nAs you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. n nAt an ominous moment in American history, Bishop Mariann Edgar Buddes sermon at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC following President Trumps second inauguration was a rare moment of moral clarity. Growing out of the most fundamental principles of Christian ethics, Bishop Buddes address stands as a calm but resonant call for compassion in an increasingly vicious and punitive political culture.n