The Bishop's Blog
Two months since the wildfires
Two months after the Los Angeles wildfires, they were fresh on everyone’s minds this morning as interfaith and ecumenical leaders met with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass at St. Paul's Commons, Echo...
Daily prayer: To withstand temptations
Grant to your people, Lord, grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and with pure hearts and minds to follow you, the only true God; through Jesus Christ your Son...
Christians in Iraq, Palestine, and Syria: A Contemporary Perspective
My scrapbook from Sunday afternoon and evening, where nearly 100 were present at St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park for “Christians in Iraq, Palestine, and Syria: A Contemporary Perspective,” a panel...
Visiting St. Margaret’s, South Gate
The people of St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in South Gate lost two beloved priests within months. Their longtime rector, Fr. Edward Bresciani, who retired in 2023, died last year, as did Fr....
Daily prayer: Direct us to fulfill your will
Almighty and everlasting God, mercifully increase in us your gifts of holy discipline, in almsgiving, prayer, and fasting; that our lives may be directed to the fulfilling of your most gracious...
Daily prayer: Help us through temptation
Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan: Come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many temptations; and, as you know the weaknesses of each of us, let each...
Daily prayer: For mercy and help
Almighty and everlasting God, mercifully look upon our infirmities, and in all our dangers and necessities stretch forth your right hand to help and defend us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who...
Daily prayer: Support us in our fasts
Support us, O Lord, with your gracious favor through the fast we have begun; that as we observe it by bodily self-denial, so we may fulfill it with inner sincerity of heart; through Jesus Christ our...
Amazing people
You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including Ron Chatman, longtime senior warden of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Compton, after our latest lunch at...
Daily prayer: Direct us, Lord
Direct us, O Lord, in all our doings with your most gracious favor, and further us with your continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in you, we may glorify your holy Name,...
Daily prayer: May we obtain forgiveness
Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and...
Shriving on Shrove Tuesday
If I shrive you, I hear your testimony, or your confession, and I offer understanding, or forgiveness. AI may try to tell you to shrive means to confess. It’s actually the other way around. It means...