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 33RD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

Fr. Silferius Aluodo
Nov 18, 2021
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18TH NOVEMBER 2021

IT IS THE PEOPLE THAT DEFINE A PLACE.

1 MACCABEES 2:15-29

PSALM 50:1-6.14-15

LUKE 19:41-44

In order to understand today's Gospel reading, we have to go back a few verses before it so as to know that Jesus is closer to entering Jerusalem. Let us recall that in Luke

9:51-56 that Jesus had set his face to go to Jerusalem.

Other Bible translations put it this way: As the time drew near when Jesus would be taken up to heaven, he made up his mind and set out on his way to Jerusalem. It means there is a purpose that takes him to Jerusalem and this purpose is pointed out in Luke 13:33 that it is not right for a prophet to be killed anywhere except in Jerusalem.

Also prior to today's Gospel reading, as Jesus came near to Jerusalem, we are told by the evangelist Luke that a large crowd of his disciples began to thank God and praise him in loud voices for all the great things that they had seen seeing saying

" God bless the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory to God. " This makes some Pharisees in the crowd to tell Jesus to command his disciples to be quiet but this is what Israel' s kings did, they arrived in style, it was a political act .This is not the opposite of human expectations of a king.

This is exactly what the people were expecting and so to

Jesus it was a spiritual act.

With this background in mind, we hear in today's Gospel reading that Jesus wept over Jerusalem because it did not recognize the time of its visitation from God. The time of this visitation had the intention of bringing salvation.

In the Bible, all visitations from God bring salvation. The angel of God visiting Mary, then Joseph, then Zechariah, we also know that Jesus visited Mary and Martha after the death of their brother Lazarus, all those visits brought salvation.

If Jerusalem rejected salvation thus making Jesus weep, over what can we weep that we have rejected?

The cry of Jesus in today's Gospel passage was not in vain. He cried for something that he valued and loved but was now not living according to it's purpose.

Jerusalem does not mean the city in terms of infrastructure but in a deeper sense it is about the inhabitants of the city and their attitude towards what is right and just and their way of life before God which are challenged, no wonder the Pharisees want the disciples of

Jesus to be silent.

When the disciples recognize Jesus as the King it makes the Pharisees realize that they have missed out on the spiritual peace and salvation that Jesus brought as a spiritual king.

If Jerusalem did not know the time of its visitation, what about us in regards to where we are at the moment? We all have places and things that we value due to the sentiments that they evoke.Jerusalem evoked the presence of God because the Temple was in Jerusalem and the Temple signified the presence of God in the midst of the people.

How will we feel if those sentiments are no longer tenable due to our own whims talking over in total disregard of the spiritual peace and salvation that God avails to us? No wonder in tomorrow's Gospel passage Jesus will drive out those conducting business in the Temple which is not the Temple's purpose. Over what things should we cry when they do not serve their purpose?

THURSDAY OF THE 33RD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

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