We really are so small and helpless when it comes to the great mystery, adventure and beauty that is the life of God’s love. I am reminded that the kingdom of God belongs to those who are childlike, to those who are small. One must become small in order to love greatly....
I am learning through my mission and through friends to embrace reality. One friend in particular is an inspiration to me on how to bear sufferings with hope. Janu is twenty years old and suffers from polio. Janu can’t walk, but she and her family have never lost the hope that she would gain her mobility....
This question has become very frequent as I have begun to redefine the words of compassion and presence as I am striving to live them out. Looking for an answer that cannot be found within myself but rather in those that are around me, I meet Christ in the friends I encounter....
As I am writing this, I have been home for just over 24 hours, and I can’t believe it yet...
“Abdou is one example of the ‘gold’ of Mbeabus (Dakar’s main garbage dump that we visit weekly). We visited him shortly after his wife, who lived with him and was very ill, passed away....
My community recently reflected on the passage from Acts 3:1-10. In this passage, Peter and John encounter a beggar asking for alms. Yet, rather than listen to the beggar’s plea to simply have his stomach filled for the day, they turn their gaze to the deeper cry of the man - the cry for what...
In July, I had the wonderful opportunity to accompany the Con-solatio community and their new volunteers during their orientation. What an immense grace to see the lives of the orientees start to taste the first fruits of this beautiful calling to "stand at the foot of the Cross of Jesus" with Mary!...
How do I begin to give thanks to the Lord for all He has given me and blessed me with during my time in Peru? How do I begin to explain to you the miracles I have witnessed in my own life and the life of others? (…) I can only say that during this...
It was my 10th year in a row, and I couldn’t miss this one! The Con-solatio benefit concert is always a festive occasion of pure joy. I arrived in the afternoon to help with final preparations. ...
Four months ago, God gave me the opportunity to return to my second home here in Brooklyn. After 3 years of being back from my mission in Argentina, I could no longer resist this longing, this thirst, for immersing my life once again in the charism of Con-solatio. Over the course of my past three...