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 14, 2024
St. Kateri Tekakwitha. First Native American saint. Patron saint of ecology and the environment, people in exile, and Native Americans…
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | July 07, 2024
St. Benedict. Father of monasticism. Patron Saint of Europe. Protector. He is the patron saint of a wide variety of people and needs, including: against poison, agricultural workers…
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | June 30, 2024
Important Basilica – St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, Basilica of St. John – Ephesus, St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica in Chennai India + the Story of St. Thomas.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | June 23, 2024
The Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, apostles. The rock on which the Church is built and the origin of our faith -the protectors and guides.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | June 16, 2024
Happy Father’s Day. Officially recognized as a holiday in 1972 by President Nixon. Our Fathers are our heroes and intercessors.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | June 09, 2024
June 13 – We celebrate the Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua. The patron saint of my village. He was called the “Arca Testamenti”, meaning “the living repository of the Holy Scriptures”.