(Part two of two) While a day late and a dollar short, some consideration of Liturgy of the Word, Reading 489, Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time II, the Feast of Charles Borromeo, may help the Faithful pray.  Borromeo was a master of prudence, particularly in his treatment of Galileo.  

“Join with others” in the civil rights movement, “in being imitators of me” (the Apostle to the Gentiles), brothers and sisters, and observe those who thus conduct themselves” for example Blacks who over ninety percent support Hillary, “according to the model you have in us” (Philippians 3:17).  “Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord” (Psalm 122:1) that we have a sacred right to participate in democratic leadership.  The day will come, “`What is this I hear about you?  Prepare a full account of your stewardship” (Luke 16:2).  Prudence is mentioned twice in one verse, verse 7.  Prudence is an important consideration for who gets their hands on the nuclear button.