Here you can find Sermons from some of the special and civic services - including Holy Week and Easter and Carol services - which take place at the Cathedral
In our house we have mixed memories of eating fish on Fridays. Rather tasteless grey fish served with parsley sauce and butter free mashed potatoes reminds us of rather penitential fayre and probably the most disappointing meal of the week. But I guess it was supposed to be just that – a meal to remind you to be thankful for the meat and other goodies we ate on the other six days.
View sermonThe first fingers of dawn were just touching the eastern sky, the darkest moment was just passing, a few lights were flickering, there were just a handful of people about. There was a hum of expectation in the air, the thrill of anticipation as people waited with a renewed sense of hope. Maybe today, maybe now, maybe for me and for those I love.
View sermonOn the site of the old Cathedral in Avranches, in the Marches of Brittany and Normandy, there is a stone which marks the point where Henry II knelt in penance as he began a pilgrimage to Canterbury to atone for the murder of the Archbishop
View sermonIt’s not an easy lesson to learn, this whole business of staying put
View sermon‘A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.'
View sermonDo you remember a certain kind of look, you might call it a ‘knowing’ look? And do you remember a certain kind of remark, one that sounded modest, even self-deprecating but was it deliberately or accidentally also devastatingly accurate?
View sermonAs if the Christmas story were not enough in itself there are a huge number of other stories that we can tell at Christmas
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