Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Welcome!   Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.  Today: Wed at 10.30am, Midweek Communion in Holy Trinity Westport, followed by coffee in the Clew Bay Hotel. Wed at 8pm, Online Prayer and Bible Study.   Link: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83306729968?pwd=mVKnDXWs7Npn3aCnRPykJbJK7THANM.1 A ssembly in Holy Trinity National School, on 28 April,  when Revd Suzanne and Alan's baby grandson Fintan and his mum Rachel  visited school and talked with the children on a 'Roots of Empathy' theme.   (See  https://rootsofempathy.org/ .)  Baby Fintan got to show off his developmental milestones and his first two teeth! Thanks to Leone for this photo and to Mrs Brickenden and the school staff for the warm welcome. Today's gospel   John 12:44-50 Then Jesus cried aloud: ‘Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in him who sent me. And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. I have come as light into the world, ...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.   Today's Gospel      John 6:30-35 So they said to him, ‘What sign are you going to give us then, so that we may see it and believe you? What work are you performing? Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, “He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”   ’   Then Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which  comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.’ They said to him, ‘Sir, give us this bread always.’ Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. Bread of Life (The Miracle of the Five Loaves) A. Mironov, 2012 via Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ...

  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...

Please scroll down for notes and notices.   Christ Carries the Cross Willem Key ( circa 1515/1516–1568) Public domain, via  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=97545185 Today's Gospel      Luke 9:22-25 [Jesus said] ‘The Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.’ Then he said to them all, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it. What does it profit them if they gain the whole world, but lose or forfeit themselves? Sacred Space You can find a gentle prayer guide here: https://sacredspace.com/daily-prayer/2026-02-19 Christian Art You can find a gentle reflection on the gospel here: https://christian.art/daily-gospel-reading/luke-9-22-25-2026/ Notes and Notices...