Andrew Comiskey
Open Letter to Pope Francis: A Father Guides
Dear Pope Francis, Thank you for fathering us generously. You eschew formalities, which invites us to pour out contradictions—desires in...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Mar 6
- 3 min
Open Letter to Pope Francis: A Father Confirms
Dear Pope Francis, You exemplify a father who draws near to sons and daughters to dignify them. You encourage us to aspire to more, to...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Feb 20
- 2 min
Open Letter to Pope Francis: A Father Listens
Pope Francis, Forgive my mild resistance to the ‘synod on synodality.’ The name itself tempts me to revert to evangelicalism; I resist. I...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Feb 13
- 2 min
Open Letter to Pope Francis
Dear Pope Francis, I write this as one father to another. We share a deep love for Jesus and Church. I honor your weighty fatherhood as...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Jan 30
- 2 min
Sin of Omission
‘We are all children of God and God loves us as we are…’ Pope Francis, on loving ‘LGBTQ+-identified’ people Pope Francis rightly...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Jan 23
- 3 min
The Prophet Pastors: How Truth Transfigures the Tender Care of Persons
‘The thing the Church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds…it needs nearness, proximity. I see the Church as a field hospital...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Jan 8
- 3 min
Epiphany of Benedict XVI
If Epiphany means to make something clear, then late great Pope Benedict is the Feast’s exemplar. ‘Stand firm in the faith! Don’t let...
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Marco Casanova
- Dec 19, 2022
- 2 min
Crossing the Threshold: Advent of Integration 4
‘When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home’ (Mt 1:24). I write this in sheer...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 16, 2022
- 3 min
Dignify and Deploy 34: Living the Cross
‘Suffering is one of those points in which man in a certain sense is destined to go beyond himself.’ St. John Paul II ‘I resolved to...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 15, 2022
- 3 min
Dignify and Deploy 33: Buoyant, Broken
‘We have firmly hoped, we will always hope, and we are and will be happy.’ Karol Wojtyla Bearing the weight of a billion person Church in...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 9, 2022
- 3 min
Dignify and Deploy 27: Restoring Woman’s Dignity
‘He suffused me without difficulty, burst my shame and the thoughts I’d suppressed… As if He had touched a rhythm in my temples and...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Oct 29, 2022
- 3 min
Dignify and Deploy 16: Equipping Young Saints 1
‘Don’t be afraid to be saints! This is the liberty for which Christ has set us free…Dear young people, be won by Him!’ St. John Paul II...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Oct 18, 2022
- 2 min
Dignify and Deploy 5: Masters of Integration, Part 1
John Wimber and Karol Wojtyla possessed sharp creative minds that joined together disparate ideas. The resulting wholeness became a love...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Oct 3, 2022
- 2 min
Facing Futility, Tenderly
I could see and hear how much he wanted the relationship to work, to be true: he needed this new guy to be the one that silenced all the...
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Marco Casanova
- Aug 29, 2022
- 2 min
Created for Communion
By Marco Casanova I’m made for communion. Love calls me into relationship. Learning to reveal hard emotions to Ania has become my...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Aug 1, 2022
- 2 min
Made New, Together
‘When You send Your Spirit, they are created; You renew the face of the earth.’ (PS 104:30) The branches are beckoning. Two peach trees I...
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Marco Casanova
- Jun 30, 2022
- 2 min
At Pride’s End, Boasting Only in the Broken Body of Christ
By Marco Casanova I came to Mass wearied. Not surprised that Pride Month intensifies familiar vulnerabilities, I wanted reprieve. I felt...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Jun 24, 2022
- 1 min
TOBI Statement on SCOTUS Roe v. Wade Decision
We rejoice in this decision! Statement by TOB Institute President Dr. Christopher West on Today’s SCOTUS Decision on Roe v. Wade The...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Jun 3, 2022
- 2 min
Holy Resistance
‘In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood’ (Heb. 12:4). Guys tend to be soft these...
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Andrew Comiskey
- May 16, 2022
- 3 min
Pope Francis Urges LGBTQ+ Community to Repent in the Power of the Holy Spirit
I’ve been waiting all my Catholic life for this. In response to Fr. Martin’s questions about how the Church should respond to the rainbow...
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