Eight years have passed since the death of Christina Dangond, yet what remains is not simply memory shaped by time, but life transformed by grace. Grace has a way of doing what time alone cannot: it does not erase grief, but it deepens it into meaning; it does not dull […]

Did you know that nature has its own spirituality? It helps us connect with our inner selves and feel God’s presence. Who hasn’t walked through a forest, climbed a mountain, or strolled along the seashore without rediscovering their deepest self and connecting to God who is present in nature? Today, […]

Since my daughter Christy returned to the arms of God in January 2018, each new year has brought me a profound mix of emotions. January stopped being just the beginning of a new calendar and became a reminder of the month when my heart broke… and, at the same time, […]

As I was preparing for the seasons of Advent and Christmas, my heart kept leading me to meditate on Christ’s birth in Bethlehem. Too often it is romanticized in a way that the real weight and significance of the story is diminished. The reality is that the circumstances of the […]

This reflection is being penned the day after another horrific mass shooting; innocent people murdered and wounded, parents left reeling, and students left with a life-long trauma that no surgeon could bind up. Yet another atrocity in a country so accustomed to gun violence that we have settled for it […]

Most of us instinctively reach for God when life feels heavy – when the diagnosis comes, when the job is lost, when the relationship breaks, or when someone we love is hurting. Pain has a way of pushing us to our knees. In those moments, prayer feels like breathing. It’s […]

In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Thesolonians 5:18) We have just celebrated my favorite holiday here in the United States, Thanksgiving. Growing up, I loved all the family getting together, playing board games, eating delicious food and, of course, […]

The year was 1886. On July 13th of that year, in a dirt-floor stone hovel in County Roscommon, Ireland, a child was born into abject poverty. The midwife, seeing the sickliness of the child, declared that his chances of surviving the night were hopeless. The child’s grandfather, hearing this, took […]

Ever since the newest member of our family arrived—our third child—life has taken a 180-degree turn. The house is louder, messier.  Our routine now feels like a survival mission; but you know what? We’ve never been happier, because we’ve never experienced so deeply what it means to truly let go […]

There are moments, quiet and filled with light, when the heart understands that everything finds meaning in the love of God. It is not weariness or resignation, but the serene certainty that God’s will is perfect, even when life feels uncertain. In those sacred moments, grace descends gently, like a […]