Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Welcome.   Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.                                                                                Monday in Holy Week:   Monday on the Mountain  - meeting at Murrisk carpark at 11am for a gentle walk to the St Patrick statue, and ecumenical prayers. All welcome. Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, detail Johannes Vermeer, 1654  Public domain, via  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=156396552 Christ in the House of Martha and Mary Johannes Vermeer, 1654 Public domain, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21865869 John 12:1-11 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Ma...

  Welcome.   Please scroll down for notes and notices.                                                                                  Palm Sunday services: 10am in Christ Church, Castlebar - followed by tea  11.30am in Holy Trinity, Westport  - followed by tea Children and young people are particularly welcome and are invited to take part in the simple Palm Sunday processions at the beginning of the services.  Monday of Holy Week:  Monday on the Mountain - meeting at Murrisk carpark at 11am for a gentle walk to the St Patrick statue and ecumenical prayers. All welcome. Today's Gospel: The Passion of our Lord      Matthew 27:11-54            Now Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, ‘Are...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, devotional resources and parish notices, including for Holy Week and Easter. Join us this weekend for  Palm Sunday worship: Sat, 7pm in Turlough Sun 10am in Christ Church Castlebar Sun 11.30am in Holy Trinity Westport Monday of Holy Week:  Monday on the Mountain - meeting at Murrisk carpark at 11am for a gentle walk to the St Patrick statue and prayers. All welcome. Today's Gospel      John 11:45-56     The Plot to Kill Jesus Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what he had done.  So the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council, and said, ‘What are we to do? This man is performing many signs. If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place  and our nation.’  But one of the...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, devotional resources and parish notices, including for Holy Week and Easter. Join us this weekend for  Palm Sunday worship: Sat, 7pm in Turlough Sun 10am in Christ Church Castlebar Sun 11.30am in Holy Trinity Westport Today's Gospel      John 10:31-42 They took up stones again to stone him. Jesus replied, ‘I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these are you going to stone me?’ The Jews answered, ‘It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you, but for blasphemy, because you, though only a human being, are making yourself God.’ Jesus answered, ‘Is it not written in your law,  “I said, you are gods”? If those to whom the word of God came were called “gods”—and the scripture cannot be annulled— can you say that the one whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world is blaspheming because I said, “I am God’s Son”? If I am not doing the works...