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The Bishop's Blog

Thoughts and reflections from Bishop John Harvey Taylor

The Bishop’s Blog: Daily Prayer 3-21-22

The Bishop’s Blog: Daily Prayer 3-21-22

Holy God, you made all things for your purposes and lose nothing you have made. Our hope is in you and the Risen One as we pray daily for peace and justice, for the relief of suffering and...

The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-20-22

The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-20-22

Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may...

The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-19-22

The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-19-22

Almighty God, your servant St. Joseph, whom the church remembers this day, watched over and made a home for your son and his mother: In all our networks of dependence and interdependence, keep us...

The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-18-22

The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-18-22

Almighty God, creator of worlds: Humanity has new cause to repent of our sin of creating the means of destroying ourselves. Without nuclear weapons, his armies outgunned and outmanned, Putin would...

The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-17-22

The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-17-22

Almighty God , in whom on the last day, under the mighty wing of Christ, war will cease and no tears will be shed: Beholding a world on the brink of a catastrophic war and grieving the cold war of...

The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-16-22

The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-16-22

Almighty God, who summons the nations to acts of wisdom and justice: We offer prayers today for all in authority in the U.S. and the Atlantic alliance, especially when the imperatives of standing up...

The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-15-22

The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-15-22

Almighty God, we pray for the safety of Marina Ovsyannikova, the journalist who risked her life interrupting Putin propaganda with a message of truth and peace, and of all in Russia who are...

The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-14-22

The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-14-22

Eternal God, whose son is the way, the truth, and the life: Journalists in wartime — those whom despots call enemies of the people — risk their lives by telling us the truth and showing us the way....

The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-13-22

The Bishop’s Blog: Daily prayer 3-13-22

O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the...