A podcast from Westminster Abbey on Palm Sunday introduced by the Dean of Westminster, The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle. Recorded in front of the Abbey’s Great West Door, above which stand statues commemorating ten modern martyrs – Christians who gave up their lives during the twentieth century.

Address: The Reverend Canon Dr James Hawkey, Canon TheologianReader: The Reverend Jenny Petersen, Minor Canon and Chaplain
 Introduction – The DeanReading – Luke 19: 28-40 Address – Canon HawkeyAnthem – Philip Moore Prayers in time of distress (from Three Prayers of Dietrich Bonhoeffer)Prayers, The Lord’s Prayer and Blessing – The Dean Music: Performed by the Choir of Westminster Abbey conducted by James O’Donnell (with kind permission of Hyperion Records).

This podcast was recorded by members of the Westminster Abbey community who are currently in self-isolation in the Abbey precincts. Social distancing was observed.