From the Desk Of Father Nathan
From the Desk of Father Nathan
Weekly Inspiration, Encouragement and Spiritual Guidance.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | Easter Sunday April 4, 2021
At the Easter Vigil, the Exsultet is sung as Mass begins in darkness, illumined only by candles throughout the church. The Exsultet is a beautiful hymn of rejoicing in Christ’s triumph of sin and death.
Father Nathan Homily | Good Friday | April 2, 2021
Today is Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion and we are remembering the death of Jesus, the Word made flesh on the cross… The Cross is the principal symbol of Christianity and this is so because it reminds the world of the sacrificial love of Christ which he expressed to humankind through his passion and death.
Father Nathan Homily | Palm sunday | March 28, 2021
Palm Sunday. Holy Week begins. Jesus and his disciples arrive at the Mount of Olives. “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to come! Hosanna in the highest!”
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.
Father Nathan Homily | 5th Sunday of Lent | March 21, 2021
5th Sunday of Lent. I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live… -Jn 11:25
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”).
Father Nathan Homily | 4th Sunday of Lent | March 14, 2021
4th Sunday of Lent. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. -Jn 3:17
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.
Father Nathan Homily | 3rd Sunday of Lent | March 7, 2021
The 3rd Sunday of Lent. Scrutiny Year A Readings. “…whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” — Jn 4:14