Aughaval Group of Parishes

What's On this Weekend in the Parishes? Today in the parishes,  Sat 23 August: 9.30am Return to Inishbiggle, from Dorran's Point, Ballycroy 7pm  Turlough, Service of Holy Communion Sunday 24 August: 10am in Christ Church Castlebar 12 noon for Holy Trinity Westport in St Mary's Church, South Mall 3pm in St Thomas's Dugort 3pm - All-parishes' Late Summer Get-together at the National Museum of Ireland Park, Turlough, meeting at the carpark. All welcome. Bring a picnic. Today's gospel   On hypocrisy, integrity, and the mind of Christ Hypocrisy from the Henry Altemus edition of  John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress Illustration by Frederick Barnard, J.D. Linton, W. Small, etc.  engraved by Dalziel Brothers  Public domain via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10969228 Today's gospel      Matthew 23:1-12 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, ‘The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; therefore, do...

  Welcome to the Aughaval Parishes Sunday 24 August  Saint Bartholomew’s Day The Tenth Sunday after Trinity Saint Bartholomew  Riseberg Free image via Pixabay   Hymns 360 - Let all the world in every corner sing 655 - Loving Shepherd of your sheep 80 - Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father 228 - Meekness and majesty Collect  Almighty and everlasting God, who gave to your apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach your word: Grant that your Church may love that word which he believed and may faithfully preach and receive the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Isaiah 43: 8-13 A reading from the Book ‘Isaiah’, chapter 43, beginning at verse 8: Bring forth the people who are blind, yet have eyes,    who are deaf, yet have ears! Let all the nations gather together,    and let the peoples assemble. Who among them declared this,    and foretold to us the former things? Let them bring their w...

  Today’s gospel "Humanity has a noble task, that of prayer and love." (John Vianney, 1786-1859, quoted in Sacred Space , link below)   Matthew 22:32-46 “I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob”? He is God not of the dead, but of the living.’ And when the crowd heard it, they were astounded at his teaching. When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. ‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’ He said to him, ‘   “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the greatest and first commandment.And a second is like it: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.’ Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question: ‘What do you think of the Messiah? ...