To the Jew First: Passive Evangelisation, Covenant Fidelity and Respect for...
by Brother Gilbert Joseph Bloomer LEB - Moderator of the Little Eucharistic Brothers of Divine Will a Public Association of Christ's FaithfulRevisiting the Question in 2026In November 2014, I wrote an...
View ArticleDivine Intimacy, the Mystical Kiss, and Mystical Suckling - Part 4
The Fruits of the Mystical Kiss, Divine Nourishment, and Participation in the PassionIntroductionHaving considered the progressive ascent of the mystical kisses through the writings of St Bernard of...
View ArticleThe Mystery of the Four Species as the New Adam: The Human Person, the Holy...
A Hebrew Catholic, Marian, Divine Will Contemplationby Brother Gilbert Joseph BloomerThe Four Species as the Blueprint of the New CreationThe Zohar's meditation upon the Four Species gradually reveals...
View ArticleWhen Antisemitism Comes to a Small Tasmanian Town: A Hebrew Catholic...
By Brother Gilbert Joseph Bloomer LEBAntisemitism Comes to Our TownOn Friday night, at around eight o'clock, one of our Brothers went across the road from our Beit Achim (House of Brothers situated in...
View ArticleWas Rabbinic Judaism Created in Opposition to Christianity?
Refuting a Historical and Theological Misconception from a Hebrew Catholic and Divine Will Perspectiveby Brother Gilbert Joseph Bloomer LEBA Misunderstanding of Jewish HistoryOne sometimes encounters...
View ArticleWhen Your DNA Ancestry Changes: Why Disappearing Ethnicities Do Not Mean...
Understanding DNA Ancestry Updates and the Difference Between Genetic Origins and Family HistoryWhen Your Ancestors Apparently Change NationalityOne of the more confusing experiences for people who...
View ArticleThe Mystery of the Waving of the Four Species: The Cosmic Liturgy of the...
A Hebrew Catholic, Divine Will ContemplationThe Four Species as the Liturgy of the New CreationThe Zohar's treatment of the Four Species does not merely explain an ancient commandment. Rather, it...
View ArticleGod, DNA and the Mystery of Life
A Catholic Catastrophist Creationist Perspective on Plato’s Revenge, the New Biology and the Divine Will1. The Big Question: Where Does Life’s Design Come From?We all know that living creatures have...
View ArticleThe Hidden Shofar in the Opening of Genesis: A Hebrew Catholic, Zoharic and...
Among the many contemplative approaches to the opening chapter of Genesis, Jewish mystical tradition has long delighted in discovering hidden patterns woven through the sacred letters themselves. Such...
View ArticlePeter, Paul and Kashrut: A Torah-Attentive Hebrew Catholic Reading of...
The Problem at AntiochGalatians 2:11–14 recounts one of the most dramatic moments in the apostolic Church. Paul tells us that when Peter came to Antioch, he ate with Gentile believers. However, after...
View ArticleRosh HaShanah as the Day of Weeping: The Ram of Isaac, the Defeat of the...
Zohar, Pinchas, Verse 883TransliterationU-vegin kakh ihu yoma de-yivava, ve-korbana ihu olah. Ayil echad, kema de-itmar, begin eilo de-Yitzchak. U-se'ir izzim echad le-chaṭṭat, shochad le-Sama'el...
View ArticleRosh HaShanah, Rebecca’s Counsel and the Ancient Wine: A Hebrew Catholic...
Zohar, Pinchas, Verse 882TransliterationU-ve'od de-ihu azil, Yisra'el natlei eita be-Rivkah, ve-avdin kol innun pulchanin, kol innun tzelotin, mezamnei shofar ve-tak'in lei, begin le-it'ara rachamei....
View ArticleRosh HaShanah, the Savoury Foods of Isaac and the Sweetening of Judgement: A...
Zohar, Pinchas 231b (Verse 881)TransliterationU-vachodesh ha-shevi'i, kema de-itmar, yoma de-Rosh HaShanah, dina de-khol alma, dina taqqifa, ve-dina rafya. Va'asitem olah, ve-hiqravtem mibba'ei lei,...
View ArticleRosh HaShanah: Hearing the Shofar of the New Creation
talk Tikkunei Zohar 21TransliterationMi-sitra de-Yitzchak, de-ihu Rosh HaShanah, itmar beh:"Va-tavo elav ha-yonah le-et erev," ve-da erev de-Yitzchak.U-mi-sitra de-Tzaddik itmar bah:"Ve-hinneh aleh...
View ArticleFrom Deconstruction to Retrieval and Participation: Richard Rohr, Millennial...
IntroductionThe popularity of the Franciscan friar Richard Rohr among Millennial post-evangelical Christians provides an illuminating case study in the changing character of Western Christianity....
View ArticleThe Day the Lights Came On: Confessions of an Australian Generation Jones...
Recently I was listening to an interview with Dolly Parton, who died this week, in which she spoke about growing up poor in the hills of Tennessee as one of twelve children. As she described the large...
View ArticleThe Three Resh Letters and the Mystery of the Trinity: Keter, the Holy of...
A Note on the Purpose of These MeditationsThese meditations are not intended as apologetical arguments or as proofs of Christianity over against non-Christian Jewish readings of Scripture. Nor do they...
View ArticleWhat on Earth Are These Catholics and Jews Talking About?: The Divine Will...
A Simple Aussie Guide to the Divine Will, Jewish Spirituality and Why They Have More in Common Than You Might ThinkBy Brother Gilbert Joseph Bloomer LEBRighto, What Exactly Is the “Divine Will”?Let us...
View ArticleRichard Rohr on John Duns Scotus: A Hebrew Catholic and Divine Will Critique
by Brother Gilbert Joseph Bloomer LEBA Hebrew Catholic Divine Will Critique of Father Richard Rohr's 1 January 2023 article "Friar to Friar: Richard Rohr on John Duns Scotus"IntroductionFr Richard...
View ArticleThe Divine Will: A Connecting Bridge between Judaism and Catholicism for Our...
A Bridge Hidden in Plain SightTo describe Divine Will spirituality as a connecting bridge between Judaism and Catholicism may initially sound surprising. Many Catholics who have heard of the Divine...
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