Aughaval Group of Parishes

 Please scroll down for information and notices.  Jennifer McCormack LLLM (centre)  after Sunday’s service  in Christ Church, Castlebar, on All Saints’ Day,  with Rev’d John Wesley and the rector. Jen was licensed recently by the bishop  for Local Lay Liturgical Ministry,  along with five others  from the grouped (Aughaval) parishes.  Today’s gospel    Luke 14:12-14 He said also to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbours, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.” Sacred Space   You can find a gentle prayer guide here: https://sacredspace.com/daily-prayer/2025-11-03/ Christian Art https://christi...

  Please scroll down for some November notes and notices. The Forerunners of Christ with Saints and Martyrs Fra Angelico,  1420s Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons This weekend in the Aughaval Group Saturday:   Holy Baptism in Turlough Church Sunday:  10am in Christ Church Castlebar,  Holy Communion Sunday:  12 noon  Holy Communion ( for HT Westport, friends and visitors) in St Mary's Church, Westport, followed by tea in Carrowbeg House The raising of the widow's son in Nain Jan Verhas, 1860  Public domain, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67330168 The gospel      Luke 7:11-17 Soon afterwards he [Jesus] went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him. As he approached the gate of the town, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow; and with her was a large crowd from the town.   When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for ...

Please scroll down for some November notices. This weekend in the Aughaval Group Saturday:   Holy Baptism, 7pm in Turlough Church. All welcome Sunday:  10am in Christ Church Castlebar,  Holy Communion 12 noon  Holy Communion ( for HT Westport, friends and visitors) in St Mary's Church, Westport, followed by tea in Carrowbeg House The Sermon of the Beatitudes, circa 1890  by James Tissot  Public domain, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8790472 Today's gospel      Matthew 5:1-12 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.“   Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.    Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.    Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled....

  Please scroll down for notes and notices.   A prayer by Dorothy Mc Rae McMahon courtesy of The Church's Ministry of Healing, Ireland Today's gospel      Luke 14:1-6 On one occasion when Jesus  was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely.   Just then, in front of him, there was a man who had dropsy. And Jesus asked the lawyers and Pharisees, ‘Is it lawful to cure people on the sabbath, or not?’ But they were silent. So Jesus  took him and healed him, and sent him away. Then he said to them, ‘If one of you has a child  or an ox that has fallen into a well, will you not immediately pull it out on a sabbath day?’  And they could not reply to this. Scared Space You can find a gentle prayer guide and a short reflection on the gospel here: https://sacredspace.com/daily-prayer/2025-10-31/ Collect of the Day Blessed Lord,  who caused all holy Scriptures to ...