The Bishop's Blog

You meet the most amazing people around St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park, including the Rev. Samuel Pillsbury, specialist in restorative justice and law professor, for a bracing conversation about the...

We give you thanks and praise, O God of compassion, for the heroic witness of the Martyrs of Memphis, who, in a time of plague and pestilence, were steadfast in their care for the sick and dying,...

Almighty God, look on your servant Elizabeth, lying in great weakness, and comfort her with the promise of life everlasting, given in the resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. — Book...

O God of boundless mercy, whose handmaiden Kassiani brought forth poetry and song: Inspire in your church a new song, that following her most excellent example, we may boldly proclaim the truth of...

Heavenly God, in you we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our life we may not forget you,...

When the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles heads back to Dodger Stadium on Friday, Sept. 23, we confidently expect a fall classic as the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers take on the NL...

During my week in the Holy City last month, it was a treat to see Maya and Ibrahim Abu Rakabah, who operate St. George's Bazaar in East Jerusalem, down the street from St. George's Cathedral,...

Almighty God, you have so linked our lives one with another that all we do affects, for good or ill, all other lives: So guide us in the work we do, that we may do it not for self alone, but for the...

Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through...

Eternal God, who raised up Phoebe as a deacon in your church and minister of your Gospel; Grant us that same grace that, assisted by her prayers and example, we too may take the Gospel to the ends...

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,...

O God of unsearchable wisdom and mercy; Liberate us from bondage to self, and empower us to serve you and our neighbors, that like your servant David Oakerhater, we might bring those who do not know...