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Today's gospel, 5 Nov. Lost and found

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  Please scroll down for today's gospel plus information and notices. All Saints Church, Cairo Today's gospel   Luke 15:1-10 Now all the tax-collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him.And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, ‘This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So he told them this parable: ‘Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbours, saying to them, “Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.” Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance. ‘Or what woman having ten silver coins,  if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the hou...
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Today’s gospel, 4 Nov. On priorities and cost-counting

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  Please scroll down for today's gospel plus information and notices. Please note  that there are no midweek services today, Wed, 4 Nov, and also on the morning of 11 Nov when there will be a  Community  Remembrance Day S ervice, at 11am  in Christchurch Castlebar . Men at work at the spire, Holy Trinity Westport, 3 November, when the defunct lightning conductor was replaced. Today's gospel  Luke 14: 25-33 Now large crowds were travelling with him [Jesus]; and he turned and said to them, ‘Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.   For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to ri...
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From Mayo to Cairo: Initial insights on an Inter Faith Learning Pilgrimage

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  From Mayo to Cairo: Initial insights on an Inter Faith Learning Pilgrimage Many of you will be aware of this event which has been worked towards and anticipated for approximately a year. For those who are curious, here is a little information and some insights on the journey to date. A week-long  Inter Faith Learning Pilgrimage , organised by the Church of Ireland's Inter Faith Working Group with Church Missionary Society Ireland , is underway in Cairo. The team consists of ten people - Christians and Muslims - all living in Ireland. The packed programme includes undertaking a 'Learning Journey' organised and overseen by the Centre for Christian Muslim Understanding and Peace (' CCMUP'). You can read about the history of CCMUP, and a little about the lecturers, below.  The pilgrimage is making time to take in the main tourist sights, including the Pyramids and Sphynx, the Grand Museum (designed by an irish architect), plus to visit Alexandria and a coptic church a...
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Today’s gospel, Tue 3 Nov. Parable of the Great Dinner

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Please scroll down for today's gospel plus information and notices. A "great dinner" in Cairo Inter Faith Learning Pilgrimage 2 November 2026. (More below.) Please note  that there are no midweek services this week (tomorrow, Wed, 4 Nov, morning and evening) and also on the morning of 11 Nov when there will be a special service for the Community in Christchurch Castlebar to mark Remembrance Day.    Today’s gospel      Luke 14:15-24 One of the dinner guests, on hearing this, said to him [Jesus], ‘Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!’   Then Jesus  said to him,   ‘Someone gave a great dinner and invited many. At the time for the dinner he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, “Come; for everything is ready now.” But they all alike began to make excuses.   The first said to him, “I have bought a piece of land, and I must go out and see it; please accept my apologies.” Another said, “I hav...
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