The Bishop's Blog
Thoughts and reflections from Bishop John Harvey Taylor
Daily prayer: Maternal and eternal love
May 11, 2025
Most gracious God, from your heart you gave birth to all creation, and through your Son, Jesus Christ, you gather up all your children under the shadow of your wings: Through maternal love may we...
Daily prayer: Gregory of Nazianzus
May 10, 2025
Almighty God, who has revealed to your Church your eternal Being of glorious majesty and perfect love as one God in Trinity of Persons: Give us grace that, like your bishop Gregory of Nazianzus, we...
Pasadena Community Orchestra
May 10, 2025
Pasadena Community Orchestra audiences usually have a sturdy Episcopal section, and especially these days. Longtime conductor and music director Bethany Pflueger is friends with Saint Mark's...
Amazing People
May 9, 2025
You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including the Rev. Ollie Lim, a Canadian priest I first met when he was studying at Bloy House, The Episcopal...
Daily prayer: Watch over your child
May 9, 2025
Watch over your child, O Lord, as her days increase; bless and guide her wherever she may be. Strengthen her when she stands; comfort her when discouraged or sorrowful; raise her up if she falls;...
Daily prayer: Leo XIV
May 8, 2025
Almighty God, we lift our prayers for Leo XIV, the native Chicagoan called today as bishop of Rome. His namesake Leo XIII was devoted to the dignity of every human being, especially working people,...
Daily prayer: Give us faith
May 8, 2025
Almighty God, whose blessed Son our Savior Jesus Christ ascended far above all heavens that he might fill all things: Mercifully give us faith to perceive that, according to his promise, he abides...
Daily prayer: For the peace of righteousness
May 7, 2025
Almighty God, guide the nations of the world into the way of justice and truth, and establish among them that peace which is the fruit of righteousness, that they may become the kingdom of the Lord...
Daily prayer: St. George
May 6, 2025
Almighty God, you commissioned your holy martyr George to bear before the rulers of this world the banner of the cross: Strengthen us in our battles against the great serpent of sin and evil, that...
Confirmations at All Saints, Riverside, and St. John’s Cathedral, Los Angeles
May 5, 2025
I finished my weekend exhibiting a strong tendency toward confirmation bias — the good kind. I was the Holy Spirit’s partner as 26 in two counties, at St. John's Cathedral in Los Angeles and All...
Mission to Tijuana and Comunidad de Luz
May 5, 2025
Maria and her husband once worked for the El Salvadoran government. A police officer, he balked when he was ordered to arrest young men just because they sported tattoos that might suggest gang...
Daily prayer: Peace for the church
May 5, 2025
Almighty and Most Merciful God, give to your church that peace which the world cannot give, and grant that those who have been divided on earth may be reconciled in heaven, and share together in the...