The Bishop's Blog
Thoughts and reflections from Bishop John Harvey Taylor
Visiting St. Hilary’s Church, Hesperia
Jun 4, 2023
For Trinity Sunday at St. Hilary's Episcopal Church in Hesperia, in the desert above the Cajon Pass, we didn’t have a smidge of June gloom — just shining sun and faces as seven were confirmed or...
Daily prayer: Trinity Sunday
Jun 4, 2023
Almighty God, you have revealed to your Church your eternal Being of glorious majesty and perfect love as one God in Trinity of Persons: Give us grace to continue steadfast in the confession of this...
Graduation at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School, San Juan Capistrano
Jun 3, 2023
What a joy to head down to St. Margaret's Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano Friday evening, as I do every June, to address 113 graduating seniors, their families and friends, and all of my St....
Daily prayer: Martyrs of Uganda
Jun 3, 2023
O God, by whose providence the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church: Grant that we who remember before you the blessed martyrs of Uganda, may, like them, be steadfast in our faith in Jesus...
Daily prayer: for mission
Jun 2, 2023
Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching...
‘Never’
Jun 1, 2023
World peace spoiler alert. On the last page of 2021’s “Never” by Ken Follett, a fictional U.S. president is weeping. “She was possessed by a helpless grief so overwhelming that her whole body...
Chaplain Michael Bell departs Good Samaritan Hospital
Jun 1, 2023
Though what remained of its formal ties to the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles ended in early 2020, Good Samaritan Hospital, now part of a highly respected hospital group called PIH Health, still...
Daily prayer: Justin Martyr
Jun 1, 2023
O God, who has given your church wisdom and revealed to it deep and secret things: Grant that we, like your servant Justin and in union with his prayers, may find your Word an abiding refuge all the...
Daily prayer: The Visitation
May 31, 2023
God in heaven, by your grace the virgin mother of your incarnate Son was blessed in bearing him, but still more blessed in keeping your word: Grant us who honor the exaltation of her lowliness to...
Daily prayer: The Book of Common Prayer
May 30, 2023
Almighty and everliving God, who through the Book of Common Prayer restored the language of the people in the prayers of your church: Make us always thankful for this heritage; and help us so to...
Memorial Day: Standing for democracy
May 29, 2023
Over 1.1 million people have given their lives for the United States in wars occurring in four centuries — but it’s complicated. Over half died in the Civil War, and nearly half of that number died...
Daily prayer: Memorial Day
May 29, 2023
Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping those who serve in our armed forces at home and abroad. As we remember this Memorial Day all those who sacrificed themselves for our...