An Amputated Intercession

"What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature." - Voltaire

When I attended the liturgy last Sunday at my local “modernist” parish, I was surprised that, given the events of the day before, there wasn’t at least a passing reference in the prayers to the former president and, particularly, those wounded and killed in the assassination attempt/murder. There was not one word.

Really surprising since the sermon was a…