The Bishop's Blog

Loving God, for the salvation of all you gave Jesus Christ as light to a world in darkness: Illumine us, as you did your daughter Lucy, with the light of Christ, that by the merits of his passion,...

O God of mercies, grant that all who invoke the Blessed Virgin of Guadalupe may seek with ever more lively faith the progress of peoples in the ways of justice and of peace. Through our Lord Jesus...

O God, the creator and preserver of all, we humbly beseech you for all sorts and conditions of people; that you would be pleased to make your ways known unto them, your saving health unto all...

Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ...

In La Gran Posada tonight at St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park, we anticipated the nine-day Mexican tradition of Las Posadas, usually held Dec. 16-24, when worshipers reenact Mary and Joseph’s search...

Gracious God, you called your monk Thomas Merton to proclaim your justice out of silence, and moved him in his contemplative writings to perceive and value Christ at work in the faiths of others:...

Almighty God, guide the nations of the world into the way of justice and truth, and establish among them that peace which is the fruit of righteousness, that they may become the kingdom of our Lord...

O God, whose light divides the day from the night and turns the shadow of death into the morning: Drive far from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep your law, and guide our feet into...

"In came a fiddler with a music book, and went up to the lofty desk, and made an orchestra of it, and tuned like fifty stomachaches. In came Mrs. Fezziwig, one vast substantial smile. In came the...

TV and movie production trucks flock like the peafowl in Chapman Woods, our neighborhood in Pasadena between Madre and Rosemead, home to the episcopal residence of the Episcopal Diocese of Los...

O God, you gave your servant Ambrose grace eloquently to proclaim your righteousness in the great congregation, and fearlessly to bear reproach for the honor of your Name: Mercifully grant to all...

Archbishop Hovnan Derderian and his colleagues in the western U.S. diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church offer an ecumenical prayer service each Advent and single out one of his ecumenical...