Cathedrals are wonderful places and for those being ordained, St Pauls will remain for them a special place. Before I was a Bishop I was the Canon Treasurer at Salisbury Cathedral, which to those that knew me was a surprise. In Cathedrals you need to walk in straight lines and in the right place and with wonderful square corners, you have to sing the liturgy and to put all the words in the right order – this was not my background. Early on I remember having got through a service as the Deacon. I felt very positive, I felt we had drawn people into worship, I had sung when required and I had got all the words in the right order and my square corners were wonderful. So in the vestry I said so to the Canon Precentor – his … Continue reading Sermon by the Bishop of London at St Paul’s Cathedral