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Invitation to Good Friday Tenebrae Service in Christ Church, Castlebar

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  Tenebrae, 3 April, 8pm in Christ Church, Castlebar   You are warmly invited to join us for Tenebrae  on Good Friday, 3rd April, at 8pm in Christ Church, Castlebar. This year we are pleased to have as our guest soloist renowned baritone, David Durham (pictured), and as organist, Siobhan Kilkelly.  What is Tenebrae?  Tenebrae  is a sombre and uniquely moving service.  Since medieval times  tenebrae  (Latin, “darkness” or “shadows”)  has been the name given to the monastic morning and night-time services (Matins and Lauds) of the last three days of Holy Week.  It marks the days of the first Holy Week, through Scripture readings, prayers, music, and the extinguishing of candles, evocative of  the last hours of Jesus' earthly life and   Passion ( or   suffering).  Each part of the service draws us more deeply into the darkness of a world without Christ and reminds us of his redemptive sacrifice for the world. A...
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Monday in Holy Week, 30 March. Mary anoints Jesus' feet.

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  Welcome.   Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.                                                                                Monday in Holy Week:   Monday on the Mountain  - meeting at Murrisk carpark at 11am for a gentle walk to the St Patrick statue, and ecumenical prayers. All welcome. Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, detail Johannes Vermeer, 1654  Public domain, via  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=156396552 Christ in the House of Martha and Mary Johannes Vermeer, 1654 Public domain, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21865869 John 12:1-11 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Ma...
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Today’s Gospel, 29 March, Palm Sunday

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  Welcome.   Please scroll down for notes and notices.                                                                                  Palm Sunday services: 10am in Christ Church, Castlebar - followed by tea  11.30am in Holy Trinity, Westport  - followed by tea Children and young people are particularly welcome and are invited to take part in the simple Palm Sunday processions at the beginning of the services.  Monday of Holy Week:  Monday on the Mountain - meeting at Murrisk carpark at 11am for a gentle walk to the St Patrick statue and ecumenical prayers. All welcome. Today's Gospel: The Passion of our Lord      Matthew 27:11-54            Now Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, ‘Are...
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Today's Gospel in Lent, 28 March, plus notices. The Plot

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  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, devotional resources and parish notices, including for Holy Week and Easter. Join us this weekend for  Palm Sunday worship: Sat, 7pm in Turlough Sun 10am in Christ Church Castlebar Sun 11.30am in Holy Trinity Westport Monday of Holy Week:  Monday on the Mountain - meeting at Murrisk carpark at 11am for a gentle walk to the St Patrick statue and prayers. All welcome. Today's Gospel      John 11:45-56     The Plot to Kill Jesus Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what he had done.  So the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council, and said, ‘What are we to do? This man is performing many signs. If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place  and our nation.’  But one of the...
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