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Today's Gospel, Mon 17 August. A hard conversation and a tough choice

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  Welcome! Please scroll down for today's Gospel reading, notes and notices. Coming up:  Youth Pizza and Bowling Night,  Friday 25 September,  7pm in Castlebar. Details to follow.  Christ and the Rich Young Man by Андрей Николаевич Миронов (A.N. Mironov), 2024 Creative Commons Attribution,  via Wikimedia Commons Mironovhttp://artmiro.ru/photo/religija_zhanrovaja_kartina/khristos_i_bogatyj_junosha/4-0-1059, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=157097008 Today's Gospel      Matthew 19:16-22 Then someone came to him [Jesus] and said, ‘Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?’  And he said to him, ‘Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.’  He said to him, ‘Which ones?’  And Jesus said, ‘You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; Honour your father an...
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Summer works in the Westport-Dugort churches

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  Summer 2026 and recent maintenance work  in the Westport-Dugort Union :  An update 1. Holy Trinity, Inishbiggle I nternally, works have included extensive essential repairs to the floor and subfloor and to the roof, plus a clearing of the churchyard (grounds) of the invasive non-native vegetation which was threatening to overwhelm and engulf not only the grounds but the church building itself.    2. Holy Trinity,  Westport Internally, the 'messy' south wall has been repainted, as have the exterior of  vestry door and the badly-rusting downpipes at the front of the church.  The broken window in the toilet has been mended, which should help make for a slightly warmer winter in the church and a less draughty experience for those availing of the facilities!                                             The vestry door, before an...
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