Opening Address Welcome to Bloom’s Daily Offering for Wednesday, September 30, 2026. Today is the feast of St. Jerome, Confessor and Doctor of the Church, third class, and the vestments are white. There is no commemoration. The Church gives him the Mass she gives every Doctor, which this ministry has now read eight times, and […]
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Jul
Jul
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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Jul
Jul
Opening Address The salt of the earth meaning Jesus points to this morning isn’t decoration — it’s a test, and it’s worth carrying with you 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. […]
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Dec
Dec
Opening Address A teacher of life. Those are the last four words the Church says about the man whose feast this is, and they arrive at the very end of the prayer, after everything grander has already been said. Listen to the order. The Collect opens with office. It calls him a great Doctor, foreshown […]