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Andrew Comiskey

21 hours ago3 min read

Advent 4: Call Us Up

‘Despise not prophecy,’ implores St. Paul (1 Th. 5:20). Yet we do. Amid the rubble of leaders whose unclean lives skewed real prophetic...

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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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Declare Your Ground: Advent of Integration 2

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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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 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

Dec 31, 20203 min read

A Father’s Zeal for the Real

I am a zealous father but not a very well-rounded one. I don’t like professional sports (my kids mock Dad’s half-hearted efforts to cheer...

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Marco Casanova

Dec 13, 20203 min read

Festive Refinement

“Rejoice!” (Phil 4:4) Today is known as “Gaudete Sunday” (Gaudete--Latin “rejoice”). We set a fire to the lone rose-colored candle. The...

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Annette Comiskey

Dec 6, 20202 min read

Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord

I was a high school senior in 1974 and our church youth group was obsessed with the Broadway show Godspell, a then hip, countercultural...

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