The Bishop's Blog

God of peace, justice, and righteousness, we pray today for the victims of the attacks of September 11, 2001, for the heroic people who rushed to save them, and for all who were injured in spirit...

After 16 abundant years as priest in charge and rector, the Rev. Canon Mark Hallahan bade au revoir to a churchful of admirers and friends this afternoon at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Pomona....

Almighty and everlasting God, we thank you for your servant Alexander Crummell, whom you called to preach the gospel to those who were far off and to those who were near: Raise up, in this and every...

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...