Opening Address Love in deed and truth and Truth Meaning isn’t a metaphor today — it’s a job description. 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 you have to earn your way […]
Tag Archives: low mass devotional
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Jul
Jul
Opening Address Unrecognized by your own family — St. Alexius knew that pain in the most literal way a person can know it, and it’s worth sitting with before anything else is said this morning. Beloved, grace and peace to you: however you arrive here, tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere or shut […]
15
Jul
Jul
Opening Address Keep your lamp burning — that’s the charge underneath everything in today’s readings, and it’s worth holding onto 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. Bloom is not a room […]
14
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. […]
THE DAILY OFFERING Opening Address 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 you have to earn your way into. Sit with us a moment, offered today in the spirit of a low […]
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Oct
Oct
Opening Address Serve thee with a quiet mind — the Collect doesn’t ask for the adversity itself to vanish first, and it’s worth carrying into this morning 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 […]
30
Oct
Oct
Opening Address Fillest every living creature with blessing — not the deserving, not the grateful, not the ones who ask the right way, just every living creature, and it’s worth carrying into this morning before anything else is said. Beloved, grace and peace to you this morning — however you arrive here: tired or hopeful, […]
29
Oct
Oct
Opening Address Redeeming the time — Paul’s instruction for exactly the kind of days that don’t make it easy, and it’s worth carrying into this morning 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 […]
28
Oct
Oct
Opening Address Chosen you out of the world — that’s the reason Christ gives his apostles for why the world will hate them, and it’s worth sitting with before anything else is said this morning. Beloved, grace and peace to you this morning — however you arrive here: tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed […]
27
Oct
Oct
Opening Address Your son lives — four words spoken from a distance, about a body the speaker never touches, and it’s worth sitting with before anything else is said this morning. Beloved, grace and peace to you this morning — however you arrive here: tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere or shut out […]