by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | ~ All ~, Featured, To Your Health
In this time of increasing cases of coronavirus infections, people may have questions about which test to get and how those tests work. The link below will give you a good overview, but the basic breakdown is this: Rapid antigen tests (nasal swab): Take home message:...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | ~ All ~, Featured, In the News
With all the precautions regarding the spread of COVID-19, there has been a lot of discussion about how best to prevent the virus from spreading to others. This is especially important for vulnerable people who are likely to have a more severe case of COVID-19 or...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | ~ All ~, In His Image
The King’s Son given to redeem a slave.1 Consideration of the human person may rightly (and surprisingly!) begin with God. Man is a created being, endowed with a spiritual soul. From philosophy we know that the soul is the “form” of the body, but what does...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | ~ All ~, A Living Sacrifice of Praise
In this month in which we commemorate the great feast of All Saints, we are to remember that each of us is called to holiness, regardless of our state of life. We must all desire heaven, ultimate union with God. The Church gives us many agents, not the least of...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | ~ All ~, A Living Sacrifice of Praise
What is an indulgence? We read in the Catechism of the Catholic Church 1471: The doctrine and practice of indulgences in the Church are closely linked to the effects of the sacrament of Penance. “An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment...