OLRCP ANNOUNCEMENTS. 15th February 2026

1. The Lenten Season commences on Ash Wednesday, 18th February 2026. The Mass programme for the day is as follows:

i.Ridgeways – 6.45 am, 1:00pm and 6:00 pm

ii.Muringa - 5.30pm

iii.Huruma - 5.30pm

iv.Karura - 1:00pm

The Priest’s Office will remain closed on that day.

2.The Ash Wednesday morning Mass (6.45 am) will be animated by the daily Mass group, Lunchtime Mass (1.00 pm) by CMA & CWA groups and the evening Mass (6:00 pm) by Liturgy committee, Ushers, Lectors groups.

3.We shall have a special collection during Ash Wednesday Mass; the collection is used to finance Justice and Peace activities at the Diocesan and National level. Kindly give generously.

4.The Way of the Cross is every Friday of Lent at 5.30 pm followed by Holy Mass. This coming Friday, (20/02/2026), it will be animated by the CWA Group.

5.During the forty days of lent we shall have “THE UPPER ROOM EXPERIENCE” with daily Eucharistic adoration and guided reflections, every Monday to Friday (6 am-7 am) and Weekends (Saturday and Sunday) (6.30 am-7.30 am) followed by Mass.

6.The Catholic Women Association (CWA) will have a luncheon with the Priest tomorrow, Monday 16th. The day’s program will begin with Holy Mass, followed by the luncheon thereafter. All CWA members are kindly requested to attend and keep time.

7.Infant Baptism will take place on Saturday; 7th March 2026 at 10:00 am here in the church. It will be preceded by 3 Baptismal instruction classes for the parents and godparents. The classes will begin on Saturday, 14th February 2026 at 2:00 pm in St. Maria Goretti Hall. Registration is ongoing at the Parish Tent or at the Parish Office

8.Kindly be informed that the 2026 Parish Calendars are still available. They are going for Ksh 250 only per copy.

9.The Masses for:

a)St. Faustina SCC,

b)St. Josephine Bakhita SCC will be celebrated on Tuesday, 17th February, at 7:00 p.m.

10.The Masses for:

a) St. Jude SCC,

b)St. Stephen SCC,

c)St. Mark the Evangelist SCC and

d)St. Joachim SCC will be celebrated on Thursday, 19th February, at 7:00 p.m.

11.Home blessings for Our Lady of Fatima SCC will be held on Saturday, 21st February at 9:00 a.m.

Next Sunday’s Mass Animation

1st Mass: St Teresa of Calcutta SCC

2nd Mass St Claire SCC

3rd Mass: St Paul the Apostle SCC

Today’s Mass has been animated by the Christ the King Choir. We are a dedicated group of men and women who serve the Lord through music for the greater glory of God. Our practice sessions are held every Tuesday and Thursday at 6:00 p.m., and on Sundays before and after the 9:30 a.m. Mass. If you are new to the parish or have been a member for some time, are aged 18 years and above, and feel called to serve God through music, you are warmly invited to join us. For more information, kindly visit the tent outside the Church.

THANK YOU FOR WORSHIPPING WITH US AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO OUR PARISH. HAVE A BLESSED WEEK AHEAD

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DO YOU NOT YET UNDERSTAND?

Fr. Silferius Aluodo
Feb 16, 2021
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TUESDAY OF THE SIXTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME- YEAR B GENESIS 6:5-8,7:5-10 PSALM 29:1-10 MARK 8:14-21 Most of the time, the Gospel of Mark portrays the disciples of Jesus as unbelievably slow and regularly screwing up and Jesus being tough on them. For example, Mark 4:1-20 talks about the parable of the sower that the disciples ask Jesus to explain but before he explains he asks them, " Don't you understand this parable? " How then, will you ever understand any parable? " Still in Mark 4, when the disciples think that they will die from violent wind and waves in the lake because Jesus was asleep in the boat, he tells them, " Why are you frightened? Have you still no faith? "

When Jesus walks on water and his disciples think he is a ghost, Mark says at the end that the disciples were completely amazed because they had not understood the real meaning of the feeding of the 5000; their minds could not grasp it.

These are just some of the examples that depict the disciples of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark as slow learners. Other examples are found in Mark 8:27-38,Mk. 9:30-32,33-37,38-41,Mk. 10:13-16,35-45,Mk. 14:10-11,27-42,66-72,Mk. 16:1-8. These examples of lack of understanding on the part of the disciples are found from the beginning to the end of Jesus life and ministry in the Gospel of Mark and this is why probably Jesus appeared last to his disciples after his resurrection and not first as he did to Mary Magdalene and others.

The disciple's lack of understanding is also evident in the Gospel passage provided for today. We hear Jesus ask them at the end: Do you not yet understand? What is Jesus talking about here? From an open literal point of view, Jesus is talking about leaven as an essential ingredient of many breads. The Pharisees at that time did not allow it to be eaten with the passover meal, and those who eat it are considered cut off from the community because leaven spreads contamination.

A deeper meaning is to look at what the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod mean? We know that before reading this Gospel passage, the Pharisees question the power and authority of Jesus to teach and perform miracles. They want Jesus to conform to their expectations rather than them willing to change in the light of the Kingdom of God. Herod declines to listen to John the Baptist and relies on his political power.

This situation is also found in the First Reading. Is this not always the temptation to go one's own way and to expect God to conform to our expectations ; rather than be willing to release one's claim and expectations in order to hear and follow God.

That is why the disciples keep misunderstanding Jesus' teachings and misinterpreting his acts of power.

Are we ready to accept and understand God's ways?

DO YOU NOT YET UNDERSTAND?

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