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Strengthen and enlighten her.
Give to your people
the outpouring of your grace:
Teach, console and enlighten
all to whom you have been given.
Come, Holy Spirit, come. |
| Holy Father's intentions for September 2008 |  | | General: That those who are forced to leave home and country because of war or oppressive regimes may be supported by Christians in the defense and protection of their rights. | | Mission: That faithful to the sacrament of matrimony every Christian family may cultivate the values of love and communion in order to be a small evangelizing community, sensitive and open to the material and spiritual needs of others |
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| From The Parish Priest
|  | The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Dear Parishioners,
Last month, our Adoration Chapel was closed briefly for a period of three weeks in order for renovations to be carried out. This was in response to suggestions put forward by you, our adorers. The renovation is now complete and the Chapel re-opened. On behalf of the Pastoral team and the Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Committee, I would like to request for your kind donations to cover the renovation costs. Kindly place your donation in the collecti...
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| | Sunday's Readings & Reflections | Sunday of the Year
Date: Sun, Sep 07, 2008 | First Reading
A reading from the prophet Ezekiel 33:7-9
If you do not speak to the wicked man, I will hold you responsible for his death
..Read More | Second Reading
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans 13:8-10
Love is the answer to every one of the commandments...Read More | Gospel
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 18:15-20
If he listens to you, you have won back your brother...Read More | Reflection
The readings of this Sunday underline the importance of living a life of witness to others, difficult as it may be. Indeed we are urged to embrace Christian values which are counter to those of the world around us. We are reminded of the difficult task of calling others to account when they persist in wrong doing.
The prophet Ezechiel in the first reading tells us that we must show others where they are straying lest we ourselves be held accountable for the spiritual death of a neighb.....Read More |
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Sat, Sep 06, 2008
| | | » | 1st Reading: 1 Cor 1:6b-15 | | | » | Psalm: Ps 144:17-18.19-20.21 | | | » | 2nd Reading: | | | » | Gospel: Lk 6:1-5
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"O God, O Creator, O Spirit of Life overwhelming Your creatures with ever new graces! You grant to Your chosen ones the gift which is ever renewed: the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ! "
St. Angela of Foligno |
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| Faustinus | He was the older brother of Saint Jovinus, a noble in 2nd century Brescia and a Priest. He was a zealous preacher in Brescia, Milan, Rome, and Naples. He was tortured and martyred in t...
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| Children's Corner!
|  | Thank God for the gift of your brothers and sisters
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Download the entire children's calendar from our Publications section. |
| Consolata Shrine Publications & Download Items
|  | 23rd Sunday In Ordinary Time
The word of the Lord was addressed to me as follows, "Son of man, I have appointed you as sentry to the House of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, warn them in my name. If I say to a wicked man: Wicked wretch, you are to die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked man to renounce his ways... Read More |
|  | Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
For quite sometime, the belief in Our Lady’s bodily assumption to heaven was still, in the words of Pope Benedict XIV, a probable opinion the denial of which would be considered blasphemous; and so it remained for another 200 years. Read More |
|  | Patroness of our Shrine Our Lady Consolata
An open forum organized by the Justice and Peace Committee (JPC) between the youth and the older generation was held on Sunday June 8th at the new Parish hall. Read More |
|  | SOLEMNITY OF OUR LADY CONSOLATA
This month on the 22nd, we celebrate the great Solemnity of the Patroness of our Parish, Our Lady Consolata. This will take place after a nine day Novena in Her honour during the 5.30pm Mass from 13th to 21st June by Rev. Fr. Vincent Wambugu, the Secretary General of the Kenya Episcopal Conference. Read More |
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