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Christmas Eve Mass: December 24, 2025 | Being a Just Man

A carpenter's workbench with the tools laid down and a door ajar onto a violet dusk, the quiet room where a decision was made before any angel spoke, which is what the Gospel means by being a just man

Opening Address Welcome to Bloom’s Christmas Eve Mass, the Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord. Tonight the whole Church leans toward one birth, and the Gospel it hands us this morning is not the stable and not the shepherds. It is a man alone with a decision, and the single adjective Matthew gives him: […]