The Bishop’s Blog
Amazing people in mid-February
You meet the most amazing people around St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including Archbishop Hovnan Derderian...
Daily prayer: To overcome temptation
Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan: Come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many temptations; and, as...
Daily prayer: For nighttime
Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord...
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...