A Thought On Bishop Robinson's Prayer

At the opening inaugural event on Sunday, Bishop Robinson prayed,

"Bless us with patience – and the knowledge that none of what ails us will be 'fixed' anytime soon, and the understanding that our new president is a human being, not a messiah."

Robinson then went on to spell out that his messiah consists of "freedom from mere tolerance" and a "a genuine respect and warm embrace of our differences..."

Bishop Robinson doesn't think that Barack Obama will save us, but he does think that "anger at discrimination...against refugees and immigrants, women, people of color, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people" and a "warm embrace of our differences" will.