Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Welcome!   Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.   Jesus and Nicodemus Providence Lithograph Company,  1904 Public domain, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9666300 John 3:1-8 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus  by night and said to him, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.’ Jesus answered him, ‘Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.’ Nicodemus said to him, ‘How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?’ Jesus answered, ‘Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.  Do not be astonished that I said to you, “Yo...

  Welcome!   Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.   This weekend in the Aughaval Group of Parishes Saturday 11 April: 7pm, Turlough Church, Holy Communion Sunday 12 April:  10am, Christ Church Castlebar, Morning Prayer Sunday 12 April: 11.30am, Holy Trinity Westport,  Holy Communion.  Sunday Club, starting in the church service at 11.30am and moving to the school ( Holy Trinity National School)  for a Bible story/lesson, music, activities and treats. Info.,aughaval@tuam.anglican.org.  PLEASE NOTE that the 3pm  service today, 12 April,  in  St Thomas's Dugort, Achill, will not take place on account of the fuel crisis. Thank you for your understanding. My Place Poem by Revd Cathy Hallisey Church of Ireland Children and Family Ministry  See  https://www.facebook.com/churchofirelandchildrensministry Today's Gospel     John 20: 19-31   When it was evening on that day, the first d...

Welcome!   Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices.   This weekend in the Aughaval Group of Parishes Saturday 11 April: 7pm, Turlough Church, Holy Communion Sunday 12 April: 10am, Christ Church Castlebar, Morning Prayer 11.30am, Holy Trinity Westport,  Holy Communion 3pm, St Thomas's Dugort, Achill, Evening Prayer Today's Gospel     Miraculous Catch of Fish   Fresco in the Spoleto Cathedral , Italy Photo by Georges Jansoone, Public domain, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5781119 Today's Gospel       John 21:1-14 After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way. Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin,  Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples. Simon Peter said to them, ‘I am going fishing.’ They said to him, ‘We will go with you.’ They w...

  Welcome!   Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, notes and notices. The Garden Tomb, Jerusalem Photo by Phillip Benshmuel - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34183286 Today's Gospel      Luke 24:35-48 Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread. While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.  While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”...