A Message from Father Nathan
My dearest people who are all close to my heart!
Lots of love, blessings, and prayers to you all.
Understanding the veneration of Saints
We believe that the intercession of saints is entirely dependent on Jesus’ role as the Mediator (1Timothy 2:5). Jesus is the One Way to the Father (John 14:6) Hence all prayers to the Father must go through Jesus.
This week, as we know, we are going to host the exposition of Relics at our parish. We are going to have 150 relics of different saints. Some of them are 2000 years old. They are extremely precious gifts to us.
As a Catholic, we do profess every week that….I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, and the Communion of Saints….Saints are, our parents, brothers, and sisters have set a mark of the heroic life and be an inspiration for the pilgrim church, the living church to church in heaven.
We, Catholics believe in life after death.
We, Catholics believe that our relationship with our fellow Christians does not end with death. We believe in continuing communion. The saints and angels in heaven stand before God and offer Him their prayers.
We believe in the Communion of Saints
– we can ask the saints to pray for us, just as we ask our friends and family to do so too. By doing this, the truth is that Catholics adore and worship only God alone. But we honor, love, and venerate saints including our Blessed Mother Mary as the most saintly and Spirit-filled.
Men and women seek their intercession, based on scriptural reasons. We believe that while enjoying the glory of heaven, the saints are still lovingly concerned with the struggles of Christ’s Body on earth. So, they constantly pray for our needs with love.
We believe that the intercession of saints is entirely dependent on Jesus’ role as the Mediator (1Timothy 2:5).
Jesus is the One Way to the Father (John 14:6)
Hence all prayers to the Father must go through Jesus. While we live together on earth as Christians, we are in communion, or unity, with one another. But that communion doesn’t end when one of us dies. We believe that the saints, the Christians in heaven remain in communion with those of us on earth. We call this the Communion of Saints, and it’s an article of faith in every Christian creed from the Apostle’s Creed on.
God bless you all.
With lots of love and blessing.
Ever at 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.