Aughaval Group of Parishes

Please scroll down for today's gospel reading and devotional resources, plus notices. Wed 18 March: Please note that there is no midweek service today, 18 March, in Westport. However, there will be Online Prayer as usual at 8pm, link as below.  Christ in the Wilderness The Hen Stanley Spencer, 1939-40 from Christ in the Wilderness series https://www.wikiart.org/en/stanley-spencer/christ-in-the-wilderness-the-hen   Today's gospel      John 5:17-30 But Jesus answered them, ‘My Father is still working, and I also am working.’ For this reason the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because he was not only breaking the sabbath, but was also calling God his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God. Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing; and h...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel, notes and notices. Happy St Patrick's Day Come and celebrate St Patrick in Holy Trinity Church, Westport, Tues 17 March at 10am:  The Eucharist (Holy Communion), followed by tea/coffee in the church. Organist John Dexter. Solos, Chris O'Malley (Westport Festival of Chamber Music), and Barbara Sheppard. Tá fáilte romhat! Please note.  There will be no Midweek Holy Communion service this Wed (18 March). The Online Prayer and Bible Reading will take place as usual, at 8pm. Link below. Matthew 13:24-32 He [Jesus] put before them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well. And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, “Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did ...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel, notes and notices. St Patrick's Day St Patrick's Day, 17 March, will be celebrated in our grouped parishes with a special service  in Holy Trinity Westport at 10am,  to give thanks for our patron saint. Tea/coffee to follow.  Fáilte!  Please note. There will be no Midweek Holy Communion service this Wed (18 March). The Online Prayer and Bible Reading will take place as usual, at 8pm. Link below. Benita Stoney, retiring from Select Vestry service after 25 years  and 8 years as Hon. Secretary, was presented with flowers on Sunday 15 March by the new Rector's Church Warden, Shirley Larkin. Today's Gospel      John 4:43-54 When the two days were over, he went from that place to Galilee (for Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honour in the prophet’s own country). When he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, since they had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the festiv...