Aughaval Group of Parishes

Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes, notices and general information.  Today, Sat 4 July: The funeral of Isobel Judge will take place at 2.30pm in Holy Trinity Church, Westport, followed by Committal at St Thomas's Knappagh. We express sincere sympathy on behalf of all in the parishes to Isobel's family on their great loss.  Today's Gospel      Matthew 9:14-17 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”    And Jesus said to them,   “The wedding guests cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak, for the patch pulls away from the cloak, and a worse tear is made. Neither is new wine put into old wineskins; otherwise, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are destro...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices. Today's Gospel     Matthew 9:1-8 And after getting into a boat he [Jesus] crossed the water and came to his own town.  And just then some people were carrying a paralysed man lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, ‘Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.’ Then some of the scribes said to themselves, ‘This man is blaspheming.’    But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, said, ‘Why do you think evil in your hearts? For which is easier, to say, “Your sins are forgiven”, or to say, “Stand up and walk”? But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins’—he then said to the paralytic—‘Stand up, take your bed and go to your home.’ And he stood up and went to his home. When the crowds saw it, they were filled with awe, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to human beings.   Jesus heals the s...