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By Abbey Foard Mary. Theotokos. Mother of God. Mother of the Church. The new Eve. Blessed. Who is this woman? And what does she have to...
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Andrew Comiskey
Jan 3, 20192 min read
Holy Family?
I prepared myself for the worst last Sunday, the Feast of the Holy Family. I prophesied a dismal homily on the too-radiant-to-be-believed...
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 23, 20182 min read
Almost Home
‘No-one can celebrate a genuine Christmas without being truly poor. Only those who need someone to come on their behalf will have that...
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 31, 20163 min read
Ponder, Proclaim
‘Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.’ (LK 2:19) Many of us experience a tension between prayer and action....
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Andrew Comiskey
Jan 17, 20163 min read
Mother’s ‘Yes’
For the last five years, I’ve wondered why the Church begins each year on January 1st by honoring Mary as Christ-bearer, the one who...
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 28, 20153 min read
Long Way Home
Enslaved to many masters, a friend of mine wound up in jail. He sobered up when he realized that his ‘holding tank’ was a facility that...
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 21, 20153 min read
Expecting More, Together
A young man who repented as a teen from ‘gay’ identification, Nate is growing into his masculinity as Jesus grows within him. I have the...
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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
Aug 4, 20143 min read
Delivered, Devoted, Declaring
‘Those forgiven of much love much.’ (LK 7:47) Amid three July gatherings of sinners desperate for Jesus—the annual Courage Conference,...
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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 15, 20133 min read
Advent 3: Offensive Jesus
‘When the John the Baptist heard in prison that of the works of Christ, he sent his disciples to Jesus who asked Him: ‘Are You the one?’...
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 23, 20122 min read
Courage and Creativity
‘A woman, clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown to twelve stars on her head…was pregnant and cried out in pain...
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 11, 20122 min read
Courage and Conflict
Simeon prophesied to Mary as she cradled the Babe: ‘a sword shall pierce your heart too.’ (Lk 2: 35) He referred to the suffering that...
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 3, 20128 min read
Home for the Holidays: Life in the Body
‘When I talk about her, I cannot stop!’ St. Augustine ‘How lovely is Your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints...
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Andrew Comiskey
May 2, 20122 min read
No Doubt
Thank God for Easter. Thank God for the season of Easter that spans far beyond its six weeks in the Church calendar; Jesus’ resurrection...
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Andrew Comiskey
Apr 3, 20123 min read
Intimate Authority: Holy Week Meditations, 2
— Intimate Authority: Holy Week Meditation, 2 Luke 7: 36-50 introduces us to Mary Magdalene. Mercy drew her out of fear and shame, and...
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Andrew Comiskey
Apr 2, 20123 min read
Intimate Authority: Holy Week Meditations, 1
— Intimate Authority: Holy Week Meditation, 1 Why was Mary Magdalene the first disciple Jesus entrusted with the message of His...
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Andrew Comiskey
Mar 15, 20121 min read
Mercy Running (an army of Magdalenes)
— Mercy Running (an army of Magdalenes) 40 Days of Mercy Devotional – Lent 2012 – Day 23 I found my destiny at the moment when my soul...
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