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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

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  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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SUNDAY OF THE 31ST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

31ST OCTOBER 2021


VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL DIMENSION OF LOVE



What is Love? The word love is a very important and a powerful word in the world and society of today. Everybody understands when we talk about love. Unfortunately, for many of us, the word love has lost its true meaning and purpose today. It has been reduced to a sentimental feeling, romantic love, being nice to the other person, sex without commitment, and so on. Love is the most important virtue in our Christian life. Love is self-giving and self-sacrificing for others, just like Jesus Christ who died on the cross for his love for the father and for us.


Most of the time we mistakenly think that Christianity is only about loving and serving God and we undermine our relationship with our brother and sisters, peoples around us. It is not enough to go to church every Sunday, not missing Mass and praising God without expressing it, living it out in our daily lives through our relationship with our neighbors, Love of God and love of neighbors. The scripture of today tells us that the two never be contradictory, they have to go hands in hands, and they are complementary. Loving God is expressed through loving our neighbors and Love for neighbor is the result of Love of God.


This is what the readings of today is all about? Jesus, in the Gospel, summarizes the all-Jewish commandments, the 613 laws precepts into two: Love of God and Love for others.

The first reading presents Moses explaining the Law to the Israelites after his return from Mount Sinai. He tries to make the people reverence and obey the Law of God the assurance of bring them dignity, purpose, perfection in their growth as a nation. He reminds them that keeping God’s commandments will give them God’s blessings of long life, prosperity, and fruitful, peaceful and successful lives. That shows that God must be the in the first place in everything we do. But is loving God alone enough for us to grow in our spiritual life as Christians? Where is the place for the love of our brothers and sisters in our Christian life?


The Gospel talks about the two dimensions together. They are at the same level and cannot go without the other. Loving God with all our heart, soul and mind means, we should love God with everything what we are, with the totality of our being. He wants us all, and invites us to love him because that is what we have been created for. And this leads to obedience and abiding in his commandment and laws.


Love for neighbors is the result of the love of God. We cannot love God without loving our fellow human person his child and the dwelling place of the Spirit of God and bears his image and likeness (1Jn 4:20). We cannot love God we cannot see if we don’t love our fellow human being His creatures we can see and relate.


Love of God is the vital and root for loving our neighbors. Love others like myself means I love them as if they are mine, member of my family, with compassion and kindness. Love of God is expressed through loving others. Loving God without loving other people is hypocrisy and loving neighbors without loving God is empty, void and earthly love, not complete.

This is what Christianity truly is all about. It is not an easy life but it needs sacrifice and humility. It is a journey towards perfection, the vocation for all. We need God’s grace to help us to love him and to be able to extend this love of him to our neighbors in our daily lives.

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