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Andrew Comiskey
Oct 26, 20143 min read
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
Oct 22, 20142 min read
October 23: Pierced for Love
‘Christ loved the Church and gave Himself up for her.’ (Eph. 5:22) I will admit: facing my own brokenness in the Church and offering that...
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Andrew Comiskey
Oct 22, 20142 min read
October 24: Pierced by Love
‘The entire Christian life bears the mark of the spousal love of Christ and Church.’(CCC 1617) Jesus gave all; on the Cross, He pledged...
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Andrew Comiskey
Oct 22, 20143 min read
October 25: Flesh of Our Flesh
‘The bride belongs to the bridegroom.’ (Jn 3:29) We who welcome the Cross as the sign and seal of God’s unfailing love for us welcome...
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Andrew Comiskey
Oct 22, 20142 min read
October 26: Faithful Lovers
‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind…Love your neighbor as yourself.’ (Matt. 22:37,...
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Andrew Comiskey
Oct 18, 20143 min read
October 19: What the State Cannot Do
‘Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.’ (Matt. 15:21) As Christians, we have a commitment to all persons; we must...
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Andrew Comiskey
Oct 18, 20143 min read
October 20: Fountain of Life from the Dying God
‘On the day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity. On...
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Andrew Comiskey
Oct 18, 20143 min read
October 22: Community of the Cross
The healing power of the Cross remains a mere idea unless we discover that Cross in community. That means finding safe places in our...
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Andrew Comiskey
Oct 14, 20142 min read
October 15: Looking on Him Who We Have Pierced
‘Human actions cannot help us but only the sufferings of Christ.’ Edith Stein (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) We begin by gazing on...
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Andrew Comiskey
Oct 14, 20142 min read
October 16: Tears at the Cross
‘What do you weep at, if you do not weep at this?’ Dante I respond to Dante’s question with some uncertainty. When my sin draws me to the...
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Andrew Comiskey
Oct 14, 20142 min read
October 17: Humble and Contrite Heart
‘The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a humble and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.’ (Ps 51:17) We pierced God and He...
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Andrew Comiskey
Oct 14, 20142 min read
October 18: Song from the Cross
‘Listen! My Lover! “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with Me. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone, Flowers...
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Andrew Comiskey
Oct 13, 20143 min read
Battle for the Bride
‘Can we recognize the diabolical coup at work here? Think for a moment with the mind of the enemy. If the purpose of our creation as male...
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Andrew Comiskey
Oct 6, 20142 min read
Hungry for Your House
‘Zeal for Your house consumes me.’ (PS 69:9; JN 2:17) During our forty days of ‘Pierced for the Bride’, we shall ‘fast’ lesser loves in...
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Andrew Comiskey
Sep 29, 20142 min read
Hungry for God
‘The time will come when the Bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast.’ (LK 5:34) In preparation for our 40 days...
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Andrew Comiskey
Sep 22, 20143 min read
How Then Shall I Fast
“We at Desert Stream Ministries are positioning ourselves before Christ Crucified for 40-days of prayer, from October 15th to November...
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Andrew Comiskey
Sep 15, 20142 min read
Pierced for the Bride: 40-Days of Prayer
Zechariah prophecies that God will pour out a ‘spirit of grace and supplication’ in order that we ‘might gaze upon the One we have...
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Andrew Comiskey
Mar 24, 20143 min read
Downward Ascent 5: Heart of God
‘Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.’ (Matt. 5:7) Mercy is the heart of God. Fittingly, mercy is the core theme of...
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Andrew Comiskey
Mar 17, 20143 min read
Downward Ascent 3: Almighty Meekness
‘Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.’ (Matt. 5:5) Weeping over one’s poverty is a gift. The contrite heart cries....
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Andrew Comiskey
Mar 10, 20143 min read
Downward Ascent 2: Good Grief
‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.’ (Matt. 5:4) Happy are the sad. Real joy comes from Christ, and Christ comes...
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