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Intimate Authority: Easter’s Enlistment

April 8, 2012 by Andrew Comiskey 3 Comments

This is the seventh and concluding post of my Holy Week Meditations for 2012. Please click here for the archive list of posts. Annette and I, as well as the staff here at Desert Stream Ministries, wish you a deeply blessed Easter. He is Risen! — Intimate Authority: Easter’s Enlistment Why was Mary Magdalene the first disciple Jesus entrusted with His resurrection? According to John’s Gospel, Peter and John raced to the empty tomb but could not comprehend Christ resurrected. Both John the Beloved and Peter the Rock saw evidence but did not see. After hearing countless prophecies from Jesus, ‘they still did not understand … [Read more...]

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Intimate Authority: Holy Week Meditations, 6

April 7, 2012 by Andrew Comiskey 1 Comment

This is the sixth post of my Holy Week Meditations for 2012. Please click here for the archive list of posts as they become available. — Intimate Authority: Holy Week Meditations, 6 Mary Magdalene wept and lingered at the Cross. The Man who had become her life died. His death rocked the earth, split the temple, and broke her heart. The tears of repentance and gratitude with which she had washed His feet became a flood of grief. She watered His nail-split feet. Apart from Him, she could do nothing. She had nothing; His life was hers. She filled the void with tears. He had founded a new life in her. Now grief grounded her, kept … [Read more...]

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Intimate Authority: Holy Week Meditations, 3

April 4, 2012 by Andrew Comiskey 1 Comment

This is the third post of my Holy Week Meditations for 2012. Please click here for the archive list of posts as they become available. — Intimate Authority: Holy Week Meditations, 3 Intimacy with Jesus made an ex-prostitute the bearer of the most important event in human history. God entrusted a woman, not one of the 12, with Christ’s resurrection. That’s why the Roman Catholic Church names Mary Magdalene the ‘Apostle of Apostles.’ Mary’s surrender to Christ was marked by weeping and lingering, two earmarks of loving another with all one’s heart. Such sustained intimacy gave Mary authority. Such reliance on … [Read more...]

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Merciful Discipline 6: Humbled, We Shine

April 3, 2012 by Andrew Comiskey Leave a Comment

This is the sixth post of six in the Merciful Discipline Series. A complete list of available posts will be at the end of each article as they are made available. — Merciful Discipline 6: Humbled, We Shine ‘When You disciplined us, we could barely whisper a prayer.’ (IS 26:16) ‘Christ’s abiding presence in the midst of our suffering is gradually transforming our darkness into light.’ Pope Benedict The sexual abuse crisis in the Church brings us to our knees. We do not kneel politely but painfully, a sprawl rather than a pose. On behalf of those felled by the weight of a priest’s perversion, we too stumble and fall. … [Read more...]

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Intimate Authority: Holy Week Meditations, 2

April 3, 2012 by Andrew Comiskey Leave a Comment

This is the second post of my Holy Week Meditations for 2012. Please click here for the archive list of posts as they become available. — Intimate Authority: Holy Week Meditation, 2 Luke 7: 36-50 introduces us to Mary Magdalene. Mercy drew her out of fear and shame, and compelled her to offer herself to Him. Jesus embodied that Mercy for a prostitute. Imagine that: a kind, strong, handsome man who only wanted her good, nothing from her but her dignity. And a holy man who did not fear her and the entanglement of desires she lay at His feet. She wept and lingered there. His Mercy was magnetic, a good match for her courage in … [Read more...]

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Perseverance and Mercy

April 1, 2012 by Andrew Comiskey Leave a Comment

Join us today at 3pm (CST) as we intercede for loved ones in need of God’s mercy. — Perseverance and Mercy 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 40 O great day, in which divine love will be confirmed in me. On that day, for the first time, I shall sing before heaven and earth the song of the Lord’s fathomless Mercy. This is my work and my mission, which the Lord has destined for me from the beginning of the world. (825) Come close to My wounds and draw from the Fountain of Life…Drink copiously from this Fountain of Life and you will not weary on your journey. (1466) Let us revive in ourselves an attraction … [Read more...]

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

March 28, 2012 by Andrew Comiskey Leave a Comment

This is the fifth post of six in the Merciful Discipline Series. A complete list of available posts will be at the end of each article as they are made available. — 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 … [Read more...]

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The Gaze from the Cross, Part 3

March 10, 2012 by Andrew Comiskey 3 Comments

Join us today at 3pm (CST) as we intercede for loved ones in need of God’s mercy. — The Gaze from the Cross, Part 3 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 18 I desire that you know profoundly the love that burns in My Heart for souls, and You will understand this when you meditate upon My Passion. Call upon My Mercy on behalf of sinners; I desire their salvation. (102) Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins. (James 5:20) Jesus, grant us Your urgent heart for the lost. Forgive us for becoming insulated in our Christian communities. Remind us of our … [Read more...]

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Abundance for a Lonely Son

March 6, 2012 by Andrew Comiskey Leave a Comment

Join us today at 3pm (CST) as we intercede for loved ones in need of God’s mercy. — Abundance for a Lonely Son 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 14 Jesus, Friend of a lonely heart, You are my haven, You are my peace. You are my salvation, You are my sovereignty in moments of struggle and amidst an ocean of doubt…You are everything to a lonely soul. (247) Who is weak and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin and I do not inwardly burn? St. Paul (2 Corinthians 11:29) Father, we too are weak. At times we are subject to desires that deride us, and a loneliness that only You fully understand. Would You draw near … [Read more...]

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Mercy, Not Sacrifice

March 4, 2012 by Andrew Comiskey Leave a Comment

Join us today at 3pm (CST) as we intercede for loved ones in need of God’s mercy. — Mercy, Not Sacrifice 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 12 I am more generous towards sinners than to the just. It was for their sake that I came down from heaven; it was for their sake that My blood was spilled. Let them not fear to approach Me; they are most in need of My Mercy. (1275) It is not the healthy who need a doctor but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice’. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. (Matt. 9: 12) Jesus, grant us Your heart for the lost. May the … [Read more...]

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Intimate Authority: Easter’s Enlistment

Intimate Authority: Holy Week Meditations, 6

Intimate Authority: Holy Week Meditations, 3

Merciful Discipline 6: Humbled, We Shine

Intimate Authority: Holy Week Meditations, 2

Perseverance and Mercy

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

The Gaze from the Cross, Part 3

Abundance for a Lonely Son

Mercy, Not Sacrifice

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