The Bishop's Blog
Daily prayer: Spare those who confess
Mercifully hear our prayers, O Lord, and spare all those who confess their sins to you; that those whose consciences are accused by sin may by your merciful pardon be absolved; through Jesus Christ...
Speaking at Arcadia High School
“What do you see? What does it mean?” History instructor Heather Moore poses these questions over and over to her students at Arcadia High School. So for the second time in three years, invited to...
Daily prayer: Fill our hearts with thankfulness
O God, you have given us the Good News of your abounding love in your Son Jesus Christ: So fill our hearts with thankfulness that we may rejoice to proclaim the good tidings we have received;...
Daily prayer: Feed us
O Lord our God, you sustained your ancient people in the wilderness with bread from heaven: Feed now your pilgrim flock with the food that endures to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ your Son...
Daily prayer: To raise children with patience and wisdom
Almighty God, you have blessed us with the joy and care of children: Give us calm strength and patient wisdom as we bring them up, that we may teach them to love whatever is just and true and good,...
Daily prayer: Flood us with light
O God, with you is the well of life, and in your light we see light: Quench our thirst with living water, and flood our darkened minds with heavenly light; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives...
Amazing People
You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including at a combined post-wildfire solidarity meeting of deacons and priests from our northern and central Los...
Visiting La Iglesia de San Clemente, Huntington Park
Most priests baptize with a silver baptismal shell, a few delicate tablespoons per scoop. At La Iglesia de San Clemente in Huntington Park, the energetic longtime vicar, the Rev. Santos Flores,...
Daily prayer: Trans day of visibility
O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down...
Opening of the West Valley Food Pantry
One day in 1975, a hungry family visited Prince of Peace Episcopal Church in Woodland Hills and asked if they had any canned food. This is a famous story around the parish. I find myself wondering...
Daily prayer: The bread which gives life
Gracious God, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives...
Daily prayer: Grant us strength and protection
O God, you know us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright: Grant us such strength and protection as may...