Andrew Comiskey
Radical Wholeness: Day 40
‘Aquinas assigns intemperance to the “roving unrest of spirit”, which he says is the first-born daughter of acedia (or sloth)…Acedia is...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 21, 2020
- 4 min
Asexual Slump or Marvelous Desire? Day 39
‘To begin with: for Thomas Aquinas it is plainly self-evident--indeed so self-evident that it need hardly be mentioned even to those but...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 20, 2020
- 3 min
Temperance: Life and Love on Course: Day 38
‘The primary and essential meaning of temperance…is this: to dispose various parts into one unified and ordered whole.’ (The Four...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 19, 2020
- 3 min
Patient, Peaceful Endurance: Day 37
‘To be patient means to preserve cheerfulness and serenity of mind in spite of injuries that result from the realization of the good....
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 18, 2020
- 4 min
Fortitude for Future Generations: Day 36
‘To be brave actually means to be able to suffer injury. Because man is by nature vulnerable, he can be brave.’ (The Four Cardinal...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 17, 2020
- 3 min
Sexual (In)Justice: Day 35
‘…any unchastity has these two aspects: to be at once intemperance and injustice.’ (The Four Cardinal Virtues, Josef Pieper, p. 158) ‘…in...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 16, 2020
- 3 min
Justice and True Sexual Nature: Day 34
‘Justice is the virtue which enables man to give to each one his due.’ (The Four Cardinal Virtues, Josef Pieper, p. 44) ‘We cannot state...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 15, 2020
- 3 min
Seeing Things as They Were: Day 33
‘This truth of real things…is contained in the true-to-being-memory. The true-to-being character of memory means simply that it...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 14, 2020
- 3 min
Prudence: Decisive Reality: Day 32
‘To be open to the truth of real things and to live by the truth that one has grasped is the essence of the moral being. Only when we...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 13, 2020
- 4 min
Four Hinges on the Door of Life: Day 31
‘“The doctrine of virtue” was one of the great discoveries in the history of man’s self-understanding…It has become a basic component of...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 8, 2020
- 3 min
Roman Unraveling: Day 26
‘In the context of Romans 1:18-32, it is true that there is a certain logic to the sequence of events. First, a false wisdom suppresses...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 6, 2020
- 3 min
Pride in One’s Own Design: Day 24
‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom. She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 4, 2020
- 3 min
Scriptural Witness of Life: Day 22
‘The objective of this book is to demonstrate two main points. First, there is clear, strong, and credible evidence that the Bible...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Oct 23, 2020
- 2 min
Integration for All: Day 10
‘When we first will to follow--first attempt obedience--God becomes not just some vague force, but very personal. Our idea of Him...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Oct 22, 2020
- 2 min
Garden of Solitude: Day 9
‘Our pastoral task is to help every needy one face his inner loneliness, and there begin to hear God and his own true self. Every one of...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Oct 22, 2020
- 2 min
Outward Gaze: Day 8
‘This listening prayer is the best possible training in the practice of the Presence of God. In looking to Him, we are drawn up and out...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Oct 19, 2020
- 2 min
Timeless Healer: Day 7
‘In prayer for the healing of memories, the power of the memory to make the past present to us in a very real way is extraordinary. The...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Oct 18, 2020
- 2 min
Reading Ourselves Rightly: Day 6
‘In regard to the young man for whom he was experiencing strong homosexual desires I asked him, “What specifically do you admire in this...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Oct 17, 2020
- 2 min
United in His Presence: Day 5
‘In union and communion with Him, our once fragmented souls are drawn together in one harmonious whole even as the pieces of a complex...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Oct 16, 2020
- 2 min
Discerning Love: Day 4
‘“Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness,” as C. S. Lewis has said, and the most unloving thing I could possibly...
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