Aughaval Group of Parishes

Please scroll down for today's Gospel reading, notes and notices. This weekend in the parishes: Five-Minute-Muddy Church (- see below) Saturday 22 August,  The  Marriage of Isaac Brickenden and Maisy Dunne.  1pm in Holy Trinity Church, Westport.   Saturday, 7pm, Service of Holy Communion in Turlough Parish Church Sunday 23 August, 10am, Morning Prayer in Christchurch Castlebar,  with Five-Minute-Muddy Church for the children  Sunday, 11.30am,  Service of Holy Communion in Holy Trinity Westport Sunday, 3pm,  Service of Holy Communion in St Thomas's Dugort, Achill All welcome, always! Today's Gospel      Matthew 23:1-12      Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,  ‘The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; therefore, do whatever they teach you and follow it; but do not do as they do, for they do not practise what they teach. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear,  and lay them on t...

  Please scroll down for today's Gospel reading, notes and notices. This weekend in the parishes: Saturday 22 August,  The  Marriage of Isaac Brickenden and Maisy Dunne.  1pm in Holy Trinity Church, Westport  Saturday, 7pm, Service of Holy Communion in Turlough Parish Church Sunday 23 August, 10am, Morning Prayer in Christchurch Castlebar Sunday, 11.30am,  Service of Holy Communion in Holy Trinity Westport Sunday, 3pm,  Service of Holy Communion in St Thomas's Dugort, Achill You're welcome! Today's Gospel      Matthew 22:34-40 When the Pharisees heard that he [Jesus] had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him.“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”  He said to him, “’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like i...