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Please scroll down for notes and notices. Building together and building each other up Christ Church, Castlebar children's talk Jenní NicCormaic (LLLM/ 'Parish Reader') and Revd Suzanne Today's Gospel       Mark 3:22-30 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, ‘He [Jesus] has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.’ And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, ‘How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come. But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered. ‘Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes aga...

  25th January, is the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul. You can find the account of this dramatic event in the reading from the Book of Acts, below.  Conversion of Saul,  1960 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Babad_Saka_Kitab_Sutji_(page_176_crop).jpg Today's Gospel       Matthew 4: 12-23 Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the lake, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: ‘Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali,    on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— the people who sat in darkness    have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death    light has dawned.’ From that time Jesus began to proclaim, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’ As he walked...

  Please scroll down for notices. Today's Gospel     Mark 3:20-21 And the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat.When his [Jesus'] family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, ‘He has gone out of his mind.’ Scared Space You can find a gentle prayer guide and devotional thought here: https://sacredspace.com/daily-prayer/2026-01-24 Thank you! Thank you to everyone who by one means or another supported the Service of Thanksgiving for the Reopening of Holy Trinity Westport in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.  A joyful, prayerful and uplifting time was had, both at the church and over tea in Carrowbeg House.  Special thanks to Bishop Michael for a pertinent and encouraging sermon which impressed on us the importance of patience , as is demonstrated by the long road towards ecumenical understanding between the churches. (See ' Key dates in the history of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity',  below.) B...