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 22ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

Fr. George Mungai
Sep 3, 2021
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3rd September 2021

St. Gregory the Great

Col 1:15-20,

Ps 100,

Lk 5:33-39

THE ONLY THING THAT IS PERMANENT IS CHANGE

The young man who is today referred-to only as a son, will one day become a father and yet another day, he will become a grandfather. The only thing that is permanent is change.

It is not always easy to accept change. We prefer to do things the old way and feel comfortable when things remain the same. Technology is nowadays exponentially growing. Robots might very soon take up our jobs. What is being taught in classrooms today might be completely irrelevant to the job market of the coming years.

These innovations cannot be adequately addressed using an old syllabus; in order to address new technology, we need a new educational system. This reality of change might have informed our government when it introduced Competency Based Curriculum in our schools. We must realize that the only thing that is permanent is change and we must get used to it.

In today’s Gospel, Jesus is inviting us to recognize in him and His ministry the arrival of the Kingdom of God. The time of expectation of the messiah is over, so too the time of preparation with fasting and penance for His arrival. Now it should be time of celebration of the presence of God in our midst, a time of banquet.

The new wine is now poured out. His teachings are radical and new. The old wineskins – the Jewish laws and practices – cannot hold ‘the new wine’ offered by Jesus. The religion of external observances, like fasting and praying, cannot contain the new approach coming from Jesus.

What is new will rupture the old ways of thinking; “And nobody puts new wine in old wineskins; otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins and run to waste, and the skins will be ruined.” Luke 5:37.

While we need not change just for the sake of changing, we must be open and receptive to it, and be ready to change when we have to.

The spirit is ever new and creative. We need to keep our hearts and mind open. Like the critics of Jesus, we may block the spirit to act in us due to rigid attitudes and fixed mind-set.

Every time we listen to the word of God, it challenges us to appreciate new ways of thinking, attitude, and new way of life. It challenges us to venture into the NEW.

Let us be courageous enough to change for better, whenever the word of God challenges us to do so. The word of God is always new. Every time we listen to it, may we allow it to rupture our old ways of doing things, and be ushered into new ways of living-out our faith.

Are you afraid of change? Why?

FRIDAY OF THE 22ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

THE ONLY THING THAT IS PERMANENT IS CHANGE

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