The Bishop's Blog

Gracious God, everyone who is following news coverage of events this historic week in Los Angeles knows that politics is not being kind to the Summit of the Americas. El mundo es complicado, ya...

Maria Celina Conte, director of the Summit of the Americas Secretariat, told me tonight at St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park that she and her Washington-based team have been in the thick of planning the...

O God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely...

Thirty nine years ago, St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church in Monterey Park became a mission, serving folks from Hong Kong by and large — and nine years later it was a parish, which, if not an Episcopal...

Our theme this Pentecost Sunday was every human heart — every one — crying “Abba!”, fear and isolation seeking safety and community. The Rev. Stuart Swann hears the people of God in both his...

O God, who on this day taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to...

Lord of all truth and peace, you raised up your bishop John XXIII to be servant of the servants of God and gave him wisdom to call for the work of renewing your Church: Grant that, following his...

At a beautiful baccalaureate service Friday night on sprawling Chalmers Field, with vesper sunlight peeking through the June gloom, we gave thanks for 124 sorrow- and pandemic-tested St. Margaret's...

O God, by whose providence the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church: Grant that we who remember before you the blessed martyrs of Uganda, may, like them, be steadfast in our faith in Jesus...

Almighty God, who gave such courage and endurance to Blandina and her companions that by their deaths many hearts were turned to you; Grant that we, in accordance with their example, may also gladly...

You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including veteran peace and justice activists the Rev. Canon Patricia O'Reilly and Grace R. Dyrness, for a meeting with...

O God, who has given your church wisdom and revealed to it deep and secret things: Grant that we, like your servant Justin and in union with his prayers, may find your Word an abiding refuge all the...