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  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...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel plus information and notices.  "This is how we know what love is:  Jesus Christ laid down his life for us... "  1 John 3:16  The Death of Christ Pietro Lorenzetti, fresco,  Assisi,  circa 1320 Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Services today,  Sun 25 Oct:  Remembering Our Loves Ones Sun,10am in Castlebar Sun, 11.30am in Holy Trinity Westport Sun, 3pm in Dugort, Achill Remembering Our Loves Ones, Turlough, Sat 7 November, 7pm Today’s gospel        Matthew 22:34-40 When the Pharisees heard that he [Jesus] had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”  He said to him, “’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it...