Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.  'Courage is contagious'  (WikiLeaks slogan, poster) by Emilio J. Rodríguez Posada Public domain, via   https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12088348 Today's gospel      John 16:29-33 His disciples said, “Yes, now you are speaking plainly, not in any figure of speech! Now we know that you know all things, and do not need to have anyone question you; by this we believe that you came from God.”    Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? The hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each one to his home, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me. I have said this to you, so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution. But take courage; I have conquered the world!” Sacred Space Y ou can find a helpful prayer guide with a short reflection here: https://sacredspace.com/daily-p...

      Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices. Services today,  Ascension Sunday 17 May : - Christ Church Castlebar, Holy Communion, 10am - Holy Trinity Westport, Holy Communion, 11.30am, followed by tea  - St Thomas's Dugort, Achill,  Holy Communion, 3pm Ascension of Jesus Christ Martin Schongauer (ca 1445-1491) Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=132608599 Today's gospel      Luke 24.44-53 Then he [Jesus] said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.”      Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to...

    Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices. Services this weekend in the Aughaval Parishes: Sat 16 May  - Turlough Church, 7pm, Evening Prayer Ascension Sunday 17 May  - Christ Church Castlebar, Holy Communion, 10am - Holy Trinity Westport, Holy Communion, 11.30am, followed by tea  - St Thomas's Dugort, Achill,  Holy Communion, 3pm Graham and Dolly (Holy Trinity Westport)  at the official opening of the Louisburgh Area Men's Shed on 15 May 2026  Today's gospel      John 16:23-28 On that day you will ask nothing of me.  Very truly, I tell you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.  Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete. ‘I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but will tell you plainly of the Father. On that d...