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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FRIDAY OF THE 13TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

Fr. Joseph Michuki
Jul 1, 2022
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1ST JULY 2022

A DIVINE GAZE

The Gospel makes it clear that As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. Now the question is what happened after Jesus saw the Tax collector Matthew. First of all, it was not and ordinary Gaze, rather it was a divine gaze. Jesus not only saw a Matthew who was at the tax booth, only collecting the taxes, but Jesus saw much more than these external things. Jesus saw in Matthew, a committed disciple, a person who will show his willingness to follow Jesus, a person who will be able to give up everything, for the sake of following Him, a hidden intellectual person who will later write the Gospel narrating the events of His life, a generous person in Matthew, a person who will follow Him immediately. That is why the gaze of Jesus was something special and powerful, which was directed towards a person to change his life for the better the Pharisees on the other hand saw Jesus, who called to be the Messiah, mingling with sinners, tax collectors, and those with whom he was not supposed to mingle.

They saw that there is something wrong in Jesus. They saw something unusual, which they could not digest. They saw that their tradition and customs were challenged by Jesus by doing all those things. Finally, their seeing was directed only in finding fault with Jesus, belittling Jesus, branding and insulting Matthew and his company for doing the work of tax collection. Such seeing neither helped them to grow nor allowed the other person to do their work. Their seeing was so miserable that showed some kind of jealousy, hatred, unhappiness for doing something Good How do I see things in Life? What is my gaze at people? Is it a pharisaic gaze, which is qualified by, jealousy, seeing always negative in everything, hatred, destructive criticism, gossip, unhappiness for something good happening in someone else life? Is it a Jesus gaze? which always sees great and wonderful things in another's life? Which sees the hidden capabilities, skills and talents in others? Which sees some unseen beautiful aspects of human life?

FRIDAY OF THE 13TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

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