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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 May 2008 |  | | General: That Christians may use literature, art and the media to greater advantage to favour a culture which defends and promotes the values of the human person. | | Mission: That just as she accompanied the Apostles in the early stages of the Church, may the Blessed Virgin Mary, Star of Evangelization and Queen of Apostles, continue to guide missionaries throughout the world with maternal affection.
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| From The Parish Priest
|  | OUR LADY CONSOLATA
Dear Parishioners,
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. The 10.30am Mass on that day will be celebrated by the Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya, His Excellency Alain Paul Lebeaupin. Just before the Mass, there will b...
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| | Sunday's Readings & Reflections | Fourteenth Sunday of the Year
Date: Sun, Jul 06, 2008 | First Reading
A reading from the prophet Zechariah 9:9-10..Read More | Second Reading
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans 8:9.11-13
If by the Spirit you put an end to the misdeeds of the body you will live.
..Read More | Gospel
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew 11:25-30
I am gentle and humble in heart
..Read More | Reflection
On the Fourteenth Sunday of the Year, the readings invite us to celebrate the Lord who is kind and full of compassion (Ps. 144). Our Lord Jesus Christ has every claim to the title and majesty of a king, and yet he comes to us in all humility and gentleness. The first reading from the prophet Zechariah tells us that our King, our Messiah comes humbly to us. He comes “riding on a donkey...He will proclaim peace to the nations". Yes our Messiah is a king, but of a different type...Read More |
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Fri, Jul 04, 2008
| | | » | 1st Reading: Am 8:4-6.9-2 | | | » | Psalm: Ps 118:2.10.20.30.40.131 | | | » | 2nd Reading: | | | » | Gospel: Mt 9:9-13
| | | » | Feast Day: St Elizabeth of Portugal |
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"How happy I will be if I keep my heart free from attachment to anyone, and chained to Jesus, my God, alone... I will devote all my efforts to this end."
St. Peter Julian Eymard |
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| St. Elizabeth of Portugal, St. Ulric | Feastday: July 4
Patron of the Third Order of St. Francis
St. Elizabeth
Elizabeth was a Spanish princess who was given in marriage to King Denis of Portugal at the age of twelve....
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| Children's Corner!
|  | Pray often, 'Come Holy Spirit Come'
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Download your children's calendar from our publications section. |
| Consolata Shrine Publications & Download Items
|  | 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 |
|  | PENTECOST SUNDAY 11th May 08
Next Sunday 11 May we celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost, the day in which Jesus fulfilled his promise of sending the Advocate, the Holy Spirit. I will over the coming months consider with you the Gifts of the Spirit, but for now let us pause and wonder about the meaning and implications of the wo... Read More |
|  | VOCATION SUNDAY
The fourth Sunday of Easter is kept by the whole church as day of prayer for the priesthood and consecrated life. We pray not only for those who are already in these life states, but also that others will be called to these wonderful vocations. Read More |
|  | MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI
For the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, to be celebrated on 13 April 2008, I have chosen the theme: Vocations at the service of the Church on mission. Read More |
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