The Bishop's Blog
Thoughts and reflections from Bishop John Harvey Taylor
Daily prayer: Fifth Sunday in Lent in Nazareth
Mar 26, 2023
Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and...
Daily prayer: The Annunciation
Mar 25, 2023
Pour your grace into our hearts, O Lord, that we who have known the incarnation of your Son Jesus Christ, announced by an angel to the Virgin Mary, may by his cross and passion be brought to the...
Pilgrimage: Seeking meaning, community in the Holy Land
Mar 24, 2023
It’s a simple enough question, if not always easy to answer. What are we looking for in Jerusalem and Nazareth? At the Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher? Wading in the Jordan River...
Daily prayer: Óscar Romero
Mar 24, 2023
Almighty God, you called your servant Óscar Romero to be a voice for the voiceless poor, and to give his life as a seed of freedom and a sign of hope: Grant that we, inspired by his sacrifice and...
Pilgrimage: Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee
Mar 23, 2023
Greetings early Friday morning from Nazareth, where we 25 Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles Lenten pilgrims are preparing for a Jesus bath day at the Jordan River and along the Sea of Galilee....
Daily Prayer: Jerusalem pilgrimage, day 1
Mar 22, 2023
O Lord our God, you sustained your ancient people in the wilderness with bread from heaven: Feed now your pilgrim flock with the food that endures to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ your Son...
Daily prayer: Setting out on pilgrimage
Mar 21, 2023
O God, with you is the well of life, and in your light we see light: Quench our thirst with living water, and flood our darkened minds with heavenly light; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives...
St. Joseph and pilgrimage
Mar 20, 2023
Yesterday was the feast day of St. Joseph, but since it was a Sunday, we remember him today, along with St. Luke’s story of 12-year-old Jesus upsetting Mary and Joseph by lingering in the temple to...
Daily prayer: St. Joseph
Mar 20, 2023
O God, who from the family of your servant David raised up Joseph to be the guardian of your incarnate Son and the spouse of his virgin mother: Give us grace to imitate his uprightness of life and...
Daily prayer: Fourth Sunday in Lent
Mar 19, 2023
Gracious God, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives...
Remembering Tom Kinman
Mar 18, 2023
All Saints Episcopal Church Pasadena helped its rector, the Rev. Mike Kinman, mourn and celebrate his father, Thomas David Kinman, in a moving service this morning. “I was trained as a physicist and...
Daily prayer: Saturday in the third week of Lent
Mar 18, 2023
O God, you know us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright: Grant us such strength and protection as may...