Aughaval Group of Parishes

Please scroll down for today's gospel plus information and notices. You are warmly invited to any of the services this weekend in the Parishes -  led by Alan Cousins, Diocesan Reader. Sat at 7pm in Turlough Church - Remembering Our Loved Ones Sun 10am in Christ Church, Castlebar, Morning Prayer, followed by tea/coffee Sun 11.30am in Holy Trinity, Westport,  Morning Prayer, followed by tea/coffee Sun 3pm in St Thomas's Dugort, Achill, Evening Prayer,  followed by tea & coffee Church of The Forty-Nine Martyrs of Scetis,  at Saint Macarius the Great Monastery,  located on the desert road between Cairo and Alexandria.  Today's Gospel   Luke 6:20-26 Then he [Jesus] looked up at his disciples and said: ‘Blessed are you who are poor,    for yours is the kingdom of God. ‘Blessed are you who are hungry now,    for you will be filled. ‘Blessed are you who weep now,    for you will laugh. ‘Blessed are you when...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel plus information and notices. All Saints Church, Cairo Today's gospel   Luke 15:1-10 Now all the tax-collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him.And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, ‘This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So he told them this parable: ‘Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbours, saying to them, “Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.” Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance. ‘Or what woman having ten silver coins,  if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the hou...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel plus information and notices. Please note  that there are no midweek services today, Wed, 4 Nov, and also on the morning of 11 Nov when there will be a  Community  Remembrance Day S ervice, at 11am  in Christchurch Castlebar . Men at work at the spire, Holy Trinity Westport, 3 November, when the defunct lightning conductor was replaced. Today's gospel  Luke 14: 25-33 Now large crowds were travelling with him [Jesus]; and he turned and said to them, ‘Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.   For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to ri...