An Episcopalian bishop’s pointed message to Trump

“The person giving this sermon should be added to the deportation list,” Georgia Republican Rep. Mike Collins wrote on to Donald Trump from the pulpit during the traditional inauguration prayer at the Washington National Cathedral. As we can see in the video below, Collins was not the only one to flinch when hearing the nun. I quote an excerpt from his sermon before posting the video in question:

“In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy on the people of our country, and we are afraid now. There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families, some of whom fear for their lives. And the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who work in poultry farms and meat-packing plants, who wash dishes after meals in restaurants and who work night shifts in hospitals, do not are perhaps not citizens or do not have the necessary papers. But the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors. They are faithful members of our churches, mosques, synagogues, gurdwaras and temples.

“I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on members of our communities whose children fear their parents will be taken from them, and to help those fleeing war zones and persecution in their own countries to find here compassion and welcome. Our God teaches us that we should be merciful to the stranger, because we were all once strangers on this earth. May God give us the strength and courage to honor the dignity of every human being, to speak the truth in love, and to walk humbly with one another and with our God, for the good of all – the good of everyone in this nation and around the world. Amen. »

Leaving the cathedral, Trump declared, in response to a journalist’s question, that he did not find the sermon “too exciting.”

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