Opening Address Welcome to Bloom’s Daily Offering for Wednesday, September 16, 2026. Today the Church keeps Ss. Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs, third class, with a commemoration of Ss. Euphemia, Lucy and Geminianus. Two men, one Mass, one Collect between them. The Church names Cornelius and Cyprian in a single breath and does not […]
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Sep
Sep
Opening Address Welcome to Bloom’s Daily Offering for Friday, September 4, 2026. Today is a feria of the fourteenth week after Pentecost, fourth class, and the vestments are green. There is no feast on the calendar, no saint commemorated in the prayers, and not one word in today’s Mass that we have not already prayed […]
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Sep
Sep
Opening Address Welcome to Bloom’s Daily Offering for Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Today is a feria of the fourteenth week after Pentecost, fourth class, and the vestments are green. Two saints are commemorated in the prayers, and one of those prayers asks God to give us joy from the brotherly crown of His martyrs. That […]
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Aug
Opening Address Today the Church prays for people on whom God has bestowed great hope in Your forgiveness. That is the Collect for August 28, the feast of St. Augustine, Bishop, Confessor and Doctor of the Church, and it is a strange prayer to find on the calendar of the man who wrote more about […]
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Aug
Aug
Opening Address He will pour forth the words of his wisdom as showers. That is today’s promise about a holy man, and the whole day hangs on one word in it. Beloved, grace and peace to you, however you arrive this morning: steady or scattered, praying easily or not praying at all, three years into […]
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Nov
Nov
Opening Address Bloom’s Daily Offering for Thursday, and the entrance chant this morning says you shall call upon me, and I will hear you. That is the whole promise, handed over at the door, with nothing attached to it and no conditions on the front. Today is a fourth-class feria in green: no saint, no […]
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Nov
Nov
Opening Address Three mornings in a row the same Mass has opened with the same sentence, and the sentence is a claim about power: there is none that can resist thy will. Sunday said it, Wednesday said it again, and today says it a third time in green, with nothing else on the calendar. That […]