A Message from Father Nathan
My dearest people who are all close to my heart!
Lots of love, blessings, and prayers to you all.
The Importance of Attending Mass and Receiving the Eucharist
Attending Mass is our Loving Response to a Loving God and the Sacrifice of our Savior, Jesus Christ
Guidance to the faithful regarding the obligation of Mass.
Recently, the Church shared its guidance to the faithful regarding the obligation of Mass. I thought I would pen a few lines about the greatest love of Christ—THE HOLY MASS. Jesus instituted the Mass at the Last Supper before His Crucifixion. Hence the Eucharist is the Divine Liturgy. There is no other sacrifice worthy of this name except the one sacrifice that Jesus offered on the cross.
Hebrews 10:12 says that Christ
“offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins”.
The Mass is a re-presentation of the ONE sacrifice of the cross. The Last Supper is the first Mass. When we celebrate Mass, we repeat the Last Supper, as Jesus commanded us to do. In doing this, we remember and re-present his great act of love for us on the Cross –the Eucharist.
The power of Calvary is now taking place: the sacrifice that takes away sins, heals, and transforms – becomes present and available to us. When we go to Mass, we are mysteriously present a the foot of the cross, watching the Savior give his life for us.
It’s all about love, sacrifice, and grace
It allows us to offer our praise and thanksgiving for our redemption. We have Mass to worship and to receive God’s grace, to unify with him and with other worshipers through the sacrament of the Eucharist. As a sacrament, it is that Jesus Himself is acting through the Eucharist, and supplies all the graces we derive from it. We are filled with Jesus Christ’s love for our lives. We develop our faith and glorify God. We receive God’s help and healing.
Above all, it nourishes and strengthens us to love and serve the Lord and one another. At today’s Mass, we are able to stand mystically at the foot of the cross and witness for ourselves the same self-sacrifice of Jesus, in an unbloody manner. The Mass is first of all – a sacrifice- the perfect sacrifice, created by Jesus. In order to maintain the flow of worship. We are called to actively participate. Our salvation is not a one-time deal where we make a promise to God at one point in our lives. Life is a process so is our salvation. Let us come together as a community and worship Christ’s love for us live by His sacrificial love.
Let Us pray for Peace among nations
Let us, on these days of Holy Lent pray for peace among nations. I don’t want to go into the politics of what’s going on now.
But, the life of ordinary people who have the right and want to live a peaceful life, their life is disturbed, bothered and hence they are in tension. Let us pray for the end of war and for peace in our world of worlds! Let us pray that the leaders understand their role and responsibility and allow people to live in harmony.
As we pray for the end of war, let us also pray for ourselves that our hearts will be freed from envy, grudges, jealousy, and hatred, and may it be replaced with peace and happiness.
God bless you all.
With lots of love and blessing.
Ever at your service.
—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)