The Bishop’s Blog

This is my Maundy Thursday story. Kathy and I returned from our Holy Wednesday evening dinner at Denny’s to find about a dozen police cars in front...

Almighty God, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive...

To all the people of the Diocese of Los Angeles, greetings in Christ this Holy Week and Easter Day! The depiction of our Lord in the photo was my...

Lord God, whose blessed Son our Savior gave his body to be whipped and his face to be spit upon: Give us grace to accept joyfully the sufferings of...

My scrapbook from today's chrism mass (where we blessed a year's supply of holy oil for our missions and parishes) and renewal of ordinations vows...