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...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | ~ All ~, A Living Sacrifice of Praise
November is a time when we remember those who have gone before us in the celebration of All Saints Day (November 1st) and All Souls Day (November 2nd). This makes November a special time to focus our attention on the reality of the Church as the Church Triumphant...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | ~ All ~, A Living Sacrifice of Praise
“He remained what he was; he took up what he was not…to make possible the kind of remedy that fitted our human need.” On the feast day of our Lady of Mount Carmel (July 15), one of the main themes in the second reading of the Office of Readings of the Liturgy of the...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | ~ All ~, A Living Sacrifice of Praise
Take your son, your only son, whom you love…and offer him as a whole burnt sacrifice. These words, spoken to Abraham by God, must have been unbearable for him to hear. This was the child of promise, the son he loved, the sign that God would fulfill his word to make...
