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Today's Gospel, 15 March. The Man Blind from Birth

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  Please scroll down for today's gospel, notes and notices. This weekend Mothering Sunday services (Eucharistic) in the churches:      Sat 14 March, 7pm in Turlough      Sun 15 March, 10am in Christ Church Castlebar      Sun 15 March, 11.30am in Holy Trinity Westport   St Patrick's Day St Patrick's Day, 17 March, will be celebrated with a special service to give thanks for our patron saint, in Holy Trinity Westport at 10am, with tea/coffee to follow.  Fáilte!     Jesus Heals the Blind Man Free image, Pixabay, AI Today's Gospel         John 9: 1-40 As he [Jesus] walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ Jesus answered, ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it ...

Today's Gospel in Lent, plus info and photos. 14 March

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  Please scroll down for today's gospel, notes and notices. This weekend Join us for Mothering Sunday services in the churches:      Sat 14 March, 7pm in Turlough      Sun 15 March, 10am in Christ Church Castlebar      Sun 15 March, 11.30am in Holy Trinity Westport   St Patrick's Day     Tues 17 March, 10am, The Eucharist  in Holy Trinity Westport        Fáilte! The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican  stained glass by Daniel Cottier,  made by Field & Allan, 1865 Trinity Church, Irvine, Ayrshire by The wub, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=149011762 Today's gospel      Luke 18:9-14 He [Jesus] also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt:  “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was pray...

Today's Gospel in Lent. 13 March. Love

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  Please scroll down for today's gospel, notes and notices. Today's Gospel     Mark 12:28-34 One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he [Jesus] answered them well, he asked him,  ‘Which commandment is the first of all?’    Jesus answered, ‘The first is, “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.” The second is this, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” There is no other commandment greater than these.’    Then the scribe said to him, ‘You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that “he is one, and besides him there is no other”; and “to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength”, and “to love one’s neighbour as oneself”,—this is much more important than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrific...