The Bishop's Blog
Daily prayer: Edmund the Martyr
Merciful God, who gave grace and fortitude to Edmund to die nobly for your Name: Bestow on us your servants the shield of faith, with which we can withstand the assaults of our ancient enemy;...
Sanctuary city press conference and rally
A great speaker of the House, Tip O’Neill, once said that “all politics are local.” In the United States, it may soon be that the only decent politics are local politics. Nearly half of U.S....
Daily prayer: For peaceful love and service of God
O God of all, whom the whole heavens adore: Let the whole earth also worship you, all nations obey you, all tongues confess and bless you, and people everywhere love you and serve you in peace;...
Visiting St. Philip’s, South LA
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in South Los Angeles, a mile and a half east of USC, is a multicultural miracle, a harbinger of church future, disguised as a struggling parish. A lively 70 — young,...
Daily prayer: Hilda of Whitby
O God of peace, by whose grace the abbess Hilda was endowed with gifts of justice, prudence, and strength to rule as a wise mother over the nuns and monks of her household: Raise up these gifts in...
Daily prayer: To embrace holy Scriptures
Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed...
Daily prayer: Margaret of Scotland
O God, who called your servant Margaret to an earthly throne that she might advance your heavenly kingdom, and gave her zeal for your church and love for your people: Mercifully grant that we also...
Amazing people, mid-November edition
You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including the Rev. Sarah Kitch, vicar of St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church in Simi Valley, and David Kitch,...
Daily prayer: Herman of Alaska
Almighty God, who raised up your servant Herman to be a light in the world, and to preach the Gospel to the people of Alaska: Illuminate our hearts, that we also in our own generation may show forth...
Daily prayer: Samuel Seabury
On this day when The Episcopal Church remembers the consecration of Samuel Seabury of Connecticut, we give you thanks, O Lord our God, for your goodness in bestowing upon this church the gift of the...
Presiding Bishop’s statement on the archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation
Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe’s statement yesterday after Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby announced his resignation: “Today I am praying for the people of the Church of England, for our siblings...
Daily prayer: To purify ourselves
O God, whose blessed Son came into the world that he might destroy the works of the devil and make us children of God and heirs of eternal life: Grant that, having this hope, we may purify ourselves...