by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | ~ All ~, A Living Sacrifice of Praise, Featured
The term epiclesis is a Greek word that means “invocation”, the calling upon God in prayer. Usually, we use it in reference to calling upon the Holy Spirit. We read in the Catechism of the Catholic Church: The Epiclesis (“invocation upon”) is the...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | A Living Sacrifice of Praise, Featured
Do you think he will not come to the feast; the Jewish leaders ask each other.[i] This question in the Gospel according to St. John, is posed by the Jewish leaders because Jesus is no longer going about in public. He knows, in fact, that they plan to kill Him. [ii]...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | A Living Sacrifice of Praise
The time of Lent each year is a precious time marked by both the acknowledgment of our need conversion as well as growing in our friendship with the Lord. The Church keeps ever before our eyes the need to move from our “slavery” to sin by being let out into the desert...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | A Living Sacrifice of Praise
Each year, the Holy Father publishes a letter for the World Day of the Sick. For this 32nd World Day of the Sick, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, focuses on healing and relationships. Here are some excerpts: “Let us look to the icon of the Good Samaritan” Brothers...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | ~ All ~, A Living Sacrifice of Praise
“‘I baptize with water,’ John replied, ‘but among you stands One you do not know. He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’ All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.” This place, Bethany...
