Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices, and for times of services in the churches. You're welcome! Christ on the Mount of Olives by Josef Untersberger (1864-1933),  Austrian Artist  who usually signed his paintings Giovanni. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Today's gospel      John 17:20-26 [Jesus prayed] ‘I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us,  so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.   Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my g...

  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...