A Message from Father Nathan
My dearest people closest to my heart!
God bless you and your generous heart.
According to Pope Leo XIV
To miss Mass without a reason is not a small matter. It is a mortal sin.
I am just writing to you the pastoral guidance of our Pope Leo XIV. He says: To miss Mass without a reason is not a small matter. It is a mortal sin, and I say this not to frighten you but to wake you, to call your soul back to the one who waits for you every week at the altar with open arms, is just not an obligation. It’s not a burden. We carry to please God.
Mass is the source and Summit of our life as Christians.
No, it is the source and Summit of our life as Christians. The summit of our life as Christians. It is the very place where Heaven touches Earth, where Christ offers himself for you again in an unbloodied way. Where the sacrifice of Calvary is made present. The same Jesus who died for you on the cross is here longing to feed your soul. How quickly we say I’m too tired or I have errands, but there’s a game or it’s been a long week.
No Excuses
We skip Mass for comfort, convenience or distraction and in doing so we turn our back on the one who never turned His back on us.
Let me speak to your heart.
Let me speak to your heart. Let me speak to your heart, God doesn’t need your attendance at Mass, you do! Your soul needs it, your strength comes from it, and when you miss Mass by your own choice, not because you were sick or caring for someone, not because you were truly prevented, but simply because it wasn’t a priority, then you have chosen something less over someone Eternal.
People often forget that love is shown not just in what we say, but in what we sacrifice when we choose other things over God on Sunday, we’re saying with our actions, you are not first in my life. That is why the Church, guided by Christ himself, teaches that knowingly and freely missing Mass on a Sunday or holy day without a grave reason breaks our communion with God and is a mortal sin that must be confessed before we partake of Communion.
Let us be present for Mass and grow in our relationship with Him.
With lots of love and blessings.
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 10, 2022
Thank You for Your Continued Support of our church. I really want to thank each and everyone for your financial support. God bless you all! Thank you also to all those who are praying toward the completion of this project. Please continue to do so. I do understand that it’s a most trying of times now…
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.