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  Please scroll down for today's Bible reading plus notices. Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch by Мастер Георгий, authors of Menologion of Basil II (circa 985 AC, Constantinople) from the Menologion of Basileiou  - 11th century illuminated Byzantine manuscript. Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8914456 Acts 8:26-40   Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, ‘Get up and go towards the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.’ (This is a wilderness road.) So he got up and went.  Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning home; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. Then the Spirit said to Philip, ‘Go over to this chariot and join it.’ So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked, ‘Do you understand what you are reading?’...

Please scroll down for today's gospel plus this weekend's notices. The Sam Maguire Cup, at Holy Trinity National School with players Conal and Rory, on 9 October 2026, plus (L-R) Bishop Michael, Revd Suzanne, and Principal Orla Brickenden. Rory will be with us in HTW this Sunday, 11 Oct at 11.30am. Please join us for the occasion, or afterwards for tea. Today's Gospel      Luke 11:27-28 While he [Jesus] was saying this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, ‘Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts that nursed you!’ But he said, ‘Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!’ Comment on the gospel The meaning of "the word of God" is understood primarily in two ways in Christian thinking: first, there is  Christ, the Living Word of God; and second, there is the Bible, the written Word.  How is my relationship with these? This morning's Psalm      Psalm 105 1   O give thanks to the Lord ...

Please scroll down for today's gospel plus this weekend's notices. After Harvest 2024 in Holy Trinity Westport: Katerina, Shirley, Babs, Tom Today's Gospel      Luke 11:15-26 But some of them said, ‘He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.’ Others, to test him [Jesus], kept demanding from him a sign from heaven.  But he knew what they were thinking and said to them, ‘Every kingdom divided against itself becomes a desert, and house falls on house. If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? —for you say that I cast out the demons by Beelzebul. Now if I cast out the demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your exorcists  cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come to you.  When a strong man, fully armed, guards his castle, his property is safe. But when one stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him...