The Bishop's Blog

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...

Gracious God, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives...

All Saints Episcopal Church Pasadena helped its rector, the Rev. Mike Kinman, mourn and celebrate his father, Thomas David Kinman, in a moving service this morning. “I was trained as a physicist and...

O God, you know us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright: Grant us such strength and protection as may...

Almighty God, in your providence you chose your servant Patrick to be the apostle to the Irish people, to bring those who were wandering in darkness and error to the true light and knowledge of you:...

What a joy to spend this evening at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Westwood, across the street from UCLA. I met with the wardens and vestry, including senior warden John Hirning and junior warden...

When I'm talking these days around St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park, chances are one in two that it's about our commitment to build affordable housing on 25% of our mission and parish campuses....

Keep watch over your Church, O Lord, with your unfailing love; and, since it is grounded in human weakness and cannot maintain itself without your aid, protect it from all danger, and keep it in the...