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 2024
British holy sites series I: Iona
The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon in Residence
Sunday, 1st September 2024
Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity 2024
This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?
The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Chaplain
Sunday, 25th August 2024
Sermon preached at Evensong on the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity 2024
The virtue we call ‘humility’.
The Reverend Tricia Hillas Canon in Residence
Sunday, 11th August 2024
Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity 2024
Early Christianity was a scandal!
The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner
Sunday, 11th August 2024
Sermon preached at Evensong on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2024
For millennia, humans have burrowed deep, searching for what is useful, beautiful, valuable, and meaningful.
The Reverend Tricia Hillas Canon in Residence
Sunday, 4th August 2024
Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2024
Let me introduce you to a heresy and explain how you might avoid it.
The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster
Sunday, 4th August 2024