A Message from Father Nathan
My dearest people closest to my heart!
God bless you and your generous heart.
Prepare for the Resurrection of our Lord
The Meaning of Lent
The American Catholic Conference states so beautifully the meaning of Lent:
“Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It’s a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture, we serve by giving alms, and we practice self-control through fasting. We are called not only to abstain from luxuries during Lent but to go through a true inner conversion of heart as we seek to follow Christ’s will more faithfully. We recall the waters of baptism in which we were also baptized into Christ’s death, died to sin and evil, and began new life in Christ.”
What is the spiritual purpose of Lent?
Pope Francis has frequently emphasized the demands of Lent in his Ash Wednesday homilies. He described it as a
“favorable time to return to what is essential to divest ourselves of all that weighs us down, to be reconciled with God, and to rekindle the fire of the Holy Spirit hidden beneath the ashes of our frail humanity. Let is a process of stripping away distractions to find greater authenticity. “To return to the heart means to go back to our true self and to present it just as it is, naked and defenseless, in the sight of God,”
he Pope said,
“It means looking within ourselves and acknowledging our real identity, removing masks we so often wear, slowing the frantic pace of our lives, and embracing life and truth of who we are.”
Lent is an opportunity to “reconsider the path we are taking
Ultimately, Lent is an opportunity to
“…reconsider the path we are taking, to find the route that leads us home and to rediscover our profound relationship with God, on whom everything depends,”
Pope Francis said.
Hence may you all have a great, meaningful Lenten Season
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 | April 16, 2023
Christ is Risen. Thank You For your Full Participation During Holy Week & thanks to all who make the liturgy of Lent special.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | April 2, 2023
As Holy Week begins, may I request all of you for your active participation in all the liturgy next week? Beginning with Holy Thursday at 4:00 p.m. Good Friday Stations of the Cross 12:00 noon…
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | March 26, 2023
Pontifical Good Friday Collection which helps Christians in the Holy Land. Pope Francis has asked our Archdiocese to support the Pontifical Good Friday Collection which helps Christians in the Holy Land.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | March 19, 2023
Today is the Solemnity of St. Joseph. This is the primary and highest feast of St. Joseph and is celebrated annually on March 19th. Because this feast is a solemnity, even though it falls during Lent, the faithful are dispensed of their Lenten obligations on this day…
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | March 12, 2023
Confess your sins. The second precept of the Church commission that guides us states “you shall confess your sins at least once a year: Lenten Confession times…
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | March 5, 2023
Understand The Lent discipline of Fasting… All Catholics are called to fast for at least two important dates. One is Ash Wednesday and the other is Good Friday. Fasting, prayer, and helping the poor are the three spiritual disciplines of Lent.