Opening Address The chains fell off — three of the plainest, most physical words in all of Scripture, and today’s whole feast is built around them. 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 […]
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Opening Address I see the heavens opened. That is a sentence said by a man with stones already in the air around him, and it is the sentence this whole Mass decides to keep. Welcome to Bloom’s Daily Offering for Friday, December 26, 2025. Today is the feast of St. Stephen, Protomartyr, second class, and […]