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Today's Gospel, plus notices. "It is I. Do not be afraid."

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  Welcome!   Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.   This weekend in the Aughaval Parishes Saturday 18 April:  4.30pm, Holy Trinity Westport,  Voices of Iberia & Eire  - concert by Cór Mhaigh Eo,  with visiting choir from Competa,  Spain.  7pm, Turlough Church, Evening Prayer Sunday 19 April: 10am, Christ Church Castlebar, Morning Prayer. Preacher, Revd John Wesley 11.30am, Holy Trinity Westport,  Holy Communion, followed by tea 3pm, St Thomas's Dugort, Achill,  Evening Prayer You're welcome! Today's Gospel  ... [Jesus] said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” by Jim Padgett, 1984,  from Read'n Grow Picture Bible Illustrations,   Sweet Publishing,  CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons    John 6:16–21 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them....

Today’s gospel: 17 April. An abundance of grass and a miraculous meal

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  Welcome!   Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.   This weekend in the Aughaval Group of Parishes: Saturday 18 April:  4.30pm, Holy Trinity Westport,  Voices of Iberia & Eire  - concert by Cór Mhaigh Eo,  with visiting choir from Competa,  Spain.  7pm, Turlough Church, Evening Prayer Sunday 19 April: 10am, Christ Church Castlebar, Morning Prayer. Preacher, Revd John Wesley 11.30am, Holy Trinity Westport,  Holy Communion 3pm, St Thomas's Dugort, Achill,  Evening Prayer Miracle of the Bread and Fish , 1623, by  Giovanni Lanfranco  Public domain, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15462492 Today's Gospel      John 6:1-15 After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias.   A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. Jesus went up the mountain and sat dow...

Today’s gospel: Jesus gives the Spirit without measure

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  Welcome!   Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.   Moray coast, Scotland Today's Gospel reading      John 3:31-36 [John the Baptist said] "The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is above all. He testifies to what he has seen and heard, yet no one accepts his testimony. Whoever has accepted his testimony has certified  this, that God is true. He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure. The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in his hands. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but must endure God’s wrath."     First Council of Nicaea (325)  holding the Nicene Creed https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicaea_icon.jpg Icon author unknown. Public domain, via Wikimedi...