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 the Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2024
Creation Sunday. This is a day to talk about the world.
The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster
Sunday, 8th September 2024
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 the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2024
‘Come, you elect of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the earth’
The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Precentor
Thursday, 15th 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
