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Today's Gospel, Sun 19 April

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  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.   Worship in the Aughaval Parishes Sunday 19 April: 10am, Christ Church Castlebar, Holy Communion. Preacher, Revd John Wesley 11.30am, Holy Trinity Westport,  Holy Communion, followed by tea 3pm, St Thomas's Dugort, Achill,  Evening Prayer You're welcome! Kitchen Scene with the Supper in Emmaus Diego Velázquez, 1618 Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Today's Gospel    Luke 24: 13-35 Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles  from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognising him.    And he said to them, ‘What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?’ They stood still, looking sad.     Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, an...

Today's Gospel, plus notices. "It is I. Do not be afraid."

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  Welcome!   Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.   This weekend in the Aughaval Parishes Saturday 18 April:  4.30pm, Holy Trinity Westport,  Voices of Iberia & Eire  - concert by Cór Mhaigh Eo,  with visiting choir from Competa,  Spain.  7pm, Turlough Church, Evening Prayer Sunday 19 April: 10am, Christ Church Castlebar, Morning Prayer. Preacher, Revd John Wesley 11.30am, Holy Trinity Westport,  Holy Communion, followed by tea 3pm, St Thomas's Dugort, Achill,  Evening Prayer You're welcome! Today's Gospel  ... [Jesus] said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” by Jim Padgett, 1984,  from Read'n Grow Picture Bible Illustrations,   Sweet Publishing,  CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons    John 6:16–21 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them....

Today’s gospel: Jesus gives the Spirit without measure

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  Welcome!   Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.   Moray coast, Scotland Today's Gospel reading      John 3:31-36 [John the Baptist said] "The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is above all. He testifies to what he has seen and heard, yet no one accepts his testimony. Whoever has accepted his testimony has certified  this, that God is true. He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure. The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in his hands. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but must endure God’s wrath."     First Council of Nicaea (325)  holding the Nicene Creed https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicaea_icon.jpg Icon author unknown. Public domain, via Wikimedi...