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Mar 29, 2012
1 min

Mercy for a Broken Church

— Mercy for the Broken Church 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 37 Observing myself and those who are close to me, I have come to understand how great an influence I have on other souls, not by heroic deeds, but by small actions like the movement of a hand, a look, and many other things too numerous to mention, which effect and reflect in the souls of others. (1475) I find pleasure, not in large buildings and magnificent structures, but in a pure and humble heart

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Merciful Discipline 5: Hopeful, We Fight for the Dignity and Integrity of Our Priests

Andrew Comiskey

Mar 28, 2012
4 min

Merciful Discipline 5: Hopeful, We Fight for the Dignity and Integrity of Our Priests

Merciful Discipline 5: Hopeful, We Fight for the Dignity and Integrity of Our Priests The fine work and selfless dedication of the great majority of priests should not be obscured by the transgressions of some. – Pope Benedict I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do what is in My heart and mind, and his house will be firmly established. (1 Samuel 2:15) As a new Catholic, I have a fresh appreciation for the honorable, difficult office of the priest. I rely upo

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 28, 2012
2 min

Mercy for the Truthful Church

— Mercy for the Truthful Church 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 36 I will allow convents and churches to be destroyed…Souls without love and devotion, souls full of egoism and self-love, souls full of pride and arrogance, souls full of deceit and hypocrisy, lukewarm souls with just enough warmth to keep them alive. My Heart cannot bear this…I cannot stand them because they are neither good or bad…If they do not repent and become enkindled by their first love, I

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 27, 2012
2 min

Mercy for the Worldly Church

— Mercy for the Worldly Church 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 35 O my Jesus, I beg You on behalf of the whole Church, give us holy priests. You Yourself, maintain them in holiness. O Divine and Great High Priest, may the power of Your mercy accompany them everywhere and protect them from the devil’s traps and snares which are continually set for the souls of priests. May the power of Your Mercy, O Lord, shatter and bring to naught all that might tarnish the sa

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 26, 2012
2 min

Mercy for the Church

— Mercy for the Church 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 34 What a joy it is to be a faithful child of the Church! O how much I love Holy Church and all those who live in it! I look upon them as living members of Christ, who is their Head. I burn with love with those You love; I suffer with those who suffer. I am consumed with sorrow with those who are cold and ungrateful. (511) Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to those through whom they

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 24, 2012
1 min

Mercy for Marriage

— Mercy for Marriage 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 32 O Jesus, You do not give a reward for the successful performance of a work, but for the good will and the labor undertaken. Therefore, I am completely at peace, even if all my efforts and undertakings shall be thwarted or even come to naught. (952) Life is a continuous dying, and at the same time, it is the depth of inconceivable happiness and the strength of the soul; because of this, the soul is capable

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 23, 2012
2 min

Urgency and Mercy

— Urgency and Mercy 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 31 I have eternity for punishing sinners, and so I am prolonging the time of Mercy for the sake of sinners. But woe to them who do not recognize this time of My visitation! (1160) A strange power has been pushing me into action, not giving me a moment’s peace. A strange ardor has been lit in my heart, urging me to action and I cannot stop it. (569) What business is it of mine to judge those outside of the Chur

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Merciful Discipline 4: Hopeful, We Rebuild Trust

Andrew Comiskey

Mar 21, 2012
4 min

Merciful Discipline 4: Hopeful, We Rebuild Trust

Merciful Discipline 4: Hopeful, We Rebuild Trust We do not want you to grieve…as those who have no hope. (1Thes. 4:13) Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. (1Cor. 4:2) Cursed is the man who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the Lord…He will dwell in the parched places of the earth. (Jer. 17: 5, 6) One struggles to consider a more profound violation of trust than priestly abuse of chil

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 20, 2012
2 min

Mercy for Beloved Enemies

— Mercy for Beloved Enemies 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 28 Be always merciful, as I am merciful. Love everyone out of love for Me, even your greatest enemies, so that My Mercy may be fully reflected in Your heart. (1695) Merciful surrender to Jesus in the face of beloved enemies accomplishes holy ends. ‘The greater the suffering, the purer the love. (57) At my first defense, no-one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 19, 2012
1 min

Meekness and Mercy

— Meekness and Mercy 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 27 ‘You shall conquer by meekness.’ (1597) Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am meek and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. (Matt. 11: 28-30) Jesus gave me to know the depth of His meekness and humility and to understand that He clearly demanded the same of me

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 18, 2012
2 min

Humility and Mercy

— Humility and Mercy 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 26 God has surrounded me with His special Mercy precisely because I am the weakest of all people. (1099) Humility is nothing but the truth. (1502) Your attitude should be the same as Christ Jesus, who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant… (Phil. 2: 6,7) I put up with this Church in the hope that one

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 17, 2012
1 min

Misery and Mercy

— Misery and Mercy 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 25 ‘The more miserable my soul, the more I feel the ocean of God’s mercy engulfing me and giving me greater strength and power.’ (255) ‘Nothing disturbs the depth of my peace. With one eye I gaze on the abyss of misery, with the other, the abyss of Mercy.’ (1345) ‘For when I am weak, then I am strong.’ (2 Cor 12: 10) Jesus, we trust Your Mercy in our weakness. Lead us to the Cross once again. Grant us courage to

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 15, 2012
1 min

Mercy Running (an army of Magdalenes)

— Mercy Running (an army of Magdalenes) 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 23 I found my destiny at the moment when my soul lost itself in You, the only object of my love. (57) From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; from the one entrusted with much, much more will be asked. (Lk. 12: 48) Jesus, You pour out abundant Mercies upon those in need, surpassing the depth of sin with the power of Your love. We trust in You, the Mercy that makes all th

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Merciful Discipline 3: Broken, We Endure Shame

Andrew Comiskey

Mar 14, 2012
4 min

Merciful Discipline 3: Broken, We Endure Shame

Merciful Discipline 3: Broken, We Endure Shame In the Church, God has put Himself into hands that betray Him again and again. – Pope Benedict Do not hold against us the sins of the fathers; may Your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need. Help us, O God our Savior, for the glory of Your Name; deliver us, and forgive us our sins for Your Name’s sake. Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” (PS 79:8-10a) We repent on behalf of the abuse-broken chu

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 14, 2012
2 min

Mercy Rising (on trembling legs…)

— Mercy Rising (on trembling legs…) 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 22 I know that the grain of wheat must be ground between millstones in order to become food. In the same way, I must be crushed in order to be useful to the Church and to souls. (641) The Church is founded on forgiveness. Peter is a personal embodiment of this truth, for he is permitted to be the bearer of the keys, after having stumbled, confessed, and received the grace of pardon. Behind the t

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 13, 2012
1 min

Mercy’s Sacrifice

— Mercy’s Sacrifice 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 21 How sad I am that souls do not recognize Love. They treat Me as a dead object. (1385) Do you despise the Church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? … A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread or drinks of the cup. (1 Corinthians 11:22, 28) Jesus, thank You for Your Sacrifice of Mercy. We need it now more than ever! In Your Mercy, unite our divided hearts and make us whole in one-Spi

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 12, 2012
1 min

Mercy’s Meal

— Mercy’s Meal 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 20 Jesus, may Your pure and healthy blood circulate in my ailing organism, and may Your pure and healthy body transform my weak body, and may a healthy, vigorous life throb within me… (1089) Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare. (Isaiah 55:2) Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My bloo

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 11, 2012
2 min

The Gaze from the Cross, Part 4

— The Gaze from the Cross, Part 4 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 19 When I was dying on the cross, I was not thinking about Myself but about sinners, and I prayed for them to the Father. (324) As God has made us sharers in His Mercy, and even more than that, dispensers of that Mercy, we should therefore have great love for each soul… (539) If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to My Father’s glor

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 9, 2012
2 min

The Gaze from the Cross, Part 2

— The Gaze from the Cross, Part 2 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 17 Remember My Passion; if you don’t believe My Words, at least believe My wounds! (379) Trusting in Mercy is the key to a clear and free heart, a heart that can attend to others’ need for Mercy. As we learn to meditate upon His Passion, allowing His wounds to assume ours, we lay the ground for becoming genuinely merciful. St. Faustina received this word from Jesus: ‘By mediating upon My Passion,

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 8, 2012
2 min

The Gaze from the Cross, Part 1

— The Gaze from the Cross, Part 1 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 16 I want to live beneath Your divine gaze, for You alone are enough for me. When I am with You, Jesus, I fear nothing, for nothing can do me harm. (306) O Blood and Water that gushes forth from the heart of the Savior as a Fount of Mercy for us, I trust in You! (309) If your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. (Matthew 6:22) My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only He will release m

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