Aughaval Group of Parishes

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, devotional resources and parish notices, including for Holy Week and Easter. Join us this weekend for  Palm Sunday worship: Sat, 7pm in Turlough Sun 10am in Christ Church Castlebar Sun 11.30am in Holy Trinity Westport Today's Gospel      John 10:31-42 They took up stones again to stone him. Jesus replied, ‘I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these are you going to stone me?’ The Jews answered, ‘It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you, but for blasphemy, because you, though only a human being, are making yourself God.’ Jesus answered, ‘Is it not written in your law,  “I said, you are gods”? If those to whom the word of God came were called “gods”—and the scripture cannot be annulled— can you say that the one whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world is blaspheming because I said, “I am God’s Son”? If I am not doing the works...

Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, devotional resources and parish notices, including for Holy Week and Easter.   Today's Gospel      John 8:51-59 Very truly, I tell you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.’ They said to him, ‘Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and so did the prophets; yet you say, “Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.” Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets also died. Who do you claim to be?’ Jesus answered, ‘If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, he of whom you say, “He is our God”, though you do not know him. But I know him; if I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him and I keep his word. Your ancestor Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day; he saw it and was glad.’ Then the Jews said to him, ‘You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?’  Jesus said...

  Please scroll down for today's gospel reading, devotional resources and parish notices. Wednesday  25 March  Today is  The Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary ,  sometimes known as Lady Day.  Holy Communion at  10.30 am in Holy Trinity Church, Westport, followed by coffee in Cornrue Bakery (beyond Lidl). All welcome.   Wed weekly  online prayer 8pm.   Please note, there will be no online meeting on 25 March, due to Adult Safeguarding training. Annunciation  Leonardo da Vinci, circa 1472 Public domain, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76613573 The Gospel Reading      Luke 1: 26-38 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.  And he came to her and said, ‘Greetings, favoured one! The Lord is with you.’ But sh...