Opening Address Stand her ground—that is what today’s prayer asks for the Church, in those words, and it is a stranger request than it first sounds. 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 […]
Tag Archives: second corinthians
16
Aug
Aug
Opening Address Bloom’s Sunday Mass, and today it opens on four words that indict a great deal of religion: the letter killeth. We offer this Mass in the Independent Catholic tradition—not affiliated with or recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, but standing in the same Roman Rite, held by a pastor for whom this tradition […]
12
Aug
Aug
Opening Address Oil in their vessels—four words that separate one half of today’s Gospel from the other half, and they’re 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 […]
10
Aug
Aug
Opening Address God loveth a cheerful giver — that’s the specific praise Paul offers, and on the feast of a deacon famous for giving away everything he was ever asked to protect, it’s worth carrying into this morning before anything else is said. Beloved, grace and peace to you: however you arrive here, tired or […]
30
Jul
Jul
Opening Address Possessing all things — that’s how Paul describes a life that, by every visible measure, has nothing at all, and it’s the whole key to today’s feast. 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 […]
29
Jul
Jul
Opening Address One thing is necessary — that’s the gentle correction Christ gives a woman who was doing everything right, by every visible measure, 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 […]