The Bishop's Blog

Gracious God, most who first heard the liberating gospel of Jesus Christ lived their whole lives in circumstances beyond their control, constrained and oppressed by empire, bigotry, and subsistence...

Almighty God, whose unblinking eye weeps at every life we take: Help us be mindful of the thousands who have perished already this year in wars in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Myanmar, and Yemen even as...

God of mercy and truth, we pray today for young people, who are experiencing a reality that brings into horrifying three dimensions the kinds of events they knew only from textbooks, novels, and...

Almighty God, scripture discloses that when your son returns in his glory, he will divide the nations as a shepherd separates sheep from goats, offering a place in your kingdom to those who welcomed...

Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan: Come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many temptations; and, as you know the weaknesses of each of us, let each...

San Diego-raised Elizabeth Bonforte Gardner studied political science at University of California, Santa Barbara and spent time lobbying and consulting in Washington before becoming a priest. Former...

Merciful God, according to church tradition, St. Agatha of Sicily, whom your church remembers today, the victim of a Roman governor’s savage abuse of power, had no recourse to justice. We pray for...

Gracious God, when we’re tempted to give up something we love during Lent as a fetish of self-denial, help us remember the ancient Lenten discipline of forgoing a luxury to have resources to share...

Gracious God, guardian of all creation, when the innocent are at risk from war, injustice, or systems of which we are a part, may we always remember our abhorrence at the cruelty of Jesus’s...

Almighty God, whose church on this day invites your people to a season of repentance, fasting, and reflection on your Word: We give you thanks for our precious freedom in Christ — to behave toward...

On the brink of Ash Wednesday and Lent, churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and all over the world hear the story of Jesus’s friends seeing him transfigured in heavenly light on the...

Grace Episcopal Church in Glendora is famous for its music and, these days, its multi-instrumentalist rector of 24 years, the Rev. Susan Scranton. Under choirmaster David Aldrete, the wonderful...