April 20, 2008 Martin Luther King – Very Rev'd John Hall On 4th April this year at Westminster Abbey we held a day conference and a special service to mark the 40th anniversary of the…
March 2, 2008 Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit – Rev'd Andrew Watson What will be my last words here on earth? What will be yours? Lying in hospital or at home – surrounded I hope by…
February 17, 2008 I thirst – Dr Susan Gillingham The earliest evidence of sermons on the ‘seven words from the Cross’ is from the Jesuits, but this is not until the seventeenth century;…
February 10, 2008 Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachthani – Rev'd John Whittaker ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ It doesn’t need much imagining to capture something of the despair, of the agony, of…
January 27, 2008 Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise – Rev'd Canon Dr. Robin Ward The words which Jesus speaks from the Cross are words of supreme authority, because the one who speaks them is the Son of God….
January 20, 2008 Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do – Rt. Rev'd Brian Castle On the front cover of the Journal ‘Spirituality and Health’ a while back was picture of three US ex-servicemen standing in front of the…
January 13, 2008 Introduction to the Seven Last Words of Christ – The Chaplain I will never forget the moment I first encountered the art of Giovanni Bellini. We were on honeymoon, in fact, in Venice and were…
November 18, 2007 Advent – The Twilight of the Gods – Ven Mark Oakley There was a Victorian Bishop here in England who left a rather unusual request in his will. He had penned a short verse and…
November 11, 2007 Remembrance Day – The Chaplain Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand,…
November 2, 2007 Service of Light – Dr Elisabeth Dutton As I walked into College this morning, the arches of the cloisters framed a tall tree, its richly reddening leaves glowing in autumnal sunshine,…