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Crown Her?
By Abbey Foard Mary. Theotokos. Mother of God. Mother of the Church. The new Eve. Blessed. Who is this woman? And what does she have to...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Jan 3, 2019
- 2 min
Holy Family?
I prepared myself for the worst last Sunday, the Feast of the Holy Family. I prophesied a dismal homily on the too-radiant-to-be-believed...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 23, 2018
- 2 min
Almost Home
‘No-one can celebrate a genuine Christmas without being truly poor. Only those who need someone to come on their behalf will have that...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 31, 2016
- 3 min
Ponder, Proclaim
‘Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.’ (LK 2:19) Many of us experience a tension between prayer and action....
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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
- Dec 28, 2015
- 3 min
Long Way Home
Enslaved to many masters, a friend of mine wound up in jail. He sobered up when he realized that his ‘holding tank’ was a facility that...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 21, 2015
- 3 min
Expecting More, Together
A young man who repented as a teen from ‘gay’ identification, Nate is growing into his masculinity as Jesus grows within him. I have the...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Oct 26, 2014
- 3 min
October 29: Beloved Enemies
‘If a foe were insulting me I could endure it. But it is you, a man like me, my friend, with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship.’ (Ps....
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Andrew Comiskey
- Aug 4, 2014
- 3 min
Delivered, Devoted, Declaring
‘Those forgiven of much love much.’ (LK 7:47) Amid three July gatherings of sinners desperate for Jesus—the annual Courage Conference,...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 23, 2013
- 3 min
Advent 4: Salient Joseph
“When Mary was betrothed to Joseph but before they lived together she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 15, 2013
- 3 min
Advent 3: Offensive Jesus
‘When the John the Baptist heard in prison that of the works of Christ, he sent his disciples to Jesus who asked Him: ‘Are You the one?’...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 23, 2012
- 2 min
Courage and Creativity
‘A woman, clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown to twelve stars on her head…was pregnant and cried out in pain...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 11, 2012
- 2 min
Courage and Conflict
Simeon prophesied to Mary as she cradled the Babe: ‘a sword shall pierce your heart too.’ (Lk 2: 35) He referred to the suffering that...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 3, 2012
- 8 min
Home for the Holidays: Life in the Body
‘When I talk about her, I cannot stop!’ St. Augustine ‘How lovely is Your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints...
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Andrew Comiskey
- May 2, 2012
- 2 min
No Doubt
Thank God for Easter. Thank God for the season of Easter that spans far beyond its six weeks in the Church calendar; Jesus’ resurrection...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Apr 3, 2012
- 3 min
Intimate Authority: Holy Week Meditations, 2
— Intimate Authority: Holy Week Meditation, 2 Luke 7: 36-50 introduces us to Mary Magdalene. Mercy drew her out of fear and shame, and...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Apr 2, 2012
- 3 min
Intimate Authority: Holy Week Meditations, 1
— Intimate Authority: Holy Week Meditation, 1 Why was Mary Magdalene the first disciple Jesus entrusted with the message of His...
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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...
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