The Bishop's Blog

Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy...

O God, who gave your servant Ambrose grace eloquently to proclaim your righteousness in the great congregation, and fearlessly to bear reproach for the honor of your Name: Mercifully grant to all...

To all the faithful in Christ Jesus in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles: I, John Harvey Taylor, by Divine Providence Bishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles, grant permission for Saint Nicholas,...

O God of unsearchable wisdom, you gave your servant Clement grace to understand and teach the truth as it is in Jesus Christ, the source of all truth: Grant to your church the same grace to discern...

Unmerited grace, or a glimpse of the promise of the realm of peace? Into the blizzard of seasonal travel nightmare stories, I sing of this glad tiding. May each reader be equally blessed this...

Gracious God, we pray for your holy catholic church. Fill it with all truth, in all truth with all peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in any thing it is...

“Lo, I see the power of God coming, and a cloud covering the whole earth.” The St. John's Cathedral choir sang these words from an ancient Christian liturgy last night to begin a service of Advent...

O God, who in your providence called Channing Moore Williams to the ministry of this church and gave him the gifts and the perseverance to preach the Gospel in new lands: Inspire us, by his example...

 Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility;...

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,...

Gracious Creator,  We give thanks not only for the food that sustains our bodies but for the beauty that nourishes our souls. We say grace before the play and the opera. For the stories that reveal...

Canon Luis Garibay has helped host 17 St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park community Thanksgiving dinners, organizing volunteers, cadging for donated turkeys, and mashing more than his share of potatoes....