Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes, notices and general information.  Today's Gospel reading     Matthew 11:28-30 [Jesus said] ‘Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.’ Beast of burden in Bacoor 14 August 2013 Creative Commons Attribution Wikimedia Commons   Namlong618, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>  Sacred Space You can find a helpful prayer guide and short reflection on the gospel here: https://sacredspace.com/daily-prayer/2026-07-16/ A song  A hymn with which to familiarise ourselves for this weekend's weekend's church services:  https://youtu.be/ZwBLsS6M4jQ?si=wrrG3qlBYY2eN-Kk                      ...

  Welcome!   Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.   This weekend in the Aughaval Parishes Saturday 18 April:  4.30pm, Holy Trinity Westport,  Voices of Iberia & Eire  - concert by Cór Mhaigh Eo,  with visiting choir from Competa,  Spain.  7pm, Turlough Church, Evening Prayer Sunday 19 April: 10am, Christ Church Castlebar, Morning Prayer. Preacher, Revd John Wesley 11.30am, Holy Trinity Westport,  Holy Communion, followed by tea 3pm, St Thomas's Dugort, Achill,  Evening Prayer You're welcome! Today's Gospel  ... [Jesus] said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” by Jim Padgett, 1984,  from Read'n Grow Picture Bible Illustrations,   Sweet Publishing,  CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons    John 6:16–21 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them....

  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...