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. 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 ...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.  Services this weekend in the Aughaval Parishes: Sat 9 May  - Turlough Church, 7pm, Evening Prayer, followed by a meeting of the Select Vestry Sunday 10 May  - Christ Church Castlebar, Morning Prayer, 10am, followed by tea  - Holy Trinity Westport, Holy Communion, 11.30am, followed by tea.  Sunday Club gathers in the church at 11.30am, moving to the school for activities. (See poster.) - St Thomas's Dugort, Achill, Evening Prayer, 3pm. Today's Gospel      John 15:18-21 ‘If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. If you belonged to the world,  the world would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world—therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you, “Servants  are not greater than their master.” If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kep...