Sermons

Choral Evensong on The Third Sunday of Advent 2022

The Rev'd Michael Rawson preaches at Choral Evensong on the Third Sunday of Advent.

The First Sunday of Advent 2022

‘The bells of waiting Advent ring’ is how John Betjeman begins his much-loved poem ‘Christmas’.

The Feast of Christ the King

Over 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.

Choral Eucharist - All Saints

The 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

The Last Sunday after Trinity - Choral Eucharist

I 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.

The Last Sunday after Trinity - Evensong

Choral Eucharist - Harvest Festival

Most 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.

Requiem Eucharist for Her Late Majesty The Queen

When Mrs Alexander wrote her much loved hymn, ‘All things bright and beautiful’ in 1848 it was a very different world