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A Message from Father Nathan

My dearest people who are all close to my heart!

Lots of love, blessings, and prayers to you all.

As we Await the Holy spirit we Celebrate the Virgin Mary

It is a centuries-old custom of Catholics – in fifty days we celebrate the liturgy of the Resurrection of Our Lord, a time of waiting for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.

The celebration of May as a Marian month fits well with the liturgical celebrations of Easter and Pentecost as we recall Mary’s great joy in her Son’s victory over death as well as her presence with the apostles in the upper room prayerfully awaiting the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.

On our pilgrimage of faith, we walk always with Mary at our side. She is our model of faith, as she helps us with her prayers to live by faith. She teaches us to believe as she believes.

May the Month of Mary

During this month of May, we pay special honor to our Blessed Mother.

In 1965 Pope Paul VI wrote a short encyclical on the month of May.

He wrote that May is an occasion for a “moving tribute of faith and love which Catholics in every part of the world pay to the Queen of Heaven. During this month Christians both in church and in the privacy of their home, offer up to Mary from their hearts, and especially fervent and loving homage of prayer and veneration. In this month, too, the benefits of God’s mercy come down to us from her throne in greater abundance”.

All the honor that we give to Mary is ordered to, and leads to, the adoration of God. Devotion to Mary fosters within us a faithful adherence to her Son. When we crown images of Mary, we are honoring her.

In honoring Mary, we are ultimately praising God for the grace He bestowed on her. I invite you to pray with Mary during this Marian month. Let us especially commend to her our prayers for life, marriage, and religious liberty.

Let us all place ourselves in the school of Mary to learn from her how to love God more fervently and to love one another as her Son has loved us. May the Blessed Virgin Mary intercede for us and draw us closer to Christ her Son! 

God bless you all.

With lots of love and blessing.

Ever at your service.

—Fr. Sahayanathan Nathan