The Bishop's Blog

O God of Love, who delivered your servant Josephine Margaret Bakhita from the bondage of slavery to the true freedom of your service; Grant to the wounded your healing grace in mind, body, and...

Almighty and everlasting God, you made the universe with all its marvelous order, its atoms, worlds, and galaxies, and the infinite complexity of living creatures: Grant that, as we probe the...

O God, your unfailing providence sustains the world we live in and the life we live: Watch over those, both night and day, who work while others sleep, and grant that we may never forget that our...

Gracious God, through your prophet Isaiah you promised, "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you." Among the outward signs of your...

The Israel-Hamas war has put more strain on interfaith relations than any event since al-Qaeda’s terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, when many Christians and Jews went in search of a deeper...

Set us free, O God, from the bondage of our sins, and give us the liberty of that abundant life which you have made known to us in your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in...

You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including Kelly Zajfen, cofounder of Alliance for Moms, an advocacy and service organization that took over St. Paul's...

By the grace of God, and because of this awful war, Israel and Palestine are on the verge of their Northern Ireland season of peace. Or so we must pray. As the settlement of the 30-year Irish...

Gracious God, who makes the rain to fall on the just and unjust unlike, we give you thanks for the life it brings but offer prayers of protection for those at risk from flooding and other perils...

Almighty and everliving God, we humbly pray that, as your only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple, so we may be presented to you with pure and clean hearts by Jesus Christ our Lord;...

O God, whose servant Brigid, kindled with the flame of your love, became a shining light in your church: Grant that we also may be aflame with the spirit of love and discipline, and walk before you...

O God, who satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry with good things: Grant that we, like your servant Marcella, may hunger and thirst after you above the vain pomp and glory of the world,...