Father Nathan St Gabriel | June 23, 2019
Me Dearest People!
Prayerful greetings to you!
Thank you once again for your love and warm welcome… I felt extremely delighted about it.
I was reminded of the guidance of my mother, just a week before my ordination in 2004.
She said quoting St. Don Bosco “a priest from a family is a blessing to your home and to the village” My mommy said – “ Thank you, for bringing that blessing to our family” she continued “remember whatever parish, you are assigned into, you are married to thatparish and that parish should be your home and your house”.
What a spiritual wisdom?
That is the attitude I take, wherever I am placed into I am here at St. Gabriel ( our church and my church) with the same attitude and sentiments.
I am already starting to enjoy that family touch, and your love, right away from Sunday on..I had my goody bag and one family took me for lunch; these things happened right after Sunday Mass. One gentlemen pulled me over right before the Sunday Mass and told me with all politeness “ Father, in this commmunity we have lots of older folks hence, can you please talk a little more slower, during the Mass, so people can understand you better”
Yes, these are the things that I long for… I want that personal touch… I long for it… Thank you.
Please remember, I AM HERE FOR YOU… JUST FOR YOU ALL.
I will never do anything that is detrimental to your faith. May God Guide me and Our Blessed Mother protect me. Please pray for me, that I may be always faithful to the Lord and to His Holy Mother Church. Thank you.
Finally, please allow me to settle down for sometime, later, I want to know you all, as individuals and as well as groups. I will take the time to do so… Please, let me know or our wonderful secretary know about it and we will plan on them.
May the Eucharistic Lord continue to hold us together and may He unify us so that we can all grow together as a faithful family. May our blessed Mother continue to guide us.
God bless you all.
Fr. Sahayanathan Nathan
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Past Messages from Father Nathan
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | November 24 2024
Thanksgiving. The Pilgrims received a bountiful harvest after a year of illness and a shortage of food and they showed their gratitude to God and celebrated with a feast.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | November 17, 2024
Pope Pius XI instituted this feast of Christ the King in 1925 with his encyclical “Quas Primas” (“In the First”) to respond to growing secularism and atheism.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | November 10, 2024
With Great Sadness, I Pass on the News that Andrew Reid, our long-time choir Director, has passed Away. Cherish Life.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | November 03, 2024
3 Important Things. Special Healing Mass will be held on November 3. The celebration will include mass, the rosary, and the anointing of the sick. Welcome back seasonal parishioners and an update on Andrew Reid our choir director.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | October 27, 2024
3 Important Things. Special Healing Mass will be held on November 3. The celebration will include mass, the rosary, and the anointing of the sick. Welcome back seasonal parishioners and an update on Andrew Reid our choir director.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | October 20, 2024
It’s election mode time. Everything we say and do will be perceived with a political outlook. But at the same time as the Church, we need to be the voice of Christ. Mother Teresa on the “Great Destroyer of Peace – Abortion. The passage below is the voice of Mother Teresa at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington D.C. on February 5, 1994. I believe her wisdom and concerns are so relevant today. Here you go.