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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Wednesday of the Twenty – Third Week in Ordinary Time

Dn. Christopher Nonde SDB
Sep 7, 2022
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7th September 2022

TRUE HAPPINESS CAN ONLY BE FULFILLED IN GOD

1 Corinthians 7:25-31

Psalm 44(45):11-12,14-17

Luke 6:20-26

To be blessed means to be happy. When Jesus began to teach his disciples he gave them a way of happiness that transcends every difficulty and trouble that can weigh us down with grief and despair. Jesus began his sermon on the mount by addressing the issue of where true happiness can be found. The word beatitude literally means happiness, however, demands a transformation from within a conversion of heart and mind which can only come about through the gift and working of the Holy Spirit. Today, Jesus is teaching us that we will be truly happy only when we place him at the center of our life let go of the temporal things that block our relationship with him.

Our Gospel passage today, how can one possibly find happiness in poverty, hunger, mourning, and persecution? If we want to be filled with the joy and happiness of heaven, we must empty ourselves of all that would shut God out of our hearts. Poverty of Spirit finds ample room and joy in possessing God alone as seeks nourishment and strength in God’s word and Spirit. Sorrow and mourning over wasted life and sin leads to joyful freedom from the burden of guilt and oppression. As Mary sang of God in her Magnificat, “He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts, he has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted those of low degree; he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away” (Luke 1:51-53). As Christian disciples, we are subjects of Christ’s Kingdom, called to live differently from the rest of the world. In the Gospel of Mathew 6: 20-21, Jesus exhorts us to lay up for ourselves treasure in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where our treasure is, there will our hearts be also. By trying to live the beatitudes we store up treasures in heaven.

Dear brothers and sisters, God reveals to the humble of heart the true source of abundant life and happiness. Jesus promises his disciples that the joys of heaven will be more than compensate for the troubles and hardships they can expect in this world. St. Thomas Aquinas said: “No person can live without joy, that is why someone deprived of spiritual joy goes after carnal pleasures”. Do you know the joy and happiness of hungering and thirsting for God alone?

May Christ, increase your hunger for him and show you the way that leads to everlasting happiness and peace. May he rule your heart and establish the values of his Kingdom in you so that you may desire things Christ desire and find perfect joy in doing God’s will. Lord Jesus grant us your grace so that we may live the life of detachment that your beatitudes teach.

Wednesday of the Twenty – Third Week in Ordinary Time

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