Aughaval Group of Parishes

Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, devotional resources and parish notices.   Nicodemus and Jesus by Providence Lithograph Company, 1904    Public domain, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9666300 John 7:40-52 When they heard these words, some in the crowd said, “This [Jesus] is really the prophet.” Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But some asked, “Surely the Messiah does not come from Galilee, does he? Has not the scripture said that the Messiah is descended from David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?” So there was a division in the crowd because of him. Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him. Then the temple police went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why did you not arrest him?” The police answered, “Never has anyone spoken like this!” Then the Pharisees replied, “Surely you have not been deceived too, have you? Has any one of ...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, devotional resources and notices. Today's Gospel      Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a ... and Jacob [was] the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah. Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly. But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took...

Please scroll down for today's gospel reading and devotional resources, plus notices. Wed 18 March: Please note that there is no midweek service today, 18 March, in Westport. However, there will be Online Prayer as usual at 8pm, link as below.  Christ in the Wilderness The Hen Stanley Spencer, 1939-40 from Christ in the Wilderness series https://www.wikiart.org/en/stanley-spencer/christ-in-the-wilderness-the-hen   Today's gospel      John 5:17-30 But Jesus answered them, ‘My Father is still working, and I also am working.’ For this reason the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because he was not only breaking the sabbath, but was also calling God his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God. Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing; and h...