The Bishop's Blog

I’m having a major “West Wing” fuzzy as I wait with fellow Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles pilgrims to enter the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. The episode where Toby reconciles with his dad,...

Be gracious to your people, we entreat you, O Lord, that they, repenting day by day of the things that displease you, may be more and more filled with love of you and of your commandments; and,...

We are on pilgrimage in a nation in agony, gripped by the crisis of Israel’s right-wing government’s attempt to take over the judiciary. Agony is not a new experience for Palestinian Arabs living in...

Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and...

Pour your grace into our hearts, O Lord, that we who have known the incarnation of your Son Jesus Christ, announced by an angel to the Virgin Mary, may by his cross and passion be brought to the...

It’s a simple enough question, if not always easy to answer. What are we looking for in Jerusalem and Nazareth? At the Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher? Wading in the Jordan River...

Almighty God, you called your servant Óscar Romero to be a voice for the voiceless poor, and to give his life as a seed of freedom and a sign of hope: Grant that we, inspired by his sacrifice and...

Greetings early Friday morning from Nazareth, where we 25 Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles Lenten pilgrims are preparing for a Jesus bath day at the Jordan River and along the Sea of Galilee....

O Lord our God, you sustained your ancient people in the wilderness with bread from heaven: Feed now your pilgrim flock with the food that endures to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ your Son...

O God, with you is the well of life, and in your light we see light: Quench our thirst with living water, and flood our darkened minds with heavenly light; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives...

Yesterday was the feast day of St. Joseph, but since it was a Sunday, we remember him today, along with St. Luke’s story of 12-year-old Jesus upsetting Mary and Joseph by lingering in the temple to...

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 us grace to imitate his uprightness of life and...