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Today's gospel, 28 May. "Take heart; get up, he is calling you."

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  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices. Today, Thurs  28 May,  11am in Holy Trinity Church, Westport.   A Service for the Community  to give thanks for 40 years of Westport Country Market.  Jointly organised by the Church of Ireland and St Mary's Church. Followed by tea. Healing of the Blind Man by Andrey Mironov, 2009 Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30520270  Today's gospel   Mark 10:46-52 They came to Jericho. As he [Jesus] and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside.    When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, ‘Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Jesus stood still and said, ‘Call him here.’ And they called the blind ma...

Today's gospel, 27 May: On aspirations

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    Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices. This morning in Holy Trinity Westport, Midweek service of Holy Communion, 10.30am  This evening in  Holy Trinity  Westport, Louisburgh Voices and ConTemporary Quartet, 8pm.  Please note that there will be no  Online Prayer and Bible Reading this evening, 27 May.                                     Image based on one of the stained glass panels in Holy Trinity Westport Today's gospel     Mark 10:32-45 They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, ‘See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death; th...