Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Please scroll down for notices, including concerning Advent and Christmas events and services.   From Octagon Quilters Christmas exhibition, Clew Bay Hotel, Westport, November 2025 Today's gospel      Luke 19:45-48 Then he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling things there; and he said, ‘It is written, “My house shall be a house of prayer”;    but you have made it a den of robbers.’ Every day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him; but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were spellbound by what they heard. Sacred Space A gentle prayer guide and reflection can be found here: https://sacredspace.com/daily-prayer/2025-11-21 Notices Friday 21 November, 7.30pm in Holy Rosary Church, Castlebar, Ecumenical Prayer Service for those Bereaved by Suicide Sat 29 November, from 12.30, in Christ Chur...

Please scroll down for notices, including concerning Advent and Christmas events and services.   Today's gospel reading       Luke 19:41-44 As he [Jesus] came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, ‘If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. Indeed, the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround you, and hem you in on every side. They will crush you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave within you one stone upon another; because you did not recognise the time of your visitation from God.’ Jesus Weeps Over Jerusalem Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. "This illumination depicts Jesus weeping over Jerusalem  and shows the siege of Jerusalem foretold in his prophecy.  The illumination is from the evangelistary of Otto III ca.1000 C.E." https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jes...

Please scroll down for notices.  Please note also that the Advent  Dove-making workshop is on Sat 29 November  in Christ Church Castlebar from 12.30- 2.30pm. Parable of the Ten Pounds/Talents Jan Frearks van der Bij, 1962 Photo by Ytzen,  CC BY-SA 3.0  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31463462 Today's gospel      Luke 19:11-27  As they were listening to this, he [Jesus] went on to tell a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately. So he said,   ‘A nobleman went to a distant country to get royal power for himself and then return. He summoned ten of his slaves, and gave them ten pounds, and said to them, “Do business with these until I come back.”    But the citizens of his country hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, “We do not want this man to rule over us.” When he returned, having received royal power, he ord...