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    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...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel plus information and notices.  The Leaven by John Everett Millais, 1860  Public domain, via Aberdeen City Council  and Wikimedia Commons Today’s gospel        Luke 13:18-21 He [Jesus] said therefore, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in the garden; it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.’ And again he said, ‘To what should I compare the kingdom of God? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with  three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.’ Sacred Space A helpful prayer guide and devotional aid can be found here: https://sacredspace.com/daily-prayer/2026-10-27/ Christian Art A helpful reflection on today's gospel may be found on the  Christian Art  website. https://christian.art/daily-gospel-reading/luke-13-18-21-2026/ Note  If you fin...

Please scroll down for today's gospel plus information and notices.  Healing a Woman on Sabbath Matthias  Gering (1500-1570) Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Today’s gospel        Luke 13:10-17 Now he [Jesus] was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.” When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God.  But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day.” But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from t...