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Please scroll down for notes and notices. Building together and building each other up Christ Church, Castlebar children's talk Jenní NicCormaic (LLLM/ 'Parish Reader') and Revd Suzanne Today's Gospel       Mark 3:22-30 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, ‘He [Jesus] has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.’ And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, ‘How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come. But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered. ‘Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes aga...

  25th January, is the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul. You can find the account of this dramatic event in the reading from the Book of Acts, below.  Conversion of Saul,  1960 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Babad_Saka_Kitab_Sutji_(page_176_crop).jpg Today's Gospel       Matthew 4: 12-23 Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the lake, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: ‘Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali,    on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— the people who sat in darkness    have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death    light has dawned.’ From that time Jesus began to proclaim, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’ As he walked...

A warm invitation:   A Special Service to celebrate the Reopening of Holy Trinity Church, Westport, will take place in the church this evening, Friday 23 January, at 7.30pm.  Preacher, The Rt Revd Bishop Michael Burrows.  Followed by refreshments in Carrowbeg House.  You're welcome! Today's gospel      Mark 3:13–19 He [Jesus] went up the mountain and called to him those whom he wanted, and they came to him. And he appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, to be with him, and to be sent out to proclaim the message, and to have authority to cast out demons. So he appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.  Then he w...

INVITATION You are warmly invited to this ecumenical service for the  Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Friday 23 January at 7.30pm  in Holy Trinity Church, Westport:  A Service of Thanksgiving  for the  Reopening of Holy Trinity Church Preacher: The Rt Revd Bishop Michael Burrows  Please come along and bring others. You will be blessed! Service to be followed by refreshments in Carrowbeg House, South Mall (beside St Mary's Church)

What's on today, Wed 21 Jan? 10.30am, Midweek Holy Communion in Holy Trinity Westport, followed by coffee in Cornrue. All welcome. 8pm, Online Prayer and Bible Study. Please scroll down for link. The Bible reading will be today's gospel, as below. Midweek Holy Communion is back in Holy Trinity Westport. Please scroll down for more notices and general information. Mark 3:1-6 Again he [Jesus] entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. They watched him to see whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him.  And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come forward.” Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. The Pharisees went out and immediately conspired with the...