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...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | ~ All ~, A Living Sacrifice of Praise
Immediately her issue of blood stopped. Looking about, Jesus asks, “Who touched me, for I know that power has gone forth.” The woman with the hemorrhages is a story that is found in each of the synoptic gospels (Matthew 9:20–22, Mark 5:25–34, Luke 8:43–48). This...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | ~ All ~, A Living Sacrifice of Praise
Every Christian is called to surrender his or her life for Jesus Christ. In the gospels, we read that he who would gain his life must lose it, and he that loses his life will keep it safe unto eternal life. This may be in small, little deaths or in the most eloquent...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | ~ All ~, A Living Sacrifice of Praise
The month of June finds us celebrating the Solemnities of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ and the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Jesus commands us, as we heard in the Gospel of Sunday, “Take it; this is my body.” He is the way, the truth, and the life; He...
