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 | February 14, 2021
Ash Wednesday | The Beginning of Lent
“Repent and believe in the Gospel” is the captivating sentence as we begin the holy season of Lent. For any Roman Catholic Church, the suffering the death of Christ is the mystery of our faith. Our faith revolves around this.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | February 07, 2021
Let me again have the privilege to thank all of you again for your support and for the love that you continue to shower down upon me.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | January 31, 2021
Thoughts on healing a broken heart… Thank you for your love and care. It’s the greatest and warming feeling that one is being loved, we hear that Christ longed for this acceptance from His people when he lived here in His time.
Special Message from Father Nathan | January 24, 2021
Thank you for your kindness, love, support and above all your valuable prayers. To me, as like all of you, family means a lot to me. We are united ONLY WITH LOVE. I always feel the LOVE VIBRATION in my family. I feel so BLESSED about my family as I feel with you all.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | January 24, 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 17, 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.