by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | A Living Sacrifice of Praise, Featured
What is common about the saints in heaven and the souls in purgatory? They will share the heavenly homeland. Yes, while the saints live seeing God face to face, those in purgatory (the Church Suffering) are destined for this glory and blessedness. Those in...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | A Living Sacrifice of Praise, Featured
“Give me a free hand;” this is the reported response that Jesus gave to Saint Margaret Mary when she asked, “What must I do?”[i] This is how saints are made. For it is of His fullness, we have received grace upon grace.[ii] For each of us...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | ~ All ~, To Your Health
Updated content February 5, 2022: As a nurse practitioner, I have had many different COVID tests over the last year and a half…today’s was by far the easiest. In our previous blog about where to get a “fast” PCR COVID test, we talked about local options for...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | A Living Sacrifice of Praise, Featured
In September, the Church celebrates tremendous feast days. We turn our attention to the Triumph of the Cross and Our Lady of Sorrows. St. Bernard writes beautifully of the power of the contemplation of the wounds of the Lord; it is through these wounds and the...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | ~ All ~, A Living Sacrifice of Praise
In his is commentary on the Song of Songs, Saint Bernard speaks of the Lord as “leaping” and “drawing near the wall” in the Incarnation when he takes on human flesh. “He drew near the wall, therefore, when he joined himself to our flesh. Our flesh is the wall, and...
