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Today's Gospel, Tues 21 July. Family with Jesus

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  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes, notices and general information.  For all those involved and interested in ministry with children, Thurs 23 July at 7pm in CCC:  An informal evening, led by the Church of Ireland's Children and Families Ministry. Look forward to seeing you! (There will be tea.) Today's Gospel reading     Matthew 12:46–50 While he [Jesus] was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him, ‘Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.’  But to the one who had told him this, Jesus  replied, ‘Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?’ And pointing to his disciples, he said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.’ Sacred Space You can find a helpful prayer guide and short reflection on the gospel here: https...
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Today's Gospel and Notices, 20 July.

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    Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes, notices and general information.  Shirley, Shirley and Richard, at last Saturday's Fete Today's Gospel reading     Matthew 12:38-42 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him [Jesus],   ‘Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.’    But he answered them,   ‘An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For just as Jonah was for three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so for three days and three nights the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth.    The people of Nineveh will rise up at the judgement with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and see, something greater than Jonah is here!    The queen of the South will rise up at the judgement with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends ...
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