The Bishop’s Blog
Daily prayer: For prisoners of conscience
O God, whose Son forgave his enemies while he was suffering shame and death: Strengthen those who suffer for the sake of conscience; when they are...
A reflection for Lent
A year or two ago, walking on Rosemead Blvd. near our home in east Pasadena, I came across a man lying on the sidewalk and behaving badly. Rushing...
Daily prayer: For all our works
Direct us, O Lord, in all our doings with your most gracious favor, and further us with your continual help; that in all our works begun, continued,...
Of sight and hearing
Bridges between soul and the wider world, my sight and hearing are threatening to return to dust ahead of the rest of the package. In my 70th year,...
Daily prayer: Ash Wednesday
Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite...