Sermons

St John the Evangelist - 27 December 2015

Call the Midwife, Strictly Come Dancing, Eastenders, Doctor Who: just some of the familiar 'stories' and seasonal 'specials' which have dominated the TV schedules over the last 48 hours. The Christmas Day ratings battle was won by an ongoing saga, described by The Telegraph as a 'posh fantasy'. &n… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 27th December 2015

Christmas Day 2015 - A New Song

It was the last week of December 2008, that blissful post-Christmas holiday beloved of clergy-people everywhere - and since Hazel my mother-in-law had turned 70 earlier that month, we decided to take her to Dublin, on a trip down memory lane. We’d visited the Cathedral, Trinity College, the… Read more

Sermon by Andrew Watson on Friday 25th December 2015

Midnight Eucharist

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Sermon by Nicholas Thistlethwaite on Thursday 24th December 2015

Choral Mattins - 20 December 2015

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Sermon by Dianna Gwilliams on Sunday 20th December 2015

Cathedral Eucharist - 20 December 2015

“God’s mercy is on those who fear him through all generations” + In nomine Patris… A mother, whose son is condemned to die for being a thief, kneels on the ground pleading with the Emperor, ‘Show my son mercy’. Coldly, he replies, ‘This boy is a habitua… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 20th December 2015

Cathedral Eucharist - 13 December 2015

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Sermon by Nicholas Thistlethwaite on Sunday 13th December 2015

Cathedral Eucharist - 6 December 2015

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Sermon by Nick Whitehead on Sunday 6th December 2015

Choral Mattins - 6 December 2015

Match.eHarmony.Love Struck.Soulmates. You don't have to be a pub quiz fiend to work out the connection between them: they're a handful of the dating agencies currently advertising on tube trains and in weekend supplements.  Romantic possibilities are only a click away on Google. Deep within… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 6th December 2015

University of Surrey Carol Service

+ In nomine Patris… After the border check the couple continued on their way. It was all getting very hard. The woman was pregnant, expecting her first child, the man carrying as many of their possessions as he could. His paperwork was checked to confirm that he was authorised to be in t… Read more

Sermon by on Wednesday 2nd December 2015

Cathedral Eucharist - Advent Sunday

Be alert at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all these things that you will take place, and to stand before the Son of Man(Luke 21.36) In nomine Patris… Advent: the beginning of the Church Year, a time of preparation and expectation, of the recalibration of… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 29th November 2015