by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | A Living Sacrifice of Praise, Featured
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.”[i] These words of Mary’s Magnificat, chosen for the Gospel reading for the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, highlight the mystery of...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | A Living Sacrifice of Praise, Featured
June is the month in which we celebrate the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ. It is an invitation to drink deeply of the mystery of Divine love made accessible to us through the Son, by his taking on our very humanity. It is a celebration of Divine love. Closely...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | A Living Sacrifice of Praise
Imagine a boat on the sea without a sail. No matter how hard the wind blows, the boat will at best drift and at worst capsize or be wrecked. Now imagine that the boat has a sail; now it can harness the wind and even be steered. The seven gifts of the...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | A Living Sacrifice of Praise, Featured
“Truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit,” [i] spoke Jesus to Nicodemus. St. John the Evangelist recounts the events of that conversation for us to learn of the power of baptism into Jesus, so that by the power of...
by Sister Mary Sarah Macht, RSM, MSN, FNP-BC | A Living Sacrifice of Praise, Featured
Hail, Full of Grace, the Lord is with you, spoke the angel. Our Lady gives her consent, and the Word is made flesh in her. She is preserved from the stain of sin because Jesus was to take His human nature from her. She is the “first fruit” of His redemptive act. ...
