A Message from Father Nathan
My dearest people who are all close to my heart!
Lots of love, blessings, and prayers to you all.
Mass is God’s Food for Our Soul, come and partake.
The Covid-19 situation hopefully is over for now.
I am glad and delighted to witness many coming back to the church in person, which is great! I am looking forward to witnessing all our people back at the church. I thought maybe it would be good to do a little catechism as my thankfulness.
We don’t do God a favor by showing up for church
We don’t do God a favor by showing up for church on Sunday and putting something into the plate. This does nothing for our God. It does not enhance His dignity or add anything to His power or glory. As our preface at the Mass so beautifully puts it –
“For, although you have no need of our praise, yet our thanksgiving is itself your gift since our praises add nothing to Your greatness but profit us for salvation, through Christ our Lord.”
What happens is this. God does us a favor every Sunday (and in parishes blessed with priests every day), by hosting a meal for us in which He offers Himself to us as food, in the most intimate act of communion with Himself imaginable. Mass is not about what we do for God, but what God does for us.
Pray for God to Work in our hearts
At this Sunday’s Mass, let’s pray more intensely for God to work in our hearts, forgive our sins, and transform the way we think and act so that we can become like the man of Psalm 15 who is suitable to dwell in God’s presence; or like Mary, who understood the “the one thing” necessary and was willing to say “No” to distractions and demands in order to soak in the presence of teaching of Jesus.
Recharge our Spiritual Energy
Secondly, by going to the church, we may do the recharging of our spiritual energy also by our personal and family prayers, the meditative reading of the Bible, and participating in the celebration of the Holy Mass.
Christian husbands and wives should develop “couple spirituality” and seek more opportunities to pray together and attend the Holy Mass together. As we heard last Sunday the Martha and Mary episode teaches us the need for balance between service and prayer and the need for spending time with the Lord, learning from Him, and recharging our spiritual batteries with the power of the Holy Spirit.
God bless you all.
With lots of love and blessing.
Ever wanting to be faithful to your service.
—Fr. Sahayanathan Nathan
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Past Messages from Father Nathan
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | July , 2022 | Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Overturning an unjust law “For nearly fifty years,” says the US Bishops’ statement, “America has enforced an unjust law that has permitted some to decide whether others can live or die; this policy has resulted in the deaths of tens of millions of preborn children, generations that were denied the right to even be born.”
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | June 29, 2022 | The Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
The Feasts of Saints Peter and Paul, or the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, is a liturgical feast in honor of the martyrdom in Rome of these apostles – Saint Peter and Saint Paul, which will be observed on the 29th of June. The celebration is of ancient origin…
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | June 19, 2022 | Father’s Day
Happy Father’s Day! “These commandments that I give today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and get up.” – Deuteronomy 6:6-7
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | June 12, 2022 | The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
Thursday, June 16th we celebrate The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, also known as the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. Christ. I believe it is great that we learn and refresh our theological treaties on this experience. The Institution of the Eucharist is found in the synoptic Gospels…
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | June 5, 2022 | the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua
The Feast of St. Anthony of Padua is celebrated on June 13th. He is one of the great saints who leads innumerable back to Christ.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | May 29, 2022 | Memorial Day
It’s our church. It’s our home. We need to maintain our building and enhance our security. We cannot ignore it because it will
only get worse and cost so much more. Please help me with some financial ideas.