Posts

Today's gospel, 29 May. A different image of Jesus

Image
Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices. Our thanks to Louisburgh Voices and ConTempo String Quartet - more below. This weekend in the Aughaval Parishes: Sat 30 May       - Evening Prayer in Turlough Church, 7pm Sunday 31 May       - Christ Church Castlebar, Morning Prayer at  10am, followed by tea       - Holy Trinity Westport,  Holy Communion, 11.30am, followed by tea      - St Thomas's Dugort, Achill, Holy Communion, 3pm Cleansing of the Temple Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Thomas, 1820  Public domain, via  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20523570 Today's gospel      Mark 11: 11-26 Then he [Jesus] entered Jerusalem and went into the temple; and when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry.Seeing in the distance a fig tre...
Read more

Today's gospel, 28 May. "Take heart; get up, he is calling you."

Image
  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices. Today, Thurs  28 May,  11am in Holy Trinity Church, Westport.   A Service for the Community  to give thanks for 40 years of Westport Country Market.  Jointly organised by the Church of Ireland and St Mary's Church. Followed by tea. Healing of the Blind Man by Andrey Mironov, 2009 Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30520270  Today's gospel   Mark 10:46-52 They came to Jericho. As he [Jesus] and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside.    When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, ‘Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Jesus stood still and said, ‘Call him here.’ And they called the blind ma...
Read more