The Bishop's Blog

The Rev. Robert Gaestel arrived at beautiful Church of the Angels in Pasadena in 1983, the year President Reagan invaded Grenada and Michael Jackson released his album “Thriller.” He retires on...

Almighty God, by the hand of Mark the evangelist you have given to your Church the Gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God: We thank you for this witness, and pray that we may be firmly grounded in...

The Rev. Canon Richard Estrada died in March after scores of years of brilliant and brilliantly effective witness for the love of the Risen Christ. Founder of Jovenes, Inc., a nonprofit serving...

We thank you, Almighty God, that you have delivered us from the dominion of sin and death and brought us into the kingdom of your Son; and we pray that, as by his death he has recalled us to life,...

My album from Friday's noon mass for His Holiness, Pope Francis at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, where Archbishop José H. Gomez was celebrant and preacher. Canons Kathy Hannigan O'Connor...

Almighty God, who gave your only Son to die for our sins and to rise for our justification: Give us grace so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness, that we may always serve you in pureness...

Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ's Body may show forth in...

O God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: Open the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work; who lives and reigns with you, in...

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...