Father Nathan St Gabriel | April 19, 2020
Divine Mercy Sunday
A Message from Father Nathan
My dearest people who are close to my heart!
A Word of Thanks
I hope everyone stays safe and healthy.
We I had such a wondeful service for Holy Week. I am extremely delighted about it. I am indeed. I believe people whoever can benefit from it.
I would like to thank Deacon Bill Ferrarone and his wife, Ms. Karen, for their continued support. Mr. Pat Sellati for his esteemed expertise in live streaming the liturgy. He along with his fiance Mr. Donna did a lot for me and the parish. Andrew our Music Director and Ani did and awesome job. May God bless them all. I would like to thank Ms. Kelly DiMascio for her commited service in dealing with our website. Awesome job Ms. Kelly and Carin Imhoff who deals with Gabriel’s Horn for all that she does to unite our parish. God bless them all.
Divine Mercy Sunday +St. Faustina of Poland
This week we are going to have Divine Mercy Sunday, a Sunday where we are called to remember, recall and appreciate the mercy of the Lord. St. Faustina of Poland is the well-known apostle of Divine Mercy.
On the 30th of April, 2000, at 10:00 am. on the Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday, the Feast requested by Jesus in His communications with St. Faustina), His Holiness Pope John Paul ll celebrated the Eucharist in St. Peter’s Square and proceeded to the canonization of Blessed sister Faustina. (John Paul himself would be canonized on this same Feast Day – April 27 in 2014 – by Pope Francis)
Saint Faustina invites us by the witness of his life to keep our Faith and Hope fixed on God the Father, rich in mercy, who saved us by the Precious Blood of His Son. During her short life, the Lord Jesus assigned to St. Faustina three basic tasks:
1. To pray for souls, entrusting them to God’s incomprehensible Mercy.
2. To tell the world about God’s generous Mercy.
3. To start a new movement in the Church focusing on God’s Mercy.
At the canonization of St. Faustina, Pope St. John Paul ll said:
“The cross, even after the Resurrection of the Son of God, speaks, and never ceases to speak, of God the Father, who is absolutely faithful to His eteranl love for man. Believing in this love means believing in mercy.”
“The Lord of Divine Mercy”, a drawing of Jesus based on the vision given to St. Faustina, shows Jesus raising His right hand in a gesture of a blessing, with His left hand on his heart from gushes forth two rays, on red and on white. The picture contains the message,
“ Jesus I trust in You!”
The rays streaming our have symbolic meaning: red for the Blood of Jesus. Which is the life of souls white for the water of Baptism which justifies souls. The whole image is symbolic of the mercy, forgiveness and love of God.
I am going to celebrate this Sunday Mass for all of you and we will pray the Divine Mercy Chaplets right after for the healing of those people affected by this virus at the same time begging the mercy of the Lord to save this world from this virus.
Please join me for the Holy Mass as well in praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
Stay safe and healthy.
Ever at your service.
Fr. Sahayanathan Nathan
May God Bless You All.
Please Stay Safe and healthy!
Ever at your service.
– With lots of love and blessing,
—Fr. Sahayanathan Nathan
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Fr. Nathan,
I just want to thank you, Deacon Bill and all your staff for making the effort to stream the masses online, during this scary time we are in. We watched the Stations of the Cross, Easter Mass and today’s service. It is comforting to know that we can still attend Mass and has brought peace to us during this very stressful time.
Thank you and may God Bless you all.
Hello good people! So glad to see your parish is still vibrant; I haven’t been there for over five years as I live out of state. I just visited your site to see what was new and noticed a mistake (typo?)that could be misleading, so perhaps you can correct it. In Father’s letter above, he thanks
Mr. Pat Sellati for his esteemed expertise in live streaming the liturgy. He along with his fiance Mr. Donna did a lot for me and the parish.
Perhaps he means Ms. Donna?
Wishing you all the best in this Easter season. Thank you for all you do.