Opening Address Welcome to Bloom’s Daily Offering for Tuesday, October 6, 2026, the feast of St. Bruno, Confessor, third class, in white. His Collect asks that we, who have grievously offended, may obtain forgiveness for our offences by his merits and prayers. That one petition is the whole of what is new on the altar […]
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10
Sep
Sep
Opening Address Welcome to Bloom’s Daily Offering for Thursday, September 10, 2026. Today the Church keeps St. Nicholas of Tolentino, Confessor, third class, white vestments, with no commemoration. His Mass carries one sentence that has never stood here before, and the middle of it says that we have no confidence in our own righteousness. That […]
02
Sep
Sep
Opening Address Imitate what we commemorate. Four words out of the middle of a prayer almost nobody hears, said quietly over bread and wine before anything happens to them, and I have not been able to put them down since I read them. Beloved, grace and peace to you, however this Wednesday finds you. Certain […]
31
Aug
Aug
Opening Address With free minds. That is the phrase the Church hands us this morning, three words near the end of a prayer most people will never hear, and I want to spend the whole morning on it. Beloved, grace and peace to you, however today finds you. Rested or wrecked, certain of God or […]
19
Aug
Aug
Opening Address New religious families—that is the Church’s own phrase, in today’s prayer, and I want to sit with it all morning. Beloved, grace and peace to you, however you come to this: rested or wrecked, sure of God or sure of nothing, held by the people you were born to or held by people […]