The Bishop's Blog

Gracious and loving God, this morning in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, we hunger to know. Whether our neighbor's home is safe. How to recover and rebuild when all is lost, at home or at...

Gracious and loving God, we pray for those who are fleeing, and those who are safe; those who battle these fires under the worst possible conditions, and those whom they serve; those who offer help,...

God of the sun and the sea, the rains and the winds, bear all our neighbors through this stormy night and throw a veil of protection over those battling these wildfires under the worst possible...

Gracious God, we pray for all those buffeted by this week's historic wind emergency in southern California and especially for those in the path of wildfires, including in Pacific Palisades, where...

O God, by the leading of a star you manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth: Lead us, who know you now by faith, to your presence, where we may see your glory face to face; through...

O God, who wonderfully created, and yet more wonderfully restored, the dignity of human nature: Grant that we may share the divine life of him who humbled himself to share our humanity, your Son...

Give us grace, O God, to love you in all things and above all things; that, following the example of your servant Elizabeth Ann Seton, we might express our love for you in the service of others....

Members and friends of Sacred Resistance - Los Angeles, a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Barnabas Eagle Rock. All those worried...

          Almighty God, who sets the solitary in families: we commend to your continual care the homes in which your people dwell. Put far from them every root of...

Gracious God, we pray for the victims of the attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, for their families and neighbors, and for everyone in the world for whom 2025 began in violence, fear, and...

Eternal God, you gave to your incarnate Son the holy name of Jesus to be the sign of our salvation: Plant in every heart, we pray, the love of him who is the Savior of the world, our Lord Jesus...

Almighty God, you have poured upon us the new light of your incarnate Word: Grant that this light, enkindled in our hearts, may shine forth in our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and...