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  • Sermon given at the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

    Monday, 19th September 2022

    Sermon given at the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: The pattern for many leaders is to be exalted in life and forgotten after death.

    State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

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

    Sunday, 3rd June 2018

    Sermon given at Evensong on the First Sunday after Trinity 2018: Seeing through tears. O Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out in your presence …You have put me in the.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Easter 2015

    Sunday, 26th April 2015

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Easter 2015: Laying down one’s life Picture the scene:  a snowy afternoon in the middle of an American winter in a typical.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on All Saints' Day 2021

    Monday, 1st November 2021

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on All Saints' Day 2021: Jesus wept. It is the shortest sentence in the Bible. Possibly one of the most eloquent. I wonder if you can.

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

    Sunday, 14th July 2024

    Until justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

  • A Homily given at Holy Communion on Sunday 4 August 2024

    Sunday, 4th August 2024

    When did you last have a good cry?

  • Sermon at the Evening Service on the Fifth Sunday after Trinity 2019

    Sunday, 21st July 2019

    Sermon at the Evening Service on the Fifth Sunday after Trinity 2019: Exactly who was Mary Magdalene? Exactly who was Mary Magdalene: a supermodel of saintliness, a poster girl for repentant sinners.

  • Florence Nightingale Service 2021 Sermon

    Wednesday, 12th May 2021

    Over the last year nurses, midwives and health visitors across the world have been a sign of hope. You have rolled up your sleeves and given of yourselves more than either we or you would have imagined, and we are profoundly thankful.

    Florence Nightingale

  • Address for an Easter Day podcast, with HRH The Prince of Wales

    Sunday, 12th April 2020

    From the vantage point of life in Christ, we begin to see, often through our tears, the renewal of all creation.

    Easter Day

  • Address given at a Service of Commemoration to mark the 5th anniversary of the terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge and in New palace Yard

    Tuesday, 22nd March 2022

    Address given at a Service of Commemoration to mark the 5th anniversary of the terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge and in New palace Yard: Today is a day to unite against evil..

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Maundy Thursday 2022

    Thursday, 14th April 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Maundy Thursday 2022: It brought Jesus to his knees – a striking posture for God. The clock had been ticking since the previous Sunday with.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2024

    Thursday, 15th August 2024

    ‘Come, you elect of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the earth’

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Trinity 2016

    Sunday, 5th June 2016

    Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon Treasurer and Almoner.

  • 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 a Sung Eucharist on the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity 2023

    Sunday, 1st October 2023

    Sermon given at a Sung Eucharist on the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity 2023: Looking for just one thing. We had a lot of bishops here on Friday. The Archbishop of Canterbury was.

  • Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022

    Sunday, 25th September 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022: Honest and the knowledge that a different sort of community exists in God and can be ours. I have.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of Corpus Christi 2016

    Thursday, 26th May 2016

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

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Lent 2019

    Sunday, 17th March 2019

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Lent 2019: How far will we go for our neighbour? How far will we go to live a properly Christian life?.

  • 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.

  • 13th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 7th May 1998

    Delivered by Canon Eric James FKC at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 7th May 1998 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

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