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Andrew Comiskey
Mar 31, 20144 min read
Downward Ascent 6: Blessed Impurities
‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.’ (Matt. 5:8) Lent is an extended season of exposure. For 40 days, God tends to...
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Andrew Comiskey
Mar 20, 20143 min read
Downward Ascent 4: Ruining Our Appetites
‘Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for what is right, for they shall be filled.’ (Matt. 5:6) Jesus wrecks our appetites. Sexy idols...
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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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Andrew Comiskey
Mar 4, 20144 min read
Downward Ascent 1: Blessed Poverty
‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.’ (Matt. 5:3) Poverty can incline us to riches beyond ourselves....
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 23, 20133 min read
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 9, 20133 min read
Advent 2: Beauty, Burning
Advent 2: Beauty, Burning ‘You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath! Produce fruit in keeping with repentance…I...
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 3, 20132 min read
Advent 1: Waking The Ache
‘The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.’ (Rom. 13:11)...
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Andrew Comiskey
Oct 14, 20132 min read
Twenty Days For Mercy
‘O blood and water that flows from the heart of the Savior as a fount of mercy for us, [we] trust in You!’ St. Faustina Today we...
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Andrew Comiskey
Sep 23, 20133 min read
New Pharisee 2
‘Your most merciful Heart is all my hope. I have nothing for my defense but only Your mercy; in it lies all my trust.’ St. Faustina...
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Andrew Comiskey
Sep 16, 20133 min read
New Pharisee
‘I desire trust from My creatures. Encourage souls to place their trust in My fathomless mercy. Let the weak, sinful soul have no fear to...
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Andrew Comiskey
Aug 19, 20132 min read
Provoked
Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity Announcing my ‘gay self’ to my mother provoked her. It drew tears, and a halting invitation for me to...
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Andrew Comiskey
Aug 12, 20132 min read
Friends Who Fear
‘It is a dreadful thing to fall in the hands of the living God.’ (Heb. 10: 31) That the Creator and Redeemer of all would stoop down to...
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Andrew Comiskey
Jul 1, 20133 min read
Hope and Grief
‘Brothers, we do not want you to grieve like the rest of men who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again…’ (1 Thess. 4:...
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Andrew Comiskey
Jun 14, 20131 min read
Desert Stream Ministries 2013 Mid-Year Newsletter
I am happy to announce the release of Desert Stream Ministries 2013 Mid-year Newsletter. The newsletter features articles written by...
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Andrew Comiskey
May 19, 20133 min read
Broken Ground for Holy Power
I need a Spirited kick to rouse me from routine, the everyday drone that can drown out what God wants. Recently, God goaded me to share a...
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Andrew Comiskey
Mar 24, 20133 min read
Six of 7 Prayers for Marriage: Just Love
True marriage bears witness to all people, including to persons with same-sex attraction, of something deeper and more beautiful than two...
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Andrew Comiskey
Mar 20, 20133 min read
Lent Devotion 6: Open Door for the Broken and Accused
‘Since we have confidence to enter the Most holy place through the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us by His body, let...
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Andrew Comiskey
Mar 18, 20133 min read
Fifth of 7 Prayers for Marriage: Children Need Mom and Dad
May I implore you to join me in prayer for marriage? For children’s sake, might we pray for those making a case for marriage before the...
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Andrew Comiskey
Mar 14, 20132 min read
Lent Devotion 5: Light the Fire Again
‘Am I stone and not a sheep, that I can stand, O Christ, beneath Thy Cross, To number drop by drop Thy blood’s slow loss, and yet not...
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Andrew Comiskey
Mar 11, 20132 min read
Fourth of 7 Prayers for Marriage: The Gift of Gender Difference
Gender difference is at the center of such wholeness. Becoming a whole sexual gift to another depends on that difference. Theologian John...
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