Andrew Comiskey
Flesh and Stones
Why does Christmas Day fold into the stoning of Stephen? Why does your calendar, O Church, disturb our reverie with bloodshed? Why must...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 5, 2022
- 3 min
Declare Your Ground: Advent of Integration 2
‘If you don’t stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all’ (Is. 7:9). Christian, never apologize for upholding persons in their...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 28, 2022
- 3 min
Coming Together: Advent of Integration 1
‘It is time to wake up from sleep’ (Romans 13:11). Wake up. Welcome the wholeness that is yours. Receive it. Lay hold of it. At the dawn...
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- Dec 22, 2021
- 2 min
Revisiting Joy
By Katie Comiskey The joy of Advent is often lost on me. As one prone to melancholy, I dwell more on disappointment than victories....
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 19, 2021
- 3 min
Rousing Reality
‘Man becomes truly himself precisely at the point when he recognizes that the highest and brightest Being dwells within him.’ Fr. Alfred...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 12, 2021
- 2 min
Joyful Decrease
‘One is coming mightier than I…He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire’ (Lk. 3:16). ‘He must increase; I must decrease’ (Jn....
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 5, 2021
- 2 min
Actively Waiting
‘Advent is the time of the promise, not the fulfillment.’ Fr. Alfred Delp Adele fever is back. Her new album ‘30’ is selling faster than...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 28, 2021
- 2 min
Transforming Fear
Jesus is coming and He’s mad. Today’s Advent Gospel (Lk. 21:25-28; 34-36) rouses us, not with carols but a swift kick. The Son of...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 23, 2020
- 2 min
Merry Mess
The bright white carpet in our rental highlighted the dirt strewn all over it by our 2-year-old Nick back in the late-eighties; it seems...
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Abigail Foard
- Dec 20, 2020
- 3 min
Baptizing Barrenness
The Lord inhabits humble, barren spaces. His very presence sanctifies them. A shepherd’s pasture becomes a contact point for divine...
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