The Bishop's Blog
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry released from the hospital
Praise God! This just in from The Episcopal Church: "Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s medical team released him from the hospital today following his Sept. 20 surgery and post-operative recovery. He...
Daily Prayer: Feast Day of St. Francis
Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair,...
Daily Prayer: John Raleigh Mott
Everlasting God, who leads your people’s feet into the ways of peace; Raise up heralds and evangelists of your kingdom like your servant John Mott, that your church may make known to all the world...
Daily Prayer: A Collect of Peace
O God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely...
Christ Church & St. Andrew’s: Episcopal Parishes Walking Together
For the last six years, two Episcopal parishes in the South Bay have been walking together — Christ Church in Redondo Beach and St. Andrew’s in Torrance. (Find them together and living on Facebook...
The Rev. Antonio Gallardo at St. Luke’s, Long Beach
When the Rev. Dr. Antonio Gallardo was 25, he left his native Venezuela to study and work in Japan, whose government had identified him as an incipient global business leader. It turned out to be...
Daily prayer: 16th Sunday after Pentecost
O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Grant us the fullness of your grace, that we, running to obtain your promises, may become partakers of your heavenly...
Amazing people in late September
You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including Dolores DeAngelis of St. Athanasius Episcopal Church, Echo Park, telling our monthly St. Paul's Commons, Echo...
Los Angeles faith leaders and the Clinton Foundation
President Bill Clinton’s voice was heard welcoming guests Thursday afternoon at St. Paul's Commons, Echo Park — on video, of course. It was the kickoff of the Clinton Foundation’s eight-month summit...
Daily prayer: Jerome
O God, who gave us the holy Scriptures as a light to shine upon our path: Grant us, after the example of your servant Jerome, so to learn of you according to your holy Word, that we may find the...
Daily prayer: Morning prayer
O God, the eternal sovereign, whose light divides the day from the night and turns the shadow of death into the morning: Drive far from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep your law, and...
Daily prayer: For families
Merciful God, who looks not with outward eyes but discerns the heart of each: we confess that those whom we love the most are often strangers to us. Give to all parents and children, we pray, the...