A Message from Father Nathan
My dearest people closest to my heart!
God bless you and your generous heart
Happy Thanksgiving
Remembering all our blessings
Happy Thanksgiving to you all. Let us thank the Lord for the blessings and graces that he bestows upon us. “Thank you!”
St. Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa) told this story in an address given at the National Prayer Breakfast in 1994.
“One evening serveral of our sisters went out, and we picked up four people from the street. One of them was in a most terrible condition. So I told the other Sister, “You take care of the other three: I will take care of this one who looks the worst.” So I did for the woman everything that my love could do. I cleaned her and put her in bed, and there such a beautiful smile on her face. She took my hands and two words in her language, Bengali; “Thank you.”
Then she died. I could not help but examine my conscience. I asked myself
“What would I say if I were in her place? My answer was quite simple. I would have tried to draw a little attention to myself. I would have said, “I am hungry, I am dying, I am in pain.” But the woman gave me much more; she gave me grateful love, dying with a grateful smile on her face. I mean that even those with nothing can give us the gift of thanks.”
Thanksgiving Day has profound religious meaning because giving thanks is the very heart of our natural and spiritual life. The fact is that everything we have comes from God.
Let us be thankful to God.
- Let us thank God for giving us the gifts of life and health, for providing for our spiritual and physical needs, for giving us our families and friends, and for offering us the grace of salvation through Jesus our Lord and Savior.
- Let us be thankful to our parents, friends, and families.
- Let us also be thankful for the countless good people in our lives, each of whom has brought his or he own special gifts to us and has touched our lives.
We have hundreds of reasons to be grateful. I am thankful to God for each and every one of you. Every one of you is priceless and precious.
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 | November 06, 2022
Meet our New Maintenance Man + surveillance camera project update. We have a new maintenance man here at the parish. He is still on his orientation and acclimating day by day. His name is Rodger. He is being taught all the necessary things about the church and its…
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | October 30, 2022
This week, we have two important feasts that we are going to celebrate. One would be the Solemnity of All Saints and the second ALL Souls Day. Let us try to understand what these feasts mean to us.
The Solemnity of All Saints commemorates all those holy men, women, children, martyrs,…
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | October 23, 2022
Important updates and information for the upcoming holiday season and welcoming our seasonal parishioners back to their Florida homes and the 2023 Pilgrimage tot he Holy Land.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | October 16, 2022
Parish Improvements update. Very many supported this in ten thousand, two thousand, thousands, and fifty dollar donations….every amount helps
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | October 09, 2022
We celebrate the Feast of Saint Teresa of Avila. The daughter of a Jewish convert and his second wife, Saint Teresa of Avila, was born on March 28, 1515.
From The Desk Of Father Nathan | October 02, 2022
“Francis, go and build up My house, which is falling into ruin”. To fulfill this command of our Lord, St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) began by restoring physical churches and continued by building up the spiritual Church in souls…