The Bishop's Blog

O God, the King eternal, 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...

We remember today, O God, the slaughter of the holy innocents of Bethlehem by King Herod. Receive, we pray, into the arms of your mercy all innocent victims; and by your great might frustrate the...

On the fourth day of ChristmasIt's a blessing to recallFour priests a-partyingThree mitered angelsTwo cuddling canonsAnd wedging prayers into the Western Wall.

In a song called “Mary Mild” on “The Last Month Of The Year,” the Kingston Trio’s 1960 Christmas album, three boys of noble birth won’t play with Jesus because he was “but a poor maid’s child, born...

On the third day of Christmas, a three-person summit in Fontana to begin to plan an abundant future for St. Luke's Outreach Ministry Center, where San Marino-born the Rev. Jim Maronde has been...

On the third day of ChristmasIt's a blessing to recallThree mitered angelsTwo cuddling canonsAnd wedging prayers into the Western Wall.

Shed upon your Church, O Lord, the brightness of your light, that we, being illumined by the teaching of your apostle and evangelist John, may so walk in the light of your truth, that at length we...

On the second day of Christmas I'm happy to recall Two cuddling canons And wedging prayers into the Western Wall

We give you thanks, O Lord of glory, for the example of the first martyr Stephen, who looked up to heaven and prayed for his persecutors to your Son Jesus Christ, who stands at your right hand;...

On the first day of Christmas I'm happy to recall Wedging prayers into the Western Wall.

On Christmas Eve, a single friend and I were discussing recent journalism and social media debates about the churches, often evangelical ones, that canceled Christmas Day services today, even though...

Almighty God, you have given your only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and to be born this day of a pure virgin: Grant that we, who have been born again and made your children by adoption...