Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading and notices. Today's Gospel      Luke 11:5-13 And he [Jesus] said to them, ‘Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, “Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.” And he answers from within, “Do not bother me; the door has already been locked, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.” I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, at least because of his persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs. ‘So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for  a fish,...

Please scroll down for today's gospel reading and notices. This time last year - Choir of Sandford and St Philip's (Dublin) with Conductor John Dexter on the occasion of the concert  in St Mary's Westport,  in aid of Holy Trinity Westport  What's On Today? - 10.30am Midweek Holy Communion in Holy Trinity Westport, followed by coffee in the Clew Bay Hotel from 11.10am.  - 8pm, Online Prayer and Bible Reading (Compline/ A Late Evening Office). Link below. Today's Gospel       Luke 11:1-4 He [Jesus] was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’He said to them, ‘When you pray, say: Father,  hallowed be your name.    Your kingdom come.    Give us each day our daily bread.    And forgive us our sins,      for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.    And do not ...

Please scroll down for today's gospel reading and notices. Tomorrow, Wed: - 10.30am Midweek Holy Communion in Holy Trinity Westport, followed by coffee - 8pm, Online Prayer and Bible Reading (Compline/ A Late Evening Office) Christ in the House of Martha and Mary Johannes (Jan) Vermeer, 1654-1655 Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Today's Gospel      Luke 10:38-42 Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and asked, ‘Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me.’   But the Lord answered her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing.  Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.’ Sa...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading and notices. The Good Samaritan by Pelegrí Clavé, 1838 Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21454886 Today's Gospel     Luke 10:25-37 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus.  ‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the law? What do you read there?’ He answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbour as yourself.’ And he said to him, ‘You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.’ But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbour?’ Jesus replied, ‘A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road; ...