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 spread abroad your Spirit, that all peoples may be gathered under the banner of the Prince of Peace, as children of one...

O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; unite us in bonds of love; and work through...

Lay leaders at historic St. Simon's Episcopal Church/Iglesia Episcopal de San Simón in San Fernando say they’re still in operation only by the grace of God — but surely they themselves are avenues for grace’s safe passage. San Fernando is a carefully run city of...

Almighty God, whose blessed Son restored Mary Magdalene to health of body and of mind, and called her to be a witness of his resurrection: Mercifully grant that by your grace we may be healed from all our infirmities and know you in the power of his unending life; who...

As it turns out, grace abounds this summer in the United States. On the Lord’s Day, President Biden has given us a new, better election. A week ago yesterday, former President Trump, his family, and our children and grandchildren were spared the horror of a televised...

Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through the...

I was in the heart of the city today, with the heart of the church. Put another way, I was the guest of our archdeacon, the Ven. Laura Eustis Siriani, and a dozen of our Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles deacons at a festive lunch at historic El Paseo Inn on Olvera St....

Almighty God, though you saw that everything you had made was good, whenever people or circumstances are cruel, even your most faithful people have trouble accentuating the positive. It is for such times as these that through your Christ, you invite us daily to...

Merciful God, who called your servant Macrina to reveal in her life and teaching the riches of your grace and truth: Grant that we, following her example, may seek after your wisdom and live according to the way of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and...

O God, the King eternal, whose light divides the day from the night and turns the shadow of death into the morning: Drive far from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep your law, and guide our feet into the way of peace; that, having done your will with...