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The Sermon That Angered the Orange Turd
As an atheist I couldn’t agree more with Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s address at Donald Trump’s ceremony
Dear readers and fellow writers,
Below I reproduce the Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde’s sermon at the recent presidential inauguration. In these dark times we live in now, a glimmer of light is much-needed and -sought after. Let’s hold on to that light for we will all need it in years to come.
The sermon is in the public domain.
O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; unite us in bonds of love; and work through our struggle and confusion to accomplish your purposes on Earth; that, in your good time, all nations and races may serve you in harmony around your heavenly throne; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Jesus said, “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did…
