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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Solemnity of Corpus Christi (The Sacred Body and Blood of Christ)

Fr. Francis Murira
Jun 19, 2022
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19TH JUNE 2022

Reflection

Last Sunday we celebrated the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. This feast taught us the kind of a God that we worship and believe in: a Triune God - one God in three divine persons: Father,Son and Holy Spirit. We noted that the knowledge of the Trinity is the highest knowledge that a human can learn; gladly or is given by God Himself in what we referred to as Self Revelation.

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Corpus Christi- The Body and Blood of Christ.

In our country we have a day dedicated to our heroes and heroines- men and women, young and old who were maimed, fatally injures, shed their blood and died for us to enjoy our freedom.

In our faith we have our Hero par excellence , Jesus Christ Our Lord, Master and Saviour who shed His blood on the Cross for our redemption. On this feast we celebrate Jesus' self sacrifice, self giving, self forgetfulness and great love for His people.

He has left this feast as a memorial/memory of His presence in the Eucharist- a meal, a feast a family get together festival/meal of joy, love, unity and communion. Only friends can share a meal. Indeed our readings talk about feeding: the prophet Elisha feeding 100 people with 20 barley loaves and Jesus feeding thousands with 5 loaves and a few fish. The words used: took, blessed or gave thanks, and gave to be distributed allude to the Eucharistic celebration which in turn is a prelude of the beatific vision in heaven.

At the Eucharistic feast we demonstrate our unity, love , communion and oneness in the spirit of the same faith, hope and love.

The prayer that the priest says during the Eucharistic celebration just before invoking the Holy Spirit to come down for consecration of the bread and wine into the Body and blood of Christ "Holy Holy" - as he mixes water and wine is realized/answered; he says: By the mystery of this water and wine may we come to share in the divinity of Christ who humbled Himself to share in our humanity!".

Thus, In the Eucharistic celebration humanity is elevated- the communicant is "divinized"- elevated to be a shared of the divine life of God and to be an apostle ( lover and preacher) of divine qualities

of: holiness, love, mercy, compassion, forgiveness, joy, peace, self control.

With St Thomas of Aquinas let us pray:

O God who in this wonderful Sacrament have left us a memorial of your Passion, grant us, we pray, so to revere the sacred mysteries of tour Body and Blood that we may always experience in our lives the fruits of your redemption- who lives and reigns with God the Father in the Unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever Amen .

Solemnity of Corpus Christi (The Sacred Body and Blood of Christ)

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