Message from Fr. Sahayanathan Nathan

St. Gabriel Catholic Parish

My dearest people closest to my heart!

I want to thank and apreciate all those who have sacrificed their time and talents for the good of the church and for the greater glory of God. Personally, I wanted to give 100% when it comes to liturgy. I do fondly remember and thank my professors who taught me that we have by this table. What they meant was ALTAR, the Mass.

As I was repeatedly told, the Holy Week is the essence of our faith, hence I wanted to give the maximum to my people. There were lots of people who sacrificed their time and talent toward this. May God bless them all. To name a few of them Mary Lou Soucy and her leadership, Terry, Allison, Dores, Deb, Rachael and Phil, the liturgy committee. Patricia Corea for full involvement in preparing slides for the screen. Decorating committee Kathy Duet and Lillian DiStasio and their own group, our choir Edgar and Charla….special mention to Charla for her commendable commitment toward the liturgy. May God bless her.

Usher, lectors and extraOrdinary Communion ministers and Anthony Brogna and Katie Brennan who would be there in all the activities of the church. May God bless all of them. I personally like to thank each and every one of you who took this Holy Lent so seriously. There were lots of people who came for confession. I thank God that I was able to spend lots of hous at the confessional that made me extremely happy. This week we are ging to celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday week. There are some liturgical and paraliturgical things that are prepared.

Please come and benefit from it. Even though we had already had the speaker from outside of the state come and addressed us, it is still great that we need to learn or refresh about it. May I request you all to come and participate in them. There is a special Mass at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. Please plan to be there.

With lots of love and blessings
Ever wanting to be faithful to your service

Fr. Sahayanathan Nathan