Bishop Budde on Her Viral Trump Sermon: ‘You Don't Always Get to Choose When the Call Comes’

glamour.com:

Donald last week for empathy towards those he maligns, she had no idea that she’d soon be the latest woman he’d call “”—and that her words would soon spread through the nation.

All she was thinking about, she tells Glamour, was how she could meet the moment.“The first word that came to me was empathy,” , the first woman to lead the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, says. “We need empathy.

We need to be able to see and to appreciate the life experience of another human being.”Budde’s at the national prayer service went viral last week for her simple, calm, yet pointed words toward the president and his family, appealing directly to his sense of decency.“I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” she said, speaking directly to Trump. “There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families who fear for their lives…the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals.

They pay taxes, and are good neighbors. They are faithful members of our churches, mosques and synagogues, gurdwara, and temples.