Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Please scroll down for notes and notices. This week:    - Midweek Holy Communion,  Wed 10.30am,  in Holy Trinity Church, Westport,  followed by coffee in Cornrue (from 11.10am).  - Online Prayer and Bible Study, Wed at 8pm. Link on request (email aughaval@tuam.anglican.org or tel /text 083 800 3233). "What you have done to the least of these you have done to me - Jesus".  Photo, Vic Reinhart, March 2008 CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58467444 Today's gospel      Matthew 21:23-27 When he [Jesus] entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said,       ‘By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?’  Jesus said to them,       ‘I will also ask you one question; if you tell me the answer, then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things. Did the baptism...

Please scroll down for notes and notices. Gaudete Sunday   First page of the 16th century Latin carol 'Gaudete'  reproduced by Henricus Theodoricus Nylandensis,  digitalized by Finnish National Library.  Public domain, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3254348 The Gospel Reading    Matthew 11: 2-11 When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them. And blessed is anyone who takes no offence at me.’ As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: ‘What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out t...