The Bishop's Blog
To Pray, Mourn, and Bear Witness | Para Oorar, Lamentar y Rendir Testimonio
My siblings in Christ: I write to thank our diocesan family for your fierce, faithful prayers this week for the victims of the shootings in Monterey Park and San Mateo County, their families and...
Daily prayer: a banner of peace
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...
Litany in the Wake of a Mass Shooting
Following the murder of 13 precious children of God in Thousand Oaks, in November 2018, Bishops United Against Gun Violence offered a “Litany in the Wake of a Mass Shooting” to commemorate the dead,...
Daily prayer: Make us instruments of your peace
Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair,...
Visiting St. Michael’s Abbey in Silverado Canyon
“The Early Church,” by British Anglican priest and historian Henry Chadwick, was one of my companions in seminary. It succinctly begins, “The first Christians were Jews.” So it was a great joy to...
Rebecca’s Garden in Ontario
Rebecca’s Garden at Christ Church Parish of Ontario bears considerable fruit, including spiritual rest. Named for the late Rebecca Rollins, a college professor and the parish organist who always...
Monterey Park Strong
The prayers of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles are urgently invited for the people of Monterey Park, where ten people were killed and ten more wounded Saturday night at a ballroom on W. Garvey...
Daily prayer: Agnes of Rome
Almighty and everlasting God, who chooses those whom the world deems powerless to put the powerful to shame: Grant us so to cherish the memory of your youthful martyrs Agnes and Cecilia, that we...
Daily prayer: Pope Fabian
Grant, Almighty God, that in all times of trial and persecution, we might remain steadfast in faith and endurance, according to the example of your servant Fabian, who was faithful even unto death....
Daily prayer: Bishop Wulfstan
Almighty God, whose only-begotten Son led captivity captive and gave gifts to your people: Multiply among us faithful pastors, who, like your holy bishop Wulfstan, will give courage to those who are...
Daily prayer: Simon Peter
Almighty God, who inspired Simon Peter, first among the apostles, to confess Jesus as Messiah and Son of the living God: Keep your Church steadfast upon the rock of this faith, so that in unity and...
Remembering Canon Lydia Lopez
The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles is mourning and celebrating Canon Lydia Lopez, giant of justice, who died on Monday in Pasadena. Here's the account of our visit on her 80th birthday in April....