Notable:
The Secretary of Homeland Security reads from the Old Testament, Isaiah 40:3-5, where the Prophet speaks of "the voice in the wilderness" telling us that "every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain; and the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it together."
The Attorney General reads from the New Testament, 2 Corinthians 4:1-18, where Paul writes: "Through God's mercy we have this ministry, and therefore we do not lose heart...; and though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."
And the President does not just eulogize a 9-year-old girl so much as hearken the broader theme of children, alluding to the words of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew 11:25 and 19:13-15, proclaiming that "things God has hidden from the learned and the wise, he has revealed to little children, and admonishing the former (and us) to "let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to them belongs the kingdom of heaven."
So, it may be that politics should not presume to inform us in matters of scripture, but isn't it also the case that a bit more scripture would go a long way to informing us in matters of politics.
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