The Bishop’s Blog

Daily prayer: For pardon and peace
Grant, most merciful Lord, to your faithful people pardon and peace, that they may be cleansed from all their sins, and serve you with a quiet mind;...

Daily prayer: For the grace to forgive
Grant, O Lord, that as your Son Jesus Christ prayed for his enemies on the cross, so we may have grace to forgive those who wrongfully or scornfully...

Daily prayer: Cleanse our hearts from sin
O Lord, strong and mighty, Lord of hosts and King of glory: Cleanse our hearts from sin, keep our hands pure, and turn our minds from what is...

Our Father’s House
I never saw my divorced father’s last house. It was an apartment in a hotel in downtown Detroit where he lived alone. Neighbors discovered Harvey's...

Daily prayer: For an upright life
O God, who from the family of your servant David raised up Joseph to be the guardian of your incarnate Son and the spouse of his virgin mother: Give...