Sermons
Below you can find transcripts of sermons our clergy and guest preachers have given at recent Abbey services. They deal with current theological issues, religion and world events, and the interpretation of biblical texts.
Where possible, we provide an audio and video recording of the sermon.
Sermon preached at Evensong on the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity 2025
The Installation of Tessa Bosworth
The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster
Sunday, 21st September 2025
Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity 2025
Knowing our need of God.
The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner
Sunday, 14th September 2025
Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 2025
Christianity is not a passive faith which you can just sit back and absorb, but one in which you have to actively make the choice to put Jesus above everything else.
The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist
Sunday, 7th September 2025
Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 2025
The reality of Christ.
The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist
Sunday, 7th September 2025
Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity 2025
We are called not to competition, but to communion.
The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner
Sunday, 31st August 2025
Sermon preached at Evensong on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2025
What is your currency? Sermon preached on 2 Corinthians 9.
The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon in Residence
Sunday, 24th August 2025
