Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices. This weekend: Sat 30 May       - Evening Prayer in Turlough Church, 7pm Sunday 31 May, Trinity Sunday       - Christ Church Castlebar,  10am      - Holy Trinity Westport,  11.30am      - St Thomas's Dugort, Achill, 3pm Today's gospel     Mark 11:27-33 Again they came to Jerusalem. As he [Jesus] was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him and said, ‘By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority to do them?’   Jesus said to them, ‘I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. Did the baptism of John come from heaven, or was it of human origin? Answer me.’ They argued with one another, ‘If we say, “From heaven”, he will say, “Why then did you not believe him?” But shall we say, “Of huma...

Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices. Our thanks to Louisburgh Voices and ConTempo String Quartet - more below. This weekend in the Aughaval Parishes: Sat 30 May       - Evening Prayer in Turlough Church, 7pm Sunday 31 May       - Christ Church Castlebar, Morning Prayer at  10am, followed by tea       - Holy Trinity Westport,  Holy Communion, 11.30am, followed by tea      - St Thomas's Dugort, Achill, Holy Communion, 3pm Cleansing of the Temple Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Thomas, 1820  Public domain, via  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20523570 Today's gospel      Mark 11: 11-26 Then he [Jesus] entered Jerusalem and went into the temple; and when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry.Seeing in the distance a fig tre...