The Bishop's Blog

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...

Grant, we pray, Almighty God, that we who celebrate with awe the Paschal feast may be found worthy to attain to everlasting joys; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the...

My scrapbook from today’s Easter Day celebration at St. John's Cathedral in Los Angeles, where I was celebrant and preacher, and the Easter bunny was able to move the egg hunt outdoors in the blink...

Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of the Lord's resurrection,...

Preventing fake news was the goal of religious officials who went to Pilate the day after Jesus’s burial. They warned him that the imposter’s followers might steal his body and claim he’d risen from...

Good Friday should turn Christians into careful students of all the ways modern states use power against the vulnerable. While it grieves me to say it, because Israel is a great country with a great...

Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross;...

This is my Maundy Thursday story. Kathy and I returned from our Holy Wednesday evening dinner at Denny’s to find about a dozen police cars in front of our home, your episcopal residence, on...

Almighty God, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in remembrance of Jesus Christ our...

To all the people of the Diocese of Los Angeles, greetings in Christ this Holy Week and Easter Day! The depiction of our Lord in the photo was my gift from Monica Gonzalez-Gutierrez, a member of La...