In a sermon at the National Cathedral, Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde directly addressed Donald Trump regarding America's undocumented immigrants, highlighting their essential yet often overlooked roles in society. She emphasized that most of these immigrants are not criminals, reaffirming a Christian duty to care for the marginalized. While her call for unity seemed idealistic, the message struggled to resonate amid contemporary political dynamics and the church's declining membership. Budde's attempts to bridge gaps through a generalized theme of compassion faced criticism for being ineffective in addressing divisive issues.
She asked Donald Trump to think of America's undocumented immigrants in a compassionate light, and to see them for who so many of them really are: 'the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meatpacking plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals.'
Christ is always on the side of the outcast, the stranger, the prisoner, the leper. "Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."
I must be one of the only people other than those actually in the cathedral to have listened to the entire thing. It was dry, high-minded, and Christ-light.
It built on a theme of 'unity' in which all people drop their political differences and embrace a generalized, feel-good, Esperanto-like uni-faith.
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