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Sermon given on Christmas Day 2019
Wednesday, 25th December 2019
There is a famous Christmas Day story set here in Westminster Abbey. It takes us back to Christmas Day 1066 William the Conqueror came here to be crowned.
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Esther John activity sheet
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7th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 7th May 1992
Delivered by John Fenton at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 7th May 1992 and at Lincoln Theological College and Keble College, Oxford.
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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.
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Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Advent 2021
Sunday, 12th December 2021
Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Advent 2021: Let our longing be worthy of the kingdom which John proclaimed In the iconography of the Christian East – what we.
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Advent 2023
Sunday, 10th December 2023
Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Advent 2023: John Baptist’s voice came from the edge, not from the centre of power. Many of you, I expect, will.
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Baptism of Christ 2024
Sunday, 7th January 2024
Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Baptism of Christ 2024: The Baptism of Jesus by John in the River Jordan is one of the most important stories in the New.
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A reflection for Passiontide
Sunday, 29th March 2020
At first glance, the site of Auschwitz Birkenau and the Roman Basilica of Santa Maria della Concezione appear to have very little in common.
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Sermon given at Sung Eucharist with the Imposition of Ashes, 2020
Wednesday, 26th February 2020
There are some things that have to be said today, things I have said before, elsewhere, but not said here in the Abbey.
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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.
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Lady Chapel
The 16th-century historian John Leland called the Henry VII Lady Chapel ‘the wonder of the world’ and it continues to inspire wonder amongst visitors today.
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Reflection: Maundy Thursday
Monday, 1st January 0001
Read or listen to the reflection for Maundy Thursday
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Reflection: Third Sunday of Lent
Monday, 1st January 0001
Read or listen to the reflection for the Third Sunday of Lent 2024.
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Reflection: Fourth Sunday of Lent
Monday, 1st January 0001
Read or listen to the reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Lent 2024.
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Reflection: Easter Day
Monday, 1st January 0001
Read or listen to the reflection for Easter Day
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Reflection: Fifth Sunday of Lent
Monday, 1st January 0001
Read or listen to the reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Lent 2024.
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Recent developments
As we make changes forced upon us we have had to think deeply about our resources and our priorities. Our resources are very much reduced.
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Democracy
What is the future of Parliamentary Democracy? What are its roots? What keeps it healthy?
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John Hall retires as Dean of Westminster
Friday, 1st November 2019
The Very Reverend Dr John Hall has retired after 13 years as Dean of Westminster. He presided at a valedictory Eucharist on Friday 1st November.
Dean of Westminster The Very Reverend Dr John Hall Special Service
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2017
Sunday, 25th June 2017
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.