Aughaval Group of Parishes

    Please scroll down for today's gospel plus information and notices.  Services t his weekend in the Aughaval Parishes: All Saints' Day,  The Eucharist Presiding and preaching, Revd Canon Cecil Mills Sat, 7pm in Turlough Parish Church Sun, 10am in Christchurch Castlebar Sun, 11.30am in  Holy Trinity Westport Jesus Healing a Man with Dropsy [Edema] Icon by Tzortzis Phouka, 1547 from  Dionysiou Monastery Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commns https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=197407262 Today’s gospel        Luke 14:1-6 Love, compassion and care - the most important things On one occasion when Jesus  was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. Just then, in front of him, there was a man who had dropsy [edema]. And Jesus asked the lawyers and Pharisees, ‘Is it lawful to cure people on the sabbath, or not?’  But they were silent. So Jesus  t...

    Please scroll down for today's gospel plus information and notices.  Credit: Speak Life, from InterChurch Lectio Today’s gospel        John 13:31-35 When he [Jesus] had gone out, Jesus said, ‘Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. If God has been glorified in him,  God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, “Where I am going, you cannot come.”   I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.’ Sacred Space A helpful devotional aid can be found here: https://sacredspace.com/daily-prayer/2026-10-29/ Christian Art A reflection on today's gospel may be found on the  Christian Art  websi...

    Please scroll down for today's gospel plus information and notices.  Today, Wed 28 Oct: 10.30am  Midweek Holy Communion, in Holy Trinity Westport, followed by coffee in the Clew Bay Hotel, James Street. All welcome! 7pm  Castlebar SV meeting, online 8pm  Online Prayer and Bible Reading - please find link below (under Regular times of Services ) Ahead of All Hallows Eve - 'Hallowe'en' Prayers, Bible verses and activities for children Credit: Together At Home Today’s gospel        Luke 6:12-19 Now during those days he [Jesus] went out to the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God.  And when day came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was called the Zealot, and Judas son of James, and Judas Is...