The Bishop's Blog

Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested from all your works and sanctified a day of rest for all your creatures: Grant that we, putting away all earthly anxieties, may be duly...

Almighty God, you have blessed us with the joy and care of children: Give us calm strength and patient wisdom as we bring them up, that we may teach them to love whatever is just and true and good,...

At this morning's ingathering for the United Thank Offering, which Holy Trinity Saint Benedict Episcopal Church in Alhambra does twice a year, the big donation box enclosed so many little blue boxes...

Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility;...

It was a blessing to spend a little time this morning with a group of colleagues who are way smarter than the federal government — the 40-odd volunteers at today's St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park and...

Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered...

God of hearth and home, God of battlefield and detention center, God of hospital and shelter, God of our fears and dreams, our God in Christ: Our wellspring of thanksgiving is brimming today. For...

O God of peace, who has taught us that in returning and rest we shall be saved, in quietness and confidence shall be our strength: By the might of your Spirit lift us, we pray you, to your presence,...

Bishops in The Episcopal Church who are preparing to retire, as I will next year, talk about the poignancy of their valedictory round of congregational visits. One of the largest in the country, the...

Almighty God, by your grace your servant Elizabeth of Hungary recognized and honored Jesus in the poor of this world: Grant that we, following her example, may with love and gladness serve those in...

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...

The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles has two venerable churches in San Bernardino, St. John's Episcopal Church, which is downtown, and St. Francis Episcopal Church, in a suburban neighborhood right...