The Bishop's Blog

O God, who by the glorious resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light: Grant that we, who have been raised with him, may abide in his presence...

Gracious God, we give you thanks for Pope Francis's inextinguishable love for your people, especially those marginalized and traumatized by secular authority as well as by the church he led; for his...

My Easter scrapbook features the Great Vigil, the principal service of the church year, at Saint Thomas the Apostle, Hollywood, where I presided Saturday night, and St. John's Cathedral in Los...

O God, who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son to the death of the cross, and by his glorious resurrection delivered us from the power of our enemy: Grant us so to die daily to sin, that...

This photo shows alleged members of El Salvadoran gangs in April 2020, five Eastertides ago, while guards were searching their cells. Notwithstanding what we sometimes see on social media, they're...

O God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with him the coming of the third day, and...

Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross;...

Since Kathy and I don't live with other members of our family, Holy Week, Easter, and Christmas end up embodying both the promise and reality of heaven — especially when folks show up unexpectedly....

I join Bishops Brookhart, Gomes, and Little and Canon McCarthy in extending greetings and blessings for Easter Day and Eastertide. Whatever troubles you, whatever in your personal or our national...

Almighty God, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in remembrance of Jesus Christ our...

Lord God, whose blessed Son our Savior gave his body to be whipped and his face to be spit upon: Give us grace to accept joyfully the sufferings of the present time, confident of the glory that...

Sharing the honors perhaps just once more at renewal of vows, Canon McCarthy and I join Bishops Brookhart, Gomes, and Little and Dean Sawyer and her colleagues in welcoming you and giving thanks for...