Opening Address A pearl of great price — that’s what today’s Gospel says is worth selling everything else to keep, and it’s exactly what a ten-year-old girl apparently understood better than most adults ever do. Beloved, grace and peace to you this morning — however you arrive here: tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed […]
Author Archives: Pastora Tori Matthews
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Opening Address Lording it over — that’s the exact phrase both of today’s readings use for the kind of leadership Christ refuses, and it’s worth carrying into this morning before anything else is said. Beloved, grace and peace to you: however you arrive here, tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere or shut out […]
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Opening Address She loved much — that’s the whole verdict Christ hands down today, and it’s worth carrying into this morning before anything else is said. Beloved, grace and peace to you: however you arrive here, tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere or shut out elsewhere. Bloom is not a room you have […]
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Opening Address A spirit of wisdom and fortitude — that’s the specific grace the Church asks for today, and it’s worth carrying into this morning before anything else is said. Beloved, grace and peace to you: however you arrive here, tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere or shut out elsewhere. Bloom is not […]
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Opening Address A father of orphans and the poor — that’s what heaven chose one former soldier to become, and it’s worth carrying into this morning before anything else is said. Beloved, grace and peace to you: however you arrive here, tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere or shut out elsewhere. Bloom is […]
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Opening Address Bloom’s Sunday Mass, offered today in the Independent Catholic tradition — not affiliated with or recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, but standing in the same apostolic lineage, the same Roman Rite, the same devotion, held by a pastor for whom this tradition has always been home. Beloved, grace and peace to you […]
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Opening Address Love in deed and truth and Truth Meaning isn’t a metaphor today — it’s a job description. Beloved, grace and peace to you this morning — however you arrive here: tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere or shut out elsewhere. Bloom is not a room you have to earn your way […]
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Opening Address Unrecognized by your own family — St. Alexius knew that pain in the most literal way a person can know it, and it’s worth sitting with before anything else is said this morning. Beloved, grace and peace to you: however you arrive here, tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere or shut […]
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Opening Address Our Lady of Mount Carmel’s meaning for today isn’t about a louder feast — it’s about the quietest one, and it’s worth holding onto before anything else is said. Beloved, grace and peace to you this morning — however you arrive here: tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere or shut out […]
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Opening Address Keep your lamp burning — that’s the charge underneath everything in today’s readings, and it’s worth holding onto before anything else is said. Beloved, grace and peace to you this morning — however you arrive here: tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere or shut out elsewhere. Bloom is not a room […]