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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THURSDAY OF THE 1ST WEEK OF ADVENT

Fr. Silferius Aluodo
Dec 2, 2021
2 min read

2ND DECEMBER 2021

THANKSGIVING IN THE SEASON OF ADVENT.

ISAIAH 26;1-6

PSALM 118:1.8-9.19-21.25-27

MATTHEW 7:21.24-27

Today's Psalm invites us to give thanks and praise to the Lord. Why should we give thanks and praise to the Lord? The Psalm urges us to give thanks to the Lord because God's mercy endures forever and we can take refuge in God and even trust in God.

Psalm 118 is an individual Psalm of praise and thanksgiving to God for a specific act of redemption in the psalmist's life, an act that he can't afford to ignore.

Biblical theologians point out that it is most likely that the psalmist is a king, perhaps King Hezekiah who surely felt such helplessness and distress as the army of Sennacherib laid siege to Jerusalem ( 2 Kings 18-19). In any case, the Psalmist believes he was as good as dead yet the Lord heard his cry and answered his prayer.

From this Psalm we learn that Israel's most foundational experience of God was based on God's power to overcome even the most menacing and threatening forces of the world not forgetting their deliverance from bondage in Egypt.

What is your most foundational experience of God? What is it that you feel threatens you; and when you are saved from it you will have a reason to thank God?We may not be in the situation in which King Hezekiah was in, surrounded by vicious enemies but what if our most vicious enemy is the misunderstanding that grace without ethical demand is just enough for our salvation?

This misunderstanding is what makes Jesus in today's Gospel reading say to his disciples, " Not everyone who says to me: "Lord, Lord, shall enter the Kingdom of heaven but he who does the will of my Father in heaven. " Anytime you misunderstand something it means that your chances of being wrong and stiff necked are very high.

Misunderstanding can also lead to ignorance.

This misunderstanding which we can say is like a fire of thorns that encircles and traps it's victims, leaving no escape or which we can say presses on someone like bees ready to attack, does not guarantee you an automatic entry into the Kingdom of heaven, what guarantees you entry is doing the will of the Father, and doing the will of the Father defines our relationship with God as our Father.

I started by saying that today's Psalm is a thanksgiving one based on God delivering God's people from vicious enemies, and connecting it to today's Gospel reading, we get the opportunity to align our words with our actions, we get the chance to take our faith a step further and not to be like the priest and the Levite on their way to the Temple going to say, " Lord, Lord , " but could not help a victim of violent robbery.

If God can save us from this dangerous attitude and misunderstanding that saying, " Lord, Lord" is enough, it means that our spiritual fortunes will be reason enough to thank God for enabling us to do God's will.

In the context of Advent, thanksgiving is important because the coming of Christ gives us the capacity to recognize that God's Kingdom comes to give spiritual wisdom and show us news of being.

THURSDAY OF THE 1ST WEEK OF ADVENT

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