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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TUESDAY OF THE FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

Fr. Silferius Aluodo
Jul 6, 2021
3 min read

6TH JULY 2021

GENESIS 32:22-32

PSALM 17:1-8.15

MATTHEW 9:32-38

WRESTLING WITH GOD

Today's First Reading from a section of Genesis 32 is mysterious. From it we hear that Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. Was it a dream as it was in Genesis 28:10-22?

Was it a metaphor for his fear of his brother Esau whom he was escaping from? Was it an angel of God?

The text does not identify the man but Jacob says he has fought with God and prevailed. Are we comfortable or uncomfortable with knowing the man's identity?

Maybe we are uncomfortable with knowing the man's identity, so we speculate but this speculation leads to no firm answers.

If the identity of the man is not disclosed, maybe his identity is not the point of the story, so what do we learn from this narrative?

First, the encounter left Jacob wounded and we do not know if the injury was permanent but the text notes he was limping as he left the place and this was a mark, a remnant that Jacob carried away from that place.

We also learn that Jacob did not give up the fight but his opponent gave up.

Jacob was tenacious and at daybreak he won the match by refusing to let go. Life is sometimes like that. Things happen that cannot be rationalized or easily understood. We survive by nothing more elegant than not giving up.

There are times when we have felt like the people Jesus tends to in the Gospel passage: harassed and hopeless, twisted and turned by the challenges of life in this world, and longing to win a fight no matter how long it takes and be guided and helped by the Shepherd.

Most of us have had seasons in our lives where we too fight with the mysteries of life. We carry the injuries of our struggles. We limp. Every loss, every divorce, and separation, every diagnosis of a life threatening disease, every unemployment, every addiction, every mistake we make, every death of a loved one- all leave their marks on us; and like Jacob, sometimes all we have to do is hang on.

As it is in the text, the identity of the mystery is not needed, we only understand the struggle is with life and with God and coming to terms with the mystery of God and life.

We live in a culture that celebrates winners, a culture that celebrates those that defeat the other in any aspect of life that seems competitive without wanting to know the method that was used as a way to win.

It is not just about winning but it is about hanging on and how confident we are of God's grace and refusing to let go of God until a blessing provides new insights that will once again transform us.

The First Reading should not be misconstrued to mean that we can place demands on God, Jacob's win should not be celebrated as a way of advancing a sentimental way of faith that easily leads to prosperity but it should teach us that the Christian life is difficult but God is intimately entangled and engaged with weak humans, seeks them out and blesses them even in unpredictable ways to transform us and give us a new name, a new attitude, a new direction, calling to mind Jacob's past manipulative and deceitful life.

TUESDAY OF THE FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

WRESTLING WITH GOD

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