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The Bishop's Blog

Thoughts and reflections from Bishop John Harvey Taylor

Daily Prayer: Good Friday

Daily Prayer: Good Friday

Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross;...

Making the Promise, and Meaning It: An Easter Letter

Making the Promise, and Meaning It: An Easter Letter

My siblings in Christ: It is a blessing and joy to extend greetings to you and all whom you love as we prepare ourselves for Easter Day and Eastertide. I pray that for all of us, the Resurrection...

Daily prayer: Maundy Thursday

Daily prayer: Maundy Thursday

Almighty God, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in remembrance of Jesus Christ our...

Daily prayer: Holy Wednesday

Daily prayer: Holy Wednesday

Lord God, whose blessed Son our Savior gave his body to be whipped and his face to be spit upon: Give us grace to accept joyfully the sufferings of the present time, confident of the glory that...

Renewal of Vows album

Renewal of Vows album

My album from this morning’s renewal of vows and chrism mass at St. John's Cathedral, with 120 fellow bishops, deacons, and priests in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. A joy to spend Holy...

Daily prayer: Renewal of Vows

Daily prayer: Renewal of Vows

Almighty God, who by the power of the Holy Spirit anointed your Son to be Messiah and Priest forever, grant that all whom you have called to his service may confess the faith of Christ crucified,...

St. Michael the Archangel Church, El Segundo

St. Michael the Archangel Church, El Segundo

Small and mighty, St. Michael the Archangel Episcopal Church in El Segundo faithfully did Palm and Passion Sunday’s contrary work yesterday, using their same voices to sing “All Glory Laud And...

Daily prayer: Monday in Holy Week

Daily prayer: Monday in Holy Week

Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may...

Daily prayer: Palm Sunday

Daily prayer: Palm Sunday

Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross, giving us the example...

Daily prayer: Saturday in the fifth week of Lent

Daily prayer: Saturday in the fifth week of Lent

O Lord, in your goodness you bestow abundant graces on your elect: Look with favor, we entreat you, upon those who in these Lenten days are being prepared for Holy Baptism, and grant them the help...

The greatest event

The greatest event

Fr. Fergus Clarke, a Jerusalem-based Franciscan friar, likes to say that he has a bone to pick with my old boss, Richard Nixon. He did it yet again on Tuesday, speaking to us 25 Episcopal Diocese of...

Pilgrimage and going blue

Pilgrimage and going blue

Pilgrims Ron, Michelle, Matt, and Catherine watching live Los Angeles Dodgers opening day action over breakfast Friday morning from Jerusalem. Jesus performed many miracles, but never this!