Opening Address Welcome to Bloom’s Christmas Mass, the Mass at Midnight for the Nativity of Our Lord. The waiting is over, the violet is gone, and the Gospel of this Mass is the one most of the world can half-recite: a decree, a road, a manger, and a field full of working men who are […]
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Opening Address Welcome to Bloom’s Christmas Eve Mass, the Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord. Tonight the whole Church leans toward one birth, and the Gospel it hands us this morning is not the stable and not the shepherds. It is a man alone with a decision, and the single adjective Matthew gives him: […]