How a stomach bug changed my understanding of God

’It’s interesting how the Holy Spirit can work through us in times of need, or perhaps it’s because we become more receptive when we’re in need,’ says mum, Louise Kelly as she remembers how the norovirus drew her and her three children closer to God.

It was nearly midnight on a Saturday when a familiar sound roused me from a much-needed slumber, the sound that every parent dreads…the sound of your child being sick. In the distance, the laughter from the pub at the bottom of my road provided a stark contrast to the sound of retching and crying.