Aughaval Group of Parishes

Please scroll down for today's gospel reading and notices. Tomorrow, Wed: - 10.30am Midweek Holy Communion in Holy Trinity Westport, followed by coffee - 8pm, Online Prayer and Bible Reading (Compline/ A Late Evening Office) Christ in the House of Martha and Mary Johannes (Jan) Vermeer, 1654-1655 Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Today's Gospel      Luke 10:38-42 Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and asked, ‘Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me.’   But the Lord answered her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing.  Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.’ Sa...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading and notices. The Good Samaritan by Pelegrí Clavé, 1838 Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21454886 Today's Gospel     Luke 10:25-37 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus.  ‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the law? What do you read there?’ He answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbour as yourself.’ And he said to him, ‘You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.’ But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbour?’ Jesus replied, ‘A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road; ...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading and notices. Today in the Aughaval Parishes,  Sun 4 Oct:  10am, Christ Church Castlebar Harvest Thanksgiving Service 11.30am, Holy Trinity Westport, Service of Holy Communion (The Eucharist) 7pm, 'Youth Praise: For the young and young at heart', in HTW. (More below. Today's Gospel      Matthew 21: 33-46 [Jesus said] ‘Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watch-tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his produce. But the tenants seized his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other slaves, more than the first; and they treated them in the same way. Finally he sent his son to them, saying, “They will respect my son.” But when the tenants saw the son, they said t...