after so much dialogue about prayer this past week i was wondering what aunt bea thought about all this public combat on religious observances so i stopped by on my way home from work she said public prayer lets folks know you have something in common with them or serves as a how great i art vulgar marketing ploy but private prayer lets you have an uninterrupted conversation with the divine it makes folks feel better to have expressed what is already known one thing’s for sure prayer for power is not the same as the power of prayer
i’m not certain which deity is going to respond and i honestly don’t care i’d just like for once to have a response so here we go dear what’s your name i would like to request an end to the senseless slaughter of children if grownups want to wipe each other off the face of the planet then let it be but raping the life breath from children should be banned by you dear fill-in-the-blank deity a gender neutral title and honorific implied you needn’t respond directly to me i’m not a priest or particularly wise man just a concerned citizen
what prayers should be said to wash away the blood stains from a child’s clothes and will those same prayers breathe life into lifeless forms forms broken from life’s mosaic by brutal blows from human greed a greed making void prayers that a child once again can feel a parent’s touch and giggle with joy over simple songs sung as night embraces consciousnesses what celestial words will be heard by the gods to end these nightmares called war
tonight when you’ve finished bathing your child and tuck them into their warm bed as they cuddle their security blanket or toy please add to your prayers of thanksgiving a prayer of last rites for a teenage soul the fifth child to be sacrificed for political showmanship while under the care of border patrol it needn’t be a long prayer for it was a short life
personally honey i think god should have one of those call waiting services the kind that tells you when your call might be answered you know your position in the queue that lets you estimate when your call or prayer will be answered only problem is that thing about one day is to the lord as a thousand years one can only
guess what the timeframe would be when they say your call will be answered in the order received you are currently 13th in line wait time is currently ten minutes
you’re new here aren’t you so you’re probably wondering about all these pieces of folded paper strewn all over the chapel floor thinking this is not what i expected when i got assigned to such a prestigious unit well truth is we’re way behind on our schedule of events see folks used to help one another oh they had their disagreements but on the whole more folks worked together resolving various issues than now days which really helped to decrease our workload and the number of requests made but since humankind has changed and moved away from godliness we angels are having a harder time with addressing all the prayers
