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The Bishop's Blog

Thoughts and reflections from Bishop John Harvey Taylor

Lunch with the Rev. Canon David Chee

Lunch with the Rev. Canon David Chee

Though he retired as rector of St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church in Monterey Park in 2017, the Rev. Canon David Chee is usually in town for a service or two at Christmastime, by invitation of the...

Daily prayer: For light

Daily prayer: For light

Shed upon your Church, O Lord, the brightness of your light, that we, being illumined by the teaching of your apostle and evangelist John, may so walk in the light of your truth, that at length we...

Daily prayer: St. Stephen

Daily prayer: St. Stephen

We give you thanks, O Lord of glory, for the example of the first martyr Stephen, who looked up to heaven and prayed for his persecutors to your Son Jesus Christ, who stands at your right hand;...

Daily prayer: Christmas Day

Daily prayer: Christmas Day

O God, you make us glad by the yearly festival of the birth of your only Son Jesus Christ: Grant that we, who joyfully receive him as our Redeemer, may with sure confidence behold him when he comes...

Christmas Eve at St. John’s Cathedral

Christmas Eve at St. John’s Cathedral

My scrapbook from Christmas Eve at St. John's Cathedral, where the interim dean and priest in charge, the Very Rev. Anne Sawyer, unveiled magnificent vestments chosen by her, the Rev. Margaret...

Daily prayer: Purify our consciences

Daily prayer: Purify our consciences

Purify our conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation, that your Son Jesus Christ, at his coming, may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity...

Daily prayer: For the neglected

Daily prayer: For the neglected

Almighty and most merciful God, we remember before you all poor and neglected persons whom it would be easy for us to forget: the homeless and the destitute, the old and the sick, and all who have...

Longest Night Homelessness memorial

Longest Night Homelessness memorial

Nearly 1,140 unhoused people died on the streets of Los Angeles last year. Their names filled 12 of the 20 pages in the bulletin for Saturday night’s Archdiocese of Los Angeles interfaith memorial...

Daily prayer: For rest and preperation

Daily prayer: For rest and preperation

Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested from all your works and sanctified a day of rest for all your creatures: Grant that we, putting away all earthly anxieties, may be duly...

Amazing people at Christmas time

As Christmas approaches, you meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including clergy colleagues from in and around the Claremont and Upland corridor, aka deanery...

Daily prayer: To be of service

Daily prayer: To be of service

Almighty and merciful God, it is only by your gift that your faithful people offer you true and laudable service: Grant that we may run without stumbling to obtain your heavenly promises; through...