St Paul's Cathedral

Sermon by The Reverend Prebendary Dr Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons, Priest in Charge, St Mary-at-Hill, London, at Sung Eucharist on the Feast Day of Philip and James, Apostles, Tuesday 1st May 2018.

Part 2 - Please note that this podcast has been edited to remove audience comments and questions which are inaudible. Handouts are referred to at the following places (click on link to see handout): 00.00.15.668 https://www.stpauls.co.uk/SM4/Mutable/Uploads/medialibrary/caterpillar-handout. JPG 00.10.00.503 https://www.stpauls.co.uk/SM4/Mutable/Uploads/medialibrary/meerkats-handout. JPG 00.22.24.7...

Part 1 - Please note that this podcast has been edited to remove audience comments and questions which are inaudible. A handout is referred to at 00.18.38.704 - a copy of which can be found at https://www.stpauls.co.uk/SM4/Mutable/Uploads/medialibrary/Giraffes-handout. JPG The scientific consensus is that humans have been on the Earth for some 200,000 years of its 4,700,000,000 year history. There...

Please note that this podcast has been edited to remove any poems read out at the workshop due to copyright issues. Poems which were read out were at 00.05.25.517 - 'The Kingdom' from the collection 'Hm'm', at 00.23.50.331 - 'This To Do' which can be found in Collected Poems, at 00.33.52.143 - 'Kneeling' which can be found in Collected Poems and at 00.43.16.446 - 'The Gap' which can be found in 'F...

Sermon by the Reverend Canon Tricia Hillas, Canon Pastor, at Evensong on the Fifth Sunday of Easter, 29 April 2018.

Sermon by Paul Woodbridge, Tutor in New Testament and Director of College Placements, Oakhill College, at Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday of Easter, 29 April 2018.

Sermon by The Reverend Prebendary Stephen Coles, Vicar, St Thomas the Apostle, Finsbury Park, at Evensong on St George's Day, Monday 23 April 2018.

What is it that makes you who you are? In the West we live with a passionately autobiographical sense of self – I am who I am so long as I can tell my own story. Research tells us that people are more afraid of dementia than cancer because loss of identity is the worst thing we can imagine. But are there other ways to think about this? Beginning from the experience of people whose identity is seem...

The Reverend Canon Dr Jennifer Smith, Superintendent Minister, Wesley’s Chapel and Leysian Mission, preaches at Evensong, the Third Sunday of Easter, 15 April 2018.

The Reverend Canon Mark Oakley, Chancellor, preaches at Evensong on the Eve of the Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sunday 8 April 2018.

The Reverend Helen O'Sullivan, Priest Vicar and Chaplain at St Paul's Cathedral, preaches at the service of Festal Evensong on Easter Day, 1 April 2018.

Part of the 2018 Lent Sermon Series: Reel Spirituality - Faith and Film. The Reverend Rosemary Morton, Minor Canon and Succentor, explores the film 'Paddington' directed by Paul King (2014) and the ways in which it might open up our understanding of God, the world and the life of faith. Sermon recorded at Evensong on Sunday 25 March 2018.

Part of the 2018 Lent Sermon Series: Reel Spirituality - Faith and Film. The Reverend Canon Mark Oakley, Canon Chancellor, explores the film 'Life is Beautiful' directed by Roberto Benigni (1997) and the ways in which it might open up our understanding of God, the world and the life of faith. Sermon recorded at Evensong on Sunday 18 March 2018.

Is Christ on the cross our brother in suffering or our King in triumph? Jesus’ death is at the heart of Christianity, but the four Gospel accounts are very different and the cross has been seen as both the throne of God’s glory and the place of ultimate desolation and defeat. In addition we have 2,000 years of interpretations, paintings, poems, theologies and liturgies that add to the complexity,...

Part of the 2018 Lent Sermon Series: Reel Spirituality - Faith and Film. The Reverend Canon Michael Hampel, Precentor, explores the film 'The Dresser' directed by Peter Yates (1983) and the ways in which it might open up our understanding of God, the world and the life of faith. Sermon recorded at Evensong on Sunday 11 March 2018.

The Psalms are a unique treasury of spiritual insights, central to both Jewish and Christian devotional life. They were also Jesus’ own prayer book, and are full of themes and experiences which fitted and illuminate his life and story, as they do ours. But they move from exquisite beauty and praise to despair and even vitriolic anger, and need wise interpretation. Megan Daffern describes them as S...

Part of the 2018 Lent Sermon Series: Reel Spirituality - Faith and Film. The Reverend James Milne, Minor Canon and Sacrist, explores the film 'The Shawshank Redemption' directed by Frank Darabont (1994) and the ways in which it might open up our understanding of God, the world and the life of faith. Sermon recorded at Evensong on Sunday 4 March 2018.

A conversation in which Andrew Carwood, Director of Music, and Canon Mark Oakley, Chancellor, discuss Bach’s St Matthew Passion. The conversation refers to two upcoming events - a reflective day about Bach’s St Matthew Passion taking place on 17 March and a performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion taking place at the Cathedral on 21 March. Bach's intense masterpiece narrates the events leading to...

Part of the 2018 Lent Sermon Series: Reel Spirituality - Faith and Film. The Reverend Canon Jonathan Brewster, Canon Treasurer, explores the film 'Lion' directed by Garth Davis (2016) and the ways in which it might open up our understanding of God, the world and the life of faith. Sermon recorded at Evensong on Sunday 25 February 2018.

Part of the 2018 Lent Sermon Series: Reel Spirituality - Faith and Film. The Reverend Canon Tricia Hillas, Canon Pastor, explores the film 'Silence' directed by Martin Scorsese (2016) and the ways in which it might open up our understanding of God, the world and the life of faith. Sermon recorded at Evensong on Sunday 18 February 2018.

Sermon from the Ash Wednesday Sung Eucharist with the Imposition of the Ashes by Canon Mark Oakley. Recorded Wednesday 14 February 2018.

Recording of Session 2 - Please note that this podcast has been edited to remove some inaudible audience questions. Around the year 30 AD, in an insignificant province of the Roman Empire, a Jewish prophet, teacher and healer met with a shameful and brutal end on a Roman cross. 2,000 years later, this obscure figure has over two billion followers and is acknowledged as the most influential person...

Recording of Session 1 - Please note that this podcast has been edited to remove some inaudible audience questions. Around the year 30 AD, in an insignificant province of the Roman Empire, a Jewish prophet, teacher and healer met with a shameful and brutal end on a Roman cross. 2,000 years later, this obscure figure has over two billion followers and is acknowledged as the most influential person...

Why do pilgrims walk so much? What do they learn? And does it do them any lasting good? Sally Welch has been going on pilgrimage for over 20 years and her new book is a guide to the art and practice of pilgrimage through some of the most beautiful and ancient pilgrim routes in the UK and abroad. She will share her experiences and some of what she has learnt about how to go on pilgrimage well inclu...

Sermon from Sung Eucharist on Friday 2 February 2018, The Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas), by the Reverend Canon Mark Oakley.