Father Nathan St Gabriel | August 11, 2019
A Message from Father Nathan
“My dearest people who are all closer to my heart”
The Feast of the Assumption of our Blessed Mother
Thursday August 15th , we are going to celebrate the great feast of the Assumption of our Blessed Mother. It’s a holy day of obligation for all Catholics; hence, we are obligated to go to Mass. Please plan to fulfill your obligation.
Let us learn and refresh the meaning of assumption. Before that let us learn why we celebrate our Blessed Mother. WE DO NOT WORSHIP OR ADORE OUR BLESSED MOTHER; worship only goes to God.
We VENERATE our Blessed Mother. Worship goes to God ALONE. We honor Mary, venerate her, express our love for her but never worship her.
The Catholic Church teaches as dogma that the Virgin Mary “having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul to heavenly glory”. Pope Pius dogmatically defined his doctrine on November 1, 1950, in the apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus (Latin, “Most Bountiful God”) by exercising papal infallibility.
While the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church believe in the Dormition of the Mother of God (Dormition of the Theotokos or “the Falling Asleep of the Mother of God”), whether Mary had a physical death has not been dogmatically defined.
In Munificentissimus Deus (item 39) Pope Pius XII pointed to the Book of Genesis (3:15) as scriptual support for the dogma in terms of Mary’s victory over sin and death through her intimate association with the “new Adam” (Christ) as also reflected in 1 Corinthians 15:54.
“then shall come to pass the saying that is written. Death is swallowed up in victory”.
Let us continue to love her and celebrate her.
Learn more about the Assumption of Mary.
A Special Thank You to Our Parishioners That Volunteer to Keep the Church Clean and Beautiful
I am also delighted to inform you that there is a group of volunteers from our parish who have volunteered to clean the church every week. I am extremely happy about it. The whole crew namely: Karen Kelly, Regina Cohane, Anthony Brogna, Patricia Halloran, Maryann Kelly, Joy Kelly is doing a fantastic job. They are committed to work every week. May God bless them all.
Join the St Gabriel’s Cleaning Crew
They are looking for more volunteers; hence, if you are interested in joining the mission, please contact Ms. Karen Kelly – 845-325-1028.
Your are remembered in my daily prayers every day.
Fr. Sahayanathan Nathan
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Past Messages from Father Nathan
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | January 10, 2021
Together, We Are the Church. A universal body of believers, delivering God’s message of hope and love to everyone, everywhere. Your generosity to the Archbishop’s Charity and Development Drive, ABCD, serves the Church so that the Church can serve you.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | January 3, 2021
Happy New Year. Goodbye, 2020. Hello, 2021. We have all experienced a most unusual year. Our lives have had to adjust to never-ending uncertainties that shake our personal and public lives. We have witnessed a shutdown in our thoughts and actions all over the world…
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | December 20, 2020
Merry Christmas to You! “JOY TO THE WORLD” Fourth Advent of Sunday. In this season…when the people were all tired, worried, concerned, and waiting with lots of perplexities, the Lord incarnated Himself and opened up a new world of love to His people.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | November 15, 2020
Peace and happiness are like a light within each of our hearts. I believe and trust that It’s ONE of the gifts from God. It’s purely a gift from the Holy Spirit. It is light – that always glows and intensifies.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | November 1, 2020
On November 2nd we are going to celebrate All Souls Day. This is a holy day set aside for honoring the dead. The day is primarily celebrated in the Catholic Church, but it is also celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox Church as well as a few other denominations of Christianity.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | October 25, 2020
Every week as we profess our faith, we express… “I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic
Church and THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS.” The author of this letter to the Hebrews wrote. “Therefore since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and the perfecter of faith.” (12.1-2)