Andrew Comiskey
St. Katherine
All Saint’s Day reminds us of faithful ones who went before us and made a way for our faithfulness. I celebrated this feast of gratitude...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Oct 6, 2019
- 3 min
Surrounded 2: Mending the Net
Since becoming Catholic, I’m more aware than ever of the ignorant, prejudicial attitudes that pervade both sides of our divided Church....
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Andrew Comiskey
- Sep 29, 2019
- 3 min
Surrounded 1: Chariots of Fire
It can be tough to burn with hope for some LGBT+ persons; allergic to chastity, alive to sensational new ‘sexualities’, they frame us as...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Sep 15, 2019
- 3 min
Living Bread, for the World
Long before I centered on the Eucharist as the focus of worship—the real meal that Catholics celebrate–I understood this breaking of...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Sep 2, 2019
- 3 min
Ecstasy
The Crucified rallied the nations last week in Kansas City; under the flood of His Divine Mercy, we wept for joy. Ecstasy. No better way...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Apr 18, 2018
- 2 min
Messy, Joyful Easter
I woke from a fitful sleep, jet-lagged and already critical of the things that awaited me at morning Mass. I countered with a prayer for...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Mar 11, 2018
- 3 min
Behold the Lamb 5: Liberty and Loss
A young Catholic priest who participated in a recent Living Waters Training engaged a lot with our mostly evangelical crowd; he got...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Feb 25, 2018
- 3 min
Behold the Lamb 3: Dirty Mother
‘In the Church, God has put Himself into hands that betray Him over and over.’ Pope Emeritus Benedict I was outraged. A well-known...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 15, 2017
- 2 min
Irresistible
In these last couple weeks of our fast, I’ve had the privilege of making two trips to the Northeast where I witnessed the irresistible...
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Andrew Comiskey
- May 28, 2017
- 3 min
Fresh Green from Scorched Earth
‘He will be like a refiner’s fire…then the Lord will have a people who bring offerings in righteousness.’ (Mal. 3:2, 3) I had seen the...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Mar 10, 2017
- 2 min
Exuberant Joe
My good friend and colleague Dr. Joseph Nicolosi passed away yesterday from an unexpected, swift illness. I am in shock. He is the man...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Oct 17, 2016
- 2 min
Marvelous Wound
Jesus’ broken body loosed a river of healing, not only for our personal wounds, but also for the massive divides we face as His body, the...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Aug 30, 2016
- 2 min
For the Bride
This fall, we advance in three exciting ways for the Body of Christ. Desert Stream Ministries is about helping make the Church a...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Aug 15, 2016
- 3 min
Healing Ethnic Shame
Roque Daniel Delgado’s stepfather was Mexican. Real Mexican. Santiago dressed to the nines, stuffed his Chicago home with colorful...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Jul 25, 2016
- 3 min
Becoming Home
‘We fully “become” our true selves within relationships. A positive sense of self, rooted in worth and value, arises out of an attuned,...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Jan 17, 2016
- 3 min
Mother’s ‘Yes’
For the last five years, I’ve wondered why the Church begins each year on January 1st by honoring Mary as Christ-bearer, the one who...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 3, 2015
- 3 min
Wedding Prep
Last week I discovered some unexpected momentum for our prayer/fasting time. While wondering how I might keep a prayerful focus amid our...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Oct 14, 2015
- 3 min
Open Door to Chastity: Beginning Again in Argentina
‘See, I have placed before you an open door that cannot be shut’ (Rev. 3:8). The free and demanding door to chastity cannot be shut. It...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Jun 8, 2015
- 2 min
Fighting Fathers
‘Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint.’ (PR 29:18) Without vision from spiritual parents, God’s children wither. And...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Apr 30, 2015
- 2 min
Bridge in Belgium
Landing in Brussels at the end of my intensive European tour reminded me of our first conference there in 1999. A most upright Catholic...
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