Father Nathan St Gabriel | June 30, 2019
A Message from Father Nathan
My Dearest People
Let the peace of Christ be with you. I am indeed glad to inform you I have moved here to the rectory, settling down.
I am also making effort to learn your names and faces. I wish to know you all by names and faces. God will help me. Thank. you for your patience as I learn.
Many are concerned about how I am to be called. So let me explain a little about my name.
The Story of My Name
Back home, usually all Catholics are named after the saints of course the trend is now changing. By their names you can find out if if they are Catholic or not. My fist name looks a bit long, but it. has a beautiful meaning.
If I am going to translate my name into English. SAGA.YA MADAHA means OURLADY OF MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS. NATHAN means servant. So I am the servant of Mary, Help of Christians.
Yes I am the servant of Christ and I want to be a servant – to Christ and HIS people. I love that!
My name is spelled incorrectly. It is suppose to be SAGAYANATHAN. One of my teachers made the mistake., it has gone into the file, hence I am holding on to that. Father SAGAI or SAGAY would be correct. Good luck with that. Thank you.
We are going to celebrate the Independence Day of our nation. What a blessed nation we all livle in.
Happy Independence Day
Some of us,who have not been exposed to other cultures and nations, may not know how blessed we are. I would say with my limited exposure of the world and cultures, my dear friends, WE LIVE in a God promised land. God has very truly and enormously blessed our nation. Let us praise God for the great gift of freedom that all enjoy.
Let us remember and pray for all the GREAT FATHERS OF OUR NATION, who wanted to build this nation under the Christian principle. May there souls rest in peace.
Remember to Always Keep God in Your Life
Having Said this, when it comes to great holidays, we all do them conveniently but we forget God and church.
We need to enjoy the holidays and have the need to have some family gatherings and reunions and all that, for sure, we need them all but without throwing God away from our lives.
Our life and day should start with God hence, please come to church on Independence Day and thank him for the blessings that we enjoy from him and from this country. The rest of the day can be for fun.
Let Us Be Proud Americans
Let us not throw away God from our lives, from our culture and from our country.
Let us love our NATION.
Let us be proud to be AMERICAN and let also be faithful Christians.
Happy Independence Day to you all…
And God Bless America!!!!
Independence Day Prayer
God, source of all freedom
this day is bright with the memory
of those who declared that life and liberty are your gift to every human being.
Help us to continue the good work begun long ago.
Make our vision clear and our will strong:
that only in human solidarity will we find liberty and justice
and honor that belongs to every life on earth.
Turn our hearts toward the family of nations:
to understand the ways of others,
to offer friendship,
and to find safety only in the common good of all.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen
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Past Messages from Father Nathan
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | March 28, 2021
Holy Week is also called “Passion Week” begins on Palm Sunday and continues to Easter Sunday. Holy Week provided an opportunity for all the faithful to reflect on their personal sinfulness and their need for Christ and His sacrifice on our behalf.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | March 21, 2021
This is the year of Saint Joseph December 8, 2020, is the 15th anniversary of the Declaration of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. Pope Francis issued an Apostolic Letter entitled Patris corde (“With a Father’s Heart”).
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | March 14, 2021
What is Holy Mass?
What we do and why do we do this?
Vatican II, bulletin 1324 said the following: – The Eucharist is “the source and summit of the Christian life.” 136 ‘the other sacraments and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented towards it.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | March 7, 2021
What is the Sacrament of Confession? Why do we need confession? What are the benefits of going to confession? The Sacrament of Confession is one of the most unique and beautiful aspects of Catholicism. Jesus Christ, in His abundant love and mercy, established the Sacrament of Confession so that we as sinners can obtain forgiveness for our sins and reconcile with God, our neighbors, and the Church.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | February 28, 2021
The Mysteries of our Faith. As the Lenten Season has started please make all the efforts possible to participate in the liturgy and other pious activities of the church. These are the ways and means we are able to understand the mystery of Christ…
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | February 21, 2021
We have just started the Lenten season. It’s one of the most precious and holiest seasons of the year… Let us try to know Christ and let us try to understand him. Please, make an effort to talk to Him and with Him through the readings of the scripture, praying the rosary as a family,