The Bishop’s Blog

Daily prayer: Pope Francis
Gracious God, we give you thanks for Pope Francis's inextinguishable love for your people, especially those marginalized and traumatized by secular...

Easter Vigil and Easter Day scrapbook
My Easter scrapbook features the Great Vigil, the principal service of the church year, at Saint Thomas the Apostle, Hollywood, where I presided...

Daily prayer: To live in the joy of resurrection
O God, who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son to the death of the cross, and by his glorious resurrection delivered us from the power of...

Our Holy Saturday question: How should we feel about El Salvador’s prisons?
This photo shows alleged members of El Salvadoran gangs in April 2020, five Eastertides ago, while guards were searching their cells....

Daily prayer: To rise into the newness of life
O God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy Sabbath, so we...