The Bishop’s Blog
To Pray, Mourn, and Bear Witness | Para Oorar, Lamentar y Rendir Testimonio
My siblings in Christ: I write to thank our diocesan family for your fierce, faithful prayers this week for the victims of the shootings in Monterey...
Daily prayer: a banner of peace
Eternal God, in whose perfect kingdom no sword is drawn but the sword of righteousness, no strength known but the strength of love: So mightily...
Litany in the Wake of a Mass Shooting
Following the murder of 13 precious children of God in Thousand Oaks, in November 2018, Bishops United Against Gun Violence offered a “Litany in the...
Daily prayer: Make us instruments of your peace
Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where...
Visiting St. Michael’s Abbey in Silverado Canyon
“The Early Church,” by British Anglican priest and historian Henry Chadwick, was one of my companions in seminary. It succinctly begins, “The first...