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 25TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

Fr. Silferius Aluodo
Sep 23, 2021
3 min read

MEMORIAL OF SAINT PIUS OF PIETRELCINA, PRIEST

23RD SEPTEMBER 2021

HEROD' S PERPLEXITY AND THE JESUS WE SEEK TO MEET!

HAGGAI 1:1-8,

PSALM 149:1-6.9,

LUKE 9:7-9

If Herod is perplexed by what Jesus did to the point of wanting to see Jesus, is he fully aware of what it entails when it comes to seeing Jesus? Does he want to meet Jesus out of curiosity or does he want to gain spiritually from meeting Jesus? Was Jesus like a celebrity those days whom almost everyone wants to meet?

The Gospel reading quotes Herod saying, " John I beheaded; but who is this about whom I hear such things? " It is highly probable that Herod's desire to see Jesus happened soon after the beheading of John the Baptist.

The stings of conscience that the beheading of John occasioned to Herod were bitter because he had committed it in an unguarded hour, contrary to the dictates of his own mind.

Just as he was confused during the beheading of John the Baptist, in today's Gospel reading, Herod is also confused about the identity of Jesus because Jesus and John did works that had truth in them, preaching fearlessly; even though John baptized but Jesus did not, John wrought no miracle but Jesus did many miracles and therefore appears more formidable than John.

If Herod is perplexed about Jesus and wants to see him, it is because in Jesus he sees the truth that John embodied but now Jesus goes deeper and makes Herod re- think whether he made the right choice to behead John. He has what we call spiritual embarrassment, like the one the prodigal son had.

The prodigal son made a statement that his father' s servants were better off than him and this embarrassed him and he wanted to be better off like them.

The good that he saw in the life of his father's servants awoke his dead conscience.

Was Herod really genuine in his desire to see Jesus? Did he really want Jesus to reprove him for his mistakes? Why is it that when he finally met Jesus as recorded in Luke 23,he was pleased but still mocked Jesus and treated him with contempt by telling him to perform miracles but Jesus declined making Herod put a fine robe on him and sent him back to Pilate.

Where does your spiritual desire end? Does it end at the level of smelling the aroma of the spiritual food but you do not want to digest it and make it part of your life? Generally, when you want to meet someone you do so with an agenda that you will discuss, by sharing opinions and exchanging ideas and making decisions but it seems Herod only wanted to sarcastically and excitedly meet Jesus.

We appreciate and recognize Herod's desire to meet Jesus, which he did but remained obstinate meaning it is upon us now to come forward and fill the gap he didn't and be changed by Jesus and see how grace and truth taste like, smell like, feel like, look like and sounds like; and the time to do all these is now.

The desire to see Jesus is not just about faith, comfort or satisfaction or comics but it is about being drawn deeply into the Kingdom of God through our love for truth, our service to those around us, our faith in action, our resolve to leave behind everything and follow the way of God and to attentively listen to God's word.

Is the Jesus that Herod wanted to see the Jesus that we also want to encounter? Why do we want to encounter him? If we encounter him, will we be saved from a dead conscience that we may be having?

THURSDAY OF THE 25TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

HEROD' S PERPLEXITY AND THE JESUS WE SEEK TO MEET!

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