Aughaval Group of Parishes

  For notice of this year's Easter Vestry meeting ('Annual Meeting of the General Vestry') for each of the Aughaval Parishes, plus other notices, please scroll down. Today's Gospel    Mark 8:11-13 The Pharisees came and began to argue with him [Jesus], asking him for a sign from heaven, to test him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, ‘Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.’ And he left them, and getting into the boat again, he went across to the other side.   The Pharisees Question Jesus, by  James Tissot, between 1886 and 1894 Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2007.  Public domain, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10904547 Christian Art You can find a helpful reflection on this gospel here: https://christian.art/daily-gospel-reading/mark-8-11-13-2026/ Sacred Space A helpful prayer and devotional guide can also be found here:  https://sacredspace.com/daily-p...

  For notice of Easter Vestry meetings plus other notes and notices, please scroll down. Today's gospel      Luke 10:1-19 After this the Lord appointed seventy  others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest. Go on your way. See, I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves. Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and greet no one on the road. Whatever house you enter, first say, “Peace to this house!” And if anyone is there who shares in peace, your peace will rest on that person; but if not, it will return to you. Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the labourer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house. Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat wha...

  Please scroll down for notes and notices.   A 15th century German Bible illustrating Christ healing a deaf person   'Medieval Deaf Communication', by Jude Seal https://wellcomecollection.org/stories/medieval-deaf-communication Today's gospel      Mark 7:31-37 Then he [Jesus] returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, ‘Ephphatha’, that is, ‘Be opened.’ And immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. Then Jesus  ordered them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. They were astounded b...