Sermons
Digestion and Resurrection
The Third Sunday of Easter, 14 April 2024
The Revd Dr John Fitzmaurice
Is it nothing to you?
Monday in Holy Week, 25 March 2024
The Interim Dean
Take up your cross
The Second Sunday of Lent, 25 February 2024
The Revd Charmian Manship
The Lord is with you always
The Third Sunday of Advent, 17 December 2023
Prof John Vickerman
The word of our God will stand for ever
The Second Sunday of Advent, 10 December 2023
The Revd Canon John Paul Hoskins
Pilgrimage in an Overwhelming World
Remembrance Sunday, 12 November 2023
The Interim Dean
"Remember, remember the 5th of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot."
Sunday 5 November 2023
The Revd Charmian Manship
A Tale of Two Cities
Sunday 15 October 2023
The Revd Dr Robin Parry, Associate Priest
The Dean's Farewell Sermons and Addresses
Sunday 10 September 2023
The Very Revd Peter Atkinson, Dean Emeritus
To Choose Feeling
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, Sunday 3 September 2023
Canon Kimberly Bohan
The rock from which you were hewn.
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity, Sunday 27 August 2023
The Interim Dean
Whosoever will, may come.
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity, Sunday 20 August 2023
Prof John Vickerman
Why did you hesitate?
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity, Sunday 13 August 2023
Canon Stephen Edwards
Unfinished Business
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity, Sunday 23 July 2023
The Dean
“Your faith, green as a leaf.”
Sermon at the Eucharist, Trinity 2, Sunday 18 June 2023
The Revd Charmian Manship
Go on, I dare you
Sermon at the Eucharist, Pentecost, Sunday 28 May 2023
Canon Stephen Edwards
Lift Up Your Hearts
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday of Easter, Sunday 21 May 2023
Canon Stephen Edwards
Suffering: at what cost?
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Sunday 30 April 2023
Canon Stephen Edwards
Resurrection is all around us
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Easter, Sunday 16 April 2023
Prof John Vickerman
Dead and Alive
Sermon at the Eucharist on Easter Day,
Sunday 9 April 2023
The Dean
The Silence of the Passion
Sermon at the Liturgy of Good Friday,
Friday 7 April 2023
The Dean
Hosanna
Sermon at the Eucharist on Palm Sunday,
Sunday 2 April 2023
The Dean
Surprising Words
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Lent, Sunday 5 March 2023
The Dean
The Attraction of the Pinnacle
Sermon at the Eucharist on the First Sunday of Lent, Sunday 26 February 2023
Canon Stephen Edwards
From Glory to Glory
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Sunday next before Lent,
Sunday 19 February 2023
The Dean
The Cathedral of Creation
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Lent, Sunday 12 February 2023
The Revd Dr Robin Parry
There Was a Wedding
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of the Epiphany, Sunday 29 January
The Dean
The Taste-Test
Epiphany 3/Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 22 January 2023
Canon Stephen Edwards
Despair and Hope
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ, 1 January 2023
Prof John Vickerman
Joy to the World
Sermon at the Eucharist on Christmas Day 202
The Dean
Fear Not, Little Flock
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Second Sunday in Advent 2022
The Dean
Vigilance
The Third Sunday before Advent, 6 November 2022 (Safeguarding Sunday)
The Dean
All Souls
All Souls' Day, Wednesday 2 November
The Dean
O blest communion, fellowship divine!
All Saints' Day, 1 November 2022
Canon Stephen Edwards
Come down Zacchaeus
The Fourth Sunday before Advent, 30 October 2022
Prof John Vickerman
'Just As I Am'
The Last Sunday After Trinity, 23 October 2022
The Dean
'Pester Power' a sermon for Anti-Slavery Sunday
Eighteenth Sunday After Trinity, 16 October 2022
Canon Stephen Edwards
'The foundations of the earth are out of course'
Ninth Sunday After Trinity, 14 August 2022
The Revd Charmian Manship
Where your treasure is
Eighth Sunday After Trinity, 7 August 2022
Canon Stephen Edwards
Martha and Mary
Fifth Sunday After Trinity, 17 July 2022
Prof John Vickerman
In His Right Mind
First Sunday After Trinity, 19 June 2022
The Dean
Tackling Mental Health Through the Arts and Culture
The Civic Service, 19 June 2022
The Dean
A Tale of Two Cities
Sixth Sunday of Easter, 22 May 2022
The Dean
The Gardener
Easter Day, Sunday 17 April 2022
The Dean
An Earthly Home
Mothering Sunday, 27 March 2022
The Dean
Seeing Things Differently
Second Sunday of Lent, 13 March 2022
The Revd Charmian Manship
The Voices of the Young
First Sunday of Lent, 6 March 2022
The Dean
The Glory of Prayer
Sunday before Lent, 27 February 2022
Canon Stephen Edwards
Creation Sunday
Second Sunday before Lent, 20 February 2022
Prof John Vickerman
Law and Spirit
Candlemas, 2 February 2022
The Dean
The prayers of the poor
Epiphany 4, 30 January 2022
The Dean
On the third day there was a wedding in Cana
Epiphany 2, 16 January 2022
The Dean
The dark night of the world
Midnight Eucharist, 25 December 2021
The Dean
A Way of Putting It
The Chapter is delighted to announce the publication by Sacristy Press of A Way of Putting It: Sermons of Peter Atkinson, edited by Michael Brierley. The book includes 50 of the dean’s sermons, preached over the past 30 years, a foreword by the Bishop of Worcester, an afterword by the Archbishop of York, and an essay on the art of preaching by Michael Brierley and Georgina Byrne. It is available to purchase from the Cathedral Shop.
Talks & Addresses
Holy Week 2022
Monday:'Who is this that comes from Edom, his garments stained Crimson?', Canon John Paul Hoskins
Tuesday: Pietá, The Dean
Wednesday: Man of Sorrows, Canon Stephen Edwards
Advent 2021
The Advent Talks for 2021 explored the values contained within our Cathedral Vision document: prayer, learning, and welcome. The talks are available to watch on our Facebook page under the videos section.
Talk 1: Prayer The Dean
Talk 2: Welcome Canon Stephen Edwards