Compline: Hope Is the Work of a Faithful People

Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Location: Facebook Live, Instagram LIVE, & You Tube
Time: 7 p.m.

In a world marked by violence, fear, and the pain of deportations and ICE raids, we need sacred space to pray and to ground ourselves in hope.

The ancient contemplative prayer of Compline offers exactly that: a chance to pause and to find strength for the work of love that lies ahead.

To reiterate Bishop Duckworth’s words from her recent statement:

Hope, for Christians, is not passive. Hope is a discipline. Hope is choosing, again and again, to live as children of the light, refusing to let fear, despair, or hatred have the final word. Hope is finding our voice and speaking for others. Hope is finding the way of peace.

Peace is not a commodity; it is our foundation. It is the bond that holds us together—not through uniformity, not through exclusion, not through despair, but through faith, hope, and love.

This is why we pray. This is why we gather—even when we’re scattered across a diocese.

Bishop Shannon Duckworth will officiate Wednesday’s Compline and we are deeply honored to be joined by The Rev. Antonio Gallardo, Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Los Angeles.

Simply go to Facebook, Instagram, or our YouTube on Wednesday, January 28 at 7 p.m. and the service will be streaming live. A recording will be available at a later date. 

Let us renew ourselves together so we can continue doing what we are called to do.

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The Rev. Antonio Gallardo
Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Los Angeles

The Rev. Antonio Gallardo is the rector of St. Luke’s / San Lucas, Long Beach, since 2023. Gallardo is the first Latino to be elected bishop in the Diocese of Los Angeles.

He was previously vicar of St. Luke’s of the Mountains, La Crescenta, and served on the clergy staff of All Saints, Pasadena. Ordained to the priesthood in 2019 in the Diocese of Los Angeles, he holds a doctorate in business and economics from Lehigh University, as well as degrees from Venezuela’s Universidad Experimental Politécnica and Universidad Centro Occidental Lisandro Alvarado, Claremont School of Theology and Bloy House Episcopal Theological School.