Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices. Today's Gospel reading      John 16: 5-11 [Jesus said...]   But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me, “Where are you going?” But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate  will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about  sin and righteousness and judgement: about sin, because they do not believe in me; about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer; about judgement, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.   Sacred Space Y ou can find a helpful prayer guide here: https://sacredspace.com/daily-prayer/2026-05-12 Christian Aid Week This week is Christian Aid Week.  You can w...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices. The Book of Kells 8th century illuminated Gospel manuscript, held in Trinity College Dublin Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44750 John 15:26-16:4 [Jesus said] ‘When the Advocate  comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf. You also are to testify because you have been with me from the beginning. ‘I have said these things to you to keep you from stumbling. They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, an hour is coming when those who kill you will think that by doing so they are offering worship to God. And they will do this because they have not known the Father or me.    But I have said these things to you so that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you about them. ‘I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. Sacred Space Y ou c...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices. T oday in the parishes, Sunday 10 May: - Christ Church Castlebar, Morning Prayer, 10am, followed by tea  - Holy Trinity Westport, Holy Communion, 11.30am, followed by tea.     Westport  Sunday Club gathers in the church at 11.30am, moving to the school for activities, music and snacks, and returning to the church for a blessing/Communion - St Thomas's Dugort, Achill, Evening Prayer, 3pm. Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly Image source unknown The Gospel Reading    John 14: 15-21 [Jesus said]  ‘If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you for ever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you. ‘I will not leave you orphaned; I am ...