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Andrew Comiskey
7 days ago3 min read
Advent 3: Happy Heat
A friend of mine in a hard relationship approached me, cast down. As he looked up, I saw moist eyes and from them, a small stream (in the...
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 82 min read
Advent 2: Lush Life
Weird reunion. Annette’s older ‘gay’-identified brother John, unraveling in San Francisco, needed family. His friends had died or given...
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 24, 20233 min read
Scary Angels
‘Knowing the love that surpasses knowledge may well mean not knowing much else’ (Loretta Ross-Gotta). God often overshadows the faithful...
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 17, 20233 min read
Desert Witness: Solitary and Free
“Who are you…what do you have to say for yourself? ‘I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness…’” (Jn. 1:22-23). Advent pops our...
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 10, 20233 min read
Shakedown
‘Before the end, the world will be set quaking. Only when man does not cling to false security will his eyes be capable of seeing the...
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 3, 20233 min read
Virgin. Again.
‘If the essence of Advent is expectancy, it is also a readiness for action: watchfulness for every opening, and willingness to risk...
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 26, 20223 min read
Flesh and Stones
Why does Christmas Day fold into the stoning of Stephen? Why does your calendar, O Church, disturb our reverie with bloodshed? Why must...
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 5, 20223 min read
Declare Your Ground: Advent of Integration 2
‘If you don’t stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all’ (Is. 7:9). Christian, never apologize for upholding persons in their...
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Andrew Comiskey
Nov 28, 20223 min read
Coming Together: Advent of Integration 1
‘It is time to wake up from sleep’ (Romans 13:11). Wake up. Welcome the wholeness that is yours. Receive it. Lay hold of it. At the dawn...
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Guest Author
Dec 22, 20212 min read
Revisiting Joy
By Katie Comiskey The joy of Advent is often lost on me. As one prone to melancholy, I dwell more on disappointment than victories....
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 19, 20213 min read
Rousing Reality
‘Man becomes truly himself precisely at the point when he recognizes that the highest and brightest Being dwells within him.’ Fr. Alfred...
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 12, 20212 min read
Joyful Decrease
‘One is coming mightier than I…He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire’ (Lk. 3:16). ‘He must increase; I must decrease’ (Jn....
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 5, 20212 min read
Actively Waiting
‘Advent is the time of the promise, not the fulfillment.’ Fr. Alfred Delp Adele fever is back. Her new album ‘30’ is selling faster than...
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Andrew Comiskey
Nov 28, 20212 min read
Transforming Fear
Jesus is coming and He’s mad. Today’s Advent Gospel (Lk. 21:25-28; 34-36) rouses us, not with carols but a swift kick. The Son of...
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 23, 20202 min read
Merry Mess
The bright white carpet in our rental highlighted the dirt strewn all over it by our 2-year-old Nick back in the late-eighties; it seems...
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Abigail Foard
Dec 20, 20203 min read
Baptizing Barrenness
The Lord inhabits humble, barren spaces. His very presence sanctifies them. A shepherd’s pasture becomes a contact point for divine...
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