Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, devotional resources and parish notices, including for Holy Week and Easter. Join us this weekend for  Palm Sunday worship: Sat, 7pm in Turlough Sun 10am in Christ Church Castlebar Sun 11.30am in Holy Trinity Westport Monday of Holy Week:  Monday on the Mountain - meeting at Murrisk carpark at 11am for a gentle walk to the St Patrick statue and prayers. All welcome. Today's Gospel      John 11:45-56     The Plot to Kill Jesus Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what he had done.  So the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council, and said, ‘What are we to do? This man is performing many signs. If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place  and our nation.’  But one of the...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, devotional resources and parish notices, including for Holy Week and Easter. Join us this weekend for  Palm Sunday worship: Sat, 7pm in Turlough Sun 10am in Christ Church Castlebar Sun 11.30am in Holy Trinity Westport Today's Gospel      John 10:31-42 They took up stones again to stone him. Jesus replied, ‘I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these are you going to stone me?’ The Jews answered, ‘It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you, but for blasphemy, because you, though only a human being, are making yourself God.’ Jesus answered, ‘Is it not written in your law,  “I said, you are gods”? If those to whom the word of God came were called “gods”—and the scripture cannot be annulled— can you say that the one whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world is blaspheming because I said, “I am God’s Son”? If I am not doing the works...

Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, devotional resources and parish notices, including for Holy Week and Easter.   Today's Gospel      John 8:51-59 Very truly, I tell you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.’ They said to him, ‘Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and so did the prophets; yet you say, “Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.” Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets also died. Who do you claim to be?’ Jesus answered, ‘If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, he of whom you say, “He is our God”, though you do not know him. But I know him; if I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him and I keep his word. Your ancestor Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day; he saw it and was glad.’ Then the Jews said to him, ‘You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?’  Jesus said...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, devotional resources and parish notices. The Gospel Reading      John 8:21-30 Again he [Jesus] said to them, ‘I am going away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.’ Then the Jews said, ‘Is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means by saying, “Where I am going, you cannot come”?’ He said to them, ‘You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins, for you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he.’  They said to him, ‘Who are you?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Why do I speak to you at all?  I have much to say about you and much to condemn; but the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.’ They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father.    So Jesus said, ‘When you have lifted up t...