On this page you will find a selection of the sermons preached at Southwark Cathedral by clergy from the Cathedral, Diocese of Southwark and further afield

Eleventh Sunday after Trinity - Eucharist

Instead of the golden sands of the Costas we chose the shingle of Brighton; instead of the Pueblos Blancos of the Spanish hills we chose Cockington with its thatches and forge; instead of sangria and tapas we chose fish and chips and tea

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Tenth Sunday after Trinity - Evensong

We tend to think of prophets, if we think about them at all, as loners, outsiders, people who challenge the authorities, people who are not afraid to say when the Emperor is wearing no clothes, or the King is a fool

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Corpus Christi - Eucharist

You can’t escape the image, you can’t escape the message. For the next six weeks this cathedral is dominated by the installation of Mark Titchner’s street art which says to us, and you can read it for yourself, ‘Please believe these days will pass’

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Third Sunday of Lent - Choral Eucharist

It struck me as ironic that, on the very morning that the Church withdraws the common cup at the distribution of Communion, we gather around one of the only gospel stories in which a drink is requested. And although the woman Jesus approaches is not actually infectious, she would certainly have been viewed as ritually unclean – not the sort of person with whom you’d want to share your water jar

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