds us that even when we get it wrong, the love of Christ.

  • Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Lent 2020

    Sunday, 1st March 2020

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Lent 2020: What is evil? How would we have knowledge of it? In recent years I have found myself increasingly subject.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Christmas 2020

    Sunday, 5th January 2020

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Christmas 2020: By grace we are gathered and by grace we shall be gathered. Having Christmas behind us can feel like quite.

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