Choral Evensong on The Third Sunday of Advent 2022
The Rev'd Michael Rawson preaches at Choral Evensong on the Third Sunday of Advent.
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The Rev'd Michael Rawson preaches at Choral Evensong on the Third Sunday of Advent.
View sermon‘The bells of waiting Advent ring’ is how John Betjeman begins his much-loved poem ‘Christmas’.
View sermonOver the past three months we have perhaps become ever more familiar with the pomp and solemnity of state events with the proclamation of King Charles III and the funeral of Her Late Majesty the Queen. Memories of the seemingly endless stream of people paying their respects in Westminster Hall will live on in many hearts and minds.
View sermonThe air is crisp and quite cold and the sun rises gently behind the backdrop of smoking fires around which people are sitting and upon which some are cooking
View sermonI wonder what your reaction has been to the arrival of Gaia at the Cathedral? Although I had heard the experiences of other cathedrals and individuals I don’t think I was quite ready for the profound effect it has had on me or the vast majority of those coming to experience her.
View sermonMost people seem to know that I’m a huge fan of musicals, the big songs, the big numbers, the touch of romance and the tear jerker – I love all of it. But I actually have quite catholic tastes in music and what may come as some surprise to some of you is that in my youth I really liked Ska and 2-Tone music – and I still find it deeply evocative whenever I hear it.
View sermonWhen Mrs Alexander wrote her much loved hymn, ‘All things bright and beautiful’ in 1848 it was a very different world
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