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Today's gospel, 1st Dec, plus notices

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  Please scroll down for information and notices. Jesus heals the Centurion's servant  from the Middle Ages, artist unknown - Codex Egberti,  Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10204508 Matthew 8:5-11      Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant When he [Jesus] entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, appealing to him and saying, ‘Lord, my servant is lying at home paralysed, in terrible distress.’ And he said to him, ‘I will come and cure him.’ The centurion answered, ‘Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my servant will be healed. For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, “Go”, and he goes, and to another, “Come”, and he comes, and to my slave, “Do this”, and the slave does it.’    When Jesus heard him, he was amazed and said to those who followed him, ‘Truly I tell you, in no one  in Israel have I found such faith....
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Today's gospel, The First Sunday of Advent

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Please scroll down for information and notices. Advent wreath, Christ Church Castlebar Today's gospel      Matthew 24:36-44   [Jesus said] “But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, and they knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away, so too will be the coming of the Son of Man.    Then two will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. Two women will be grinding meal together; one will be taken and one will be left. Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But understand this: if the owner of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not h...
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