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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THE UNPREDICTABLE GOD WHO NONETHELESS STILL LOVES

Fr. Silferius Aluodo
Mar 23, 2021
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TUESDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT

NUMBERS 21:4-9

PSALM 102:1-2.15-20

JOHN 8:21-30

It seems that in today's First Reading, the Israelites who wandered through the wilderness did not experience God as a safe and comfortable companion.

They show how uncomfortable they are by asking God and Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loath this worthless food." These are strong words of complaint. These strong words of complaint make God's response equally strong. In the great showdown with Pharaoh in Exodus 1-14, God sends ten vicious plagues to show the superiority of the God of Israel over Egypt's gods, including Pharaoh.

In the Wilderness, God directs the Israelites during the day with a pillar of cloud and with a pillar of fire at night. At Mt. Sinai God thunders in smoke and fire to show his presence.

Despite these great displays of God's power, the Israelites do not have much confidence that God will, infact, deliver them into the Promised Land.

These are not images of God that call them to snuggle up in God's everlasting arms, safe and secure from all harm. The First Reading specifies that God sends the snake but never does God or the narrator call the snake a punishment. It is the people themselves who draw that conclusion. Maybe the Israelites are into the fallacy of: after this or because of this...this happens to us..

We too today like Israelites are left to draw our own conclusions whenever something happens to us. Is God punishing the people with the snakes? Did the people deserve it? Do we have reasons to complain to God? What we learn from this incident is that we need to come out of our comfort zones regarding the nature of God and see that God has an unpredictable presence in our lives which is also a mysterious presence. We learn that a domesticated, unmoving God does not just pull people out of slavery through the wilderness and into the Promised Land , no, we need God who is not aloof but is on the loose for our own good.

The unpredictability of God in this story is seen when God does not give the people what they ask of or for. They want Moses to get God to take away the serpents from them; but the serpents do not go away nor do they stop biting.

The people are still bitten but they live. Deliverance do not come in the way that they expect but through what seems at first harmful to them. How are we to deal with unpredictable people and unpredictable circumstances and above all how are we to deal with God who is unpredictable especially when we have always had a picture of God who is loving, merciful, forgiving, faithful and hopeful. In such situations our focus should be on God and not on the situation here represented by the bronze serpent that we can see and understand but let us see that God loves and heals faithfully in God's own ways.

THE UNPREDICTABLE GOD WHO NONETHELESS STILL LOVES

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