Andrew Comiskey
Open Letter to Pope Francis: A Father Listens
Pope Francis, Forgive my mild resistance to the ‘synod on synodality.’ The name itself tempts me to revert to evangelicalism; I resist. I...
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Andrew Comiskey
Feb 13, 20232 min read
Open Letter to Pope Francis
Dear Pope Francis, I write this as one father to another. We share a deep love for Jesus and Church. I honor your weighty fatherhood as...
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Abigail Foard
Feb 6, 20232 min read
Wounds that Heal
During a recent prayer meeting, Andrew prayed for a hurting friend: ‘May what seems traumatizing now become a path for deeper healing.’...
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Andrew Comiskey
Jan 30, 20232 min read
Sin of Omission
‘We are all children of God and God loves us as we are…’ Pope Francis, on loving ‘LGBTQ+-identified’ people Pope Francis rightly...
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Andrew Comiskey
Jan 23, 20233 min read
The Prophet Pastors: How Truth Transfigures the Tender Care of Persons
‘The thing the Church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds…it needs nearness, proximity. I see the Church as a field hospital...
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Andrew Comiskey
Nov 22, 20223 min read
Dignify and Deploy 40: Dignity for All
‘It is Jesus who provokes you with that thirst for fullness that will not let you settle for compromise; it is He who urges you to shed...
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Andrew Comiskey
Nov 20, 20223 min read
Dignify and Deploy 38: Blind Spots
‘Now we see through a glass darkly…’ (I Cor. 13:12) Blame it on too much pressure. Too many important decisions that impact thousands of...
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Andrew Comiskey
Nov 19, 20223 min read
Dignify and Deploy 37: Clear, Merciful Sight
‘Humanity is going through a remarkably fluid period of history…a time of collapsing values and ideologies in which he who wishes to go...
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Andrew Comiskey
May 16, 20223 min read
Pope Francis Urges LGBTQ+ Community to Repent in the Power of the Holy Spirit
I’ve been waiting all my Catholic life for this. In response to Fr. Martin’s questions about how the Church should respond to the rainbow...
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Andrew Comiskey
May 9, 20223 min read
Optical Illusion
Building A Bridge film review How you tell a story can cover a multitude of sins. Watching Amazon’s documentary on a-not-very-good-book...
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Marco Casanova
Jan 12, 20223 min read
‘New Ways’? No Way
By Marco Casanova Editor’s Note: TOB is the abbreviation for Pope St. John Paul II’s book “Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of...
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 15, 20212 min read
Once More, With Conviction
I couldn’t respect Pope Francis more for his heart for the poor. And like you, I love his jocular, down-to-earth style. Yet I find his...
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Andrew Comiskey
Jul 12, 20212 min read
Freedom From Sin is Freedom for Life
Original Entry Date: October 21, 2014 ‘The Cross becomes a new center of gravity for bringing together what is divided.’ Pope Emeritus...
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Andrew Comiskey
Mar 25, 202115 min read
The Converting Power of Chastity (Feat. Article in 'Coming Home Network International' Newsletter)
I remember always loving the cross. Growing up in a beach town near Los Angeles in the sixties and seventies, my three siblings and I...
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Andrew Comiskey
Oct 22, 20203 min read
Open Letter to Pope Francis
October 22, 2020 Feast of Pope St. John Paul II Dear Pope Francis, Thank you for assuming a thankless, overwhelming task. I cannot...
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