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Today's Gospel, Tues 18 August. Camels, needles, reversals, and Divine possibility

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  Welcome! Please scroll down for today's Gospel reading, notes and notices. "... it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle  than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God ."  (Matthew 19:24) Photo: Rachel in Tunisia, 2010 Today's Gospel      Matthew 19:23-30 Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Truly I tell you, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.’ When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astounded and said, ‘Then who can be saved?’ But Jesus looked at them and said, ‘For mortals it is impossible, but for God all things are possible.’ Then Peter said in reply, ‘Look, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man is seated on the thron...

Today's Gospel, Mon 17 August. A hard conversation and a tough choice

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  Welcome! Please scroll down for today's Gospel reading, notes and notices. Coming up:  Youth Pizza and Bowling Night,  Friday 25 September,  7pm in Castlebar. Details to follow.  Christ and the Rich Young Man by Андрей Николаевич Миронов (A.N. Mironov), 2024 Creative Commons Attribution,  via Wikimedia Commons Mironovhttp://artmiro.ru/photo/religija_zhanrovaja_kartina/khristos_i_bogatyj_junosha/4-0-1059, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=157097008 Today's Gospel      Matthew 19:16-22 Then someone came to him [Jesus] and said, ‘Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?’  And he said to him, ‘Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.’  He said to him, ‘Which ones?’  And Jesus said, ‘You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; Honour your father an...