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Today's Gospel, Thurs 9 April

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  Welcome!   Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices. The Garden Tomb, Jerusalem Photo by Phillip Benshmuel - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34183286 Today's Gospel      Luke 24:35-48 Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread. While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.  While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”...
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Today's Gospel, Wed 8 April. On the road to Emmaus

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  Welcome!   Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices. Please note that there will be no service this morning, 8 April, in Holy Trinity Westport, but the church will be open for private prayer and reflection. The online Prayer and Bible Reading will take place as usual on  Wed evening  at 8pm. (Zoom link below.) Supper at Emmaus,  1601 Caravaggio  Public domain, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15219722 Luke 24:13-35 Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles  from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened.   While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them, ‘What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?’ They stood still, looking sad.    Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, a...
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Doors, floors, and recent repairs in a few of the Aughaval churches

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  Welcome to the website of the Aughaval Group of Parishes, Church of Ireland Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe. Easter Tuesday repairs and improvements  in the Westport-Dugort Churches  - St Thomas's Dugort and Holy Trinity Inishbiggle St Thomas's,  Dugort, Achill   Vestry door, St Thomas's - before and after The inner door at St Thomas's Job done!  Good news for the congregation and parishioners,  bad news for the sheep  which like to wander in, given half a chance! Holy Trinity, Inishbiggle Thorough and necessary repairs were carried out over the winter months to the floors, underfloor and doors, of Holy Trinity Church, Inishbiggle, thanks to the meticulous work of the joiner, supported by the Rector's Church Warden and others who helped with transport back and forwards to the island.  This work is part of a bigger restoration project which has been ongoing since 2024. Castlebar COI Parish Christ Church Castlebar  was recently aw...
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Today's Gospel, Tuesday 7 April. "Supposing him to be the gardener..."

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  Welcome.  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices. Good Friday Walk of Witness at the Clock Tower, Westport Please note that there will be no service this Wednesday, 8 April, in Holy Trinity Westport, but the church will be open for private prayer and reflection. The online Prayer and Bible Reading will take place as usual on  Wed evening  at 8pm. (Zoom link below.) Today's Gospel      John 20:11-18 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look  into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet.They said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping?’ She said to them, ‘They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.’   When she had said this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping...
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