Opening Address Be thou opened — that’s the last word of a whole week’s worth of readings about doors, chains, and lamps kept lit, and it lands today as the deepest version of them all. Bloom’s Sunday Mass, offered today in the Independent Catholic tradition — not affiliated with or recognized by the Roman Catholic […]
Tag Archives: first corinthians
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Aug
Aug
Opening Address The same Spirit — that’s the phrase Paul refuses to stop repeating in today’s Epistle, hammering it four separate times in a single breath, 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 […]
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Aug
Aug
Opening Address Justified rather than the other — that’s the plain, startling verdict Christ hands down at the end of today’s parable, reversing exactly who the room would have expected to hear it about. Bloom’s Sunday Mass, offered today in the Independent Catholic tradition — not affiliated with or recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, […]
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Jul
Opening Address A den of thieves — that’s the harsh accusation Christ levels at the very Temple meant to be “a house of prayer,” and it’s the specific verse this Daily Offering turns to today. Beloved, grace and peace to you: however you arrive here, tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere or shut […]
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Jul
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 Can you drink the chalice that I shall drink? That’s the question Christ actually asks, today’s feast, when a mother comes requesting glory for her two sons. 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 […]