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Andrew Comiskey

Apr 1, 20242 min read

Limping to New Life

I Will Arise ‘Weary and weak—accept my weariness. Weary and weak and downcast in soul, With hope growing less and less, And with the goal...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 13, 20244 min read

Foot Washing: Whose House?

‘I will pour out on you a spirit of grace and supplication… We will look upon the One we have pierced and will mourn as one grieves for...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 6, 20243 min read

Foot Washing: More to Pour

‘I will pour out on you a spirit of grace and supplication… We will look upon the One we have pierced and will mourn as one grieves for...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 14, 20222 min read

Love on a Ledge

‘I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body…Fear Him who…has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear...

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Lithuania: Prayerful Resistance in Eastern Europe

Andrew Comiskey

Mar 9, 20222 min read

Lithuania: Prayerful Resistance in Eastern Europe

One of our dearest friends in all of Europe is Vilma Karveliene who heads up Living Waters in Lithuania. She champions healing for all...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 7, 20222 min read

Why Fear the One We Love?

We have lost holy fear. A virtual search on the topic yielded an underwear ad and a 5-point tract on why we don’t need to fear God...

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Prayerful Restoration of Order in Eastern Europe

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Mar 2, 20222 min read

Prayerful Restoration of Order in Eastern Europe

During Lent, we shall prayerfully reflect upon the requests of our Living Waters friends in Eastern Europe. Karolina, a Polish intern...

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Andrew Comiskey

Feb 28, 20222 min read

Holy Fear, Salient Father

‘The deepest search in life was our search to find a father, not merely the lost father of our youth but the image of strength and wisdom...

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Andrew Comiskey

Apr 2, 20212 min read

Mercy Bears All

‘What He has not assumed, He cannot heal.’ -St. Gregory of Nazianzen '…the vile and horrible fiend clad His spirit in a robe steeped in...

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Andrew Comiskey

Apr 2, 20213 min read

How Deep Your Cross?

‘The rain came down, the stream rose, and the winds blew and beat against the house; yet it did not fall, because it was founded on the...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 29, 20212 min read

Mercy Sings

We the forgiven sing to our Savior; our hearts overflow with grateful melody. We give thanks to Him with simple songs of love. We start...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 22, 20212 min read

Mercy Lets Go

Why such a gap between our belief in God’s capacity to cleanse us from all unrighteousness and our refusal to let Him? My friend Dana...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 15, 20212 min read

Mercy Lays Claim to Us

‘Beware of refusing to go to the funeral of your own independence.’ -Oswald Chambers How dependent am I on Jesus? Fickle, at best. Yes, I...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 8, 20212 min read

Loving Lent

‘Everyone looks out for his own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.’ (Phil. 2:21) Jesus’ main interest in Lent is to lead us into the...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 1, 20212 min read

Water Seeks the Lowest Ground

‘Before you call, I will answer you’ (Is. 65:24). Do we even know what we need? Just prior to Lent, I confessed symptoms of...

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Andrew Comiskey

Feb 25, 20212 min read

Context for the Chaos

‘The task of the Christian is not to whine about the moment in which he or she lives but to understand its problems and to respond...

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Andrew Comiskey

Feb 22, 20212 min read

Transforming the Desert

‘At once the Spirit sent Him out into the desert, and He was in the desert forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild...

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Andrew Comiskey

Feb 15, 20212 min read

Immerse: For All Who Thirst

For all who thirst, immerse. Come to the waters issuing from the altar of Our Lady of Good Counsel parish. A mercy pool awaits you, smack...

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Andrew Comiskey

Apr 9, 20202 min read

Grounded 4

‘Many are awed by His miracles; few accept the shame of His Cross.’ Thomas a Kempis From the beginning of His adult ministry, Jesus set...

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Andrew Comiskey

Apr 2, 20202 min read

Grounded 3

A Lent unlike any other: rather than beef up devotion, I find myself reducing spiritual intake. Much of the time I find myself gaping at...

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