Aughaval Group of Parishes

Please scroll down for today's gospel plus information and notices. A "great dinner" in Cairo Inter Faith Learning Pilgrimage 2 November 2026. (More below.) Please note  that there are no midweek services this week (tomorrow, Wed, 4 Nov, morning and evening) and also on the morning of 11 Nov when there will be a special service for the Community in Christchurch Castlebar to mark Remembrance Day.    Today’s gospel      Luke 14:15-24 One of the dinner guests, on hearing this, said to him [Jesus], ‘Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!’   Then Jesus  said to him,   ‘Someone gave a great dinner and invited many. At the time for the dinner he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, “Come; for everything is ready now.” But they all alike began to make excuses.   The first said to him, “I have bought a piece of land, and I must go out and see it; please accept my apologies.” Another said, “I hav...

    Please scroll down for today's gospel plus information and notices.  COI-CMSI Inter Faith Learning Pilgrimage to Cairo, November 2026 Today’s gospel      Matthew 11:25-30 At that time Jesus said, ‘I thank  you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.  All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. ‘Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.’   Sacred Space A helpful devotional aid can be found here: https://sacredspace.com/daily-pr...

Please scroll down for today's gospel plus information and notices.  Services t his weekend in the Aughaval Parishes: All Saints' Day,  The Eucharist Presiding and preaching, Revd Canon Cecil Mills Sat, 7pm in Turlough Parish Church (Eve of  All Saints' ) Sun, 10am in Christchurch Castlebar Sun, 11.30am in  Holy Trinity Westport Parable of the Wedding Feast  Andrey Mironov ( A.N. Mironov), 2014 Wikimedia Commons,  CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33179209 Today’s gospel      Luke 14:1, 7-11 On one occasion when Jesus  was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honour, he told them a parable.     ‘When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honour, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by your host;   and the hos...