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Today's Gospel, Thurs 23 April. Bread from heaven

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  Welcome! Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.   Worship this weekend in the Aughaval Parishes Saturday 25 April: 7pm, Turlough Church, Evening Prayer, led by Alan Cousins (Diocesan Reader-in-training) Sunday 26 April: 10am, Christ Church Castlebar, Morning Prayer,  followed by tea 11.30am, Holy Trinity Westport,  The Eucharist/ Holy Communion, followed by tea 3pm, St Thomas's Dugort, Achill, The Eucharist/ Holy Communion The Gathering of the Manna by  James Tissot, painted between   1896 and 1902 Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8849141 Today's Gospel      John 6:44-51 [Jesus said,]   No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day. It is written in the prophets, “And they shall all be taught by God.” Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. Not that anyone has s...

Today's Gospel: "Anyone who comes to me I will never drive away."

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  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.   Today, Wed 22 April , 'Earth Day' 10.30am in Holy Trinity, Westport - Midweek Holy Communion, followed by coffee in Cornrue (from 11.05am). All  welcome to either or both parts of the morning. 8.00 - 8.30pm - Online Prayer (Late Evening Office) with Bible reading and discussion.  Link:  https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83306729968?pwd=mVKnDXWs7Npn3aCnRPykJbJK7THANM.1 Christ Feeding the Multitude Coptic icon, date and author unknown  Public domain, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4005590 Today's Gospel    John 6: 35-40     Jesus said to them,     ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never drive away;...

Today's Gospel, 21 April. Bread of life

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  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.   Today's Gospel      John 6:30-35 So they said to him, ‘What sign are you going to give us then, so that we may see it and believe you? What work are you performing? Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, “He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”   ’   Then Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which  comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.’ They said to him, ‘Sir, give us this bread always.’ Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. Bread of Life (The Miracle of the Five Loaves) A. Mironov, 2012 via Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ...

Today’s Gospel and notices. Monday 20 April

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Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.   Pilgrims' Boat on the Sea of Galilee via Wikimedia Commons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en This week... Wednesday Worship in the Aughaval Parishes 10.30am in Holy Trinity, Westport - Midweek Holy Communion, followed by coffee in Cornrue (from 11.05am) 8.00 - 8.30pm  Online Prayer and Bible Study (Late Evening Office) You're welcome! Today’s Gospel      John 6:22-29 The next day the crowd that had stayed on the other side of the lake saw that there had been only one boat there. They also saw that Jesus had not got into the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. Then some boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.  So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus. When they found ...