Prayers

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He departed
to the
mountain
to pray.
[Mark 6:46]
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"That's the PROBLEM,
Lord."

"What,
child."

"You don't really
TALK to us!"

"What AM I
doing right now,
My kinder."

(Shrug.)
"Well......it's all
in my IMAGINATION."

[NOD.]
[CHUCKLE.]

(Make a face at the
ceiling.)
"Yeah;
that's the PROBLEM!
When we PRAY.....
we dunno WHAT'S
goin' ON!"

[PATIENT VOICE.]
"Me,
child:
that's what's
going on."

(Impatient squirm.)
"No!
NO!"

[PATIENT GAZE.]

(Kvetchy whine.)
"WE PRAY!
BUT WE NEVER
GET ANY FEEDBACK!"

[PATIENT NOD.]

"Ya never TALK BACK
to US!"

[PATIENT SIGH.]

(Munching on a
Ragu-covered
meatball.)
"See,
I bet that's what
HAPPENED."

[SOLEMN VOICE.]
"Don't bet,
child."

(Mouth full.)
"It's an EXPRESSION,
LORD! IT'S AN ENGLISH
VERB! IT MEANS: 'THINK',
OR 'GUESS WITH CERTAINTY'!"

[CHUCKLING FROM
THE RIGHT SIDE OF
THE THRONE.]

(Setting a piece
of meatball onto the
floor.)
(Plump brown and black
cat noses it.)
"YOU NEED TO SIT
DOWN, AND PRACTICE
WRITING YOUR ENGLISH
VERBS! STOP READING
ALL THAT HEBREW!"

[NODDING, PATIENTLY.]
[REACH OUT AND TOUCH
ONE OF THE OIL SLICKS
FLOATING ON TOP OF
A REDDISH-COLORED WAVE
NEAR THE LOUISIANA COASTLINE.]
"Yes, child;
go on."

"WELL? I bet that
when JESUS prayed....
the FATHER talked
BACK to Him!"

[PATIENT SQUINT.]
[TURN TO HIS RIGHT.]
[SHAKE HEAD.]
[LOW VOICE.]
"Nu*?"

(Impatient yell.)
"It was like...a
REAL CONVERSATION!"

[GAZE UPON SCRUFFY
CHILD SLURPING A
PIECE OF RAGU-COVERED
SPAGHETTI.]
"What are we
having now,
child?"

(Irritable squirm.)
(Shout to the ceiling.)
"BUT, THIS IS
MY IMAGINATION!
IT'S ALL ME!"

[SHAKE HEAD.]
[SCOOP UP ANOTHER
DYING BIRD, FROM
THE NAUSEATING
OCEAN WAVE.]
[CRADLE BIRD,
IN HIS RIGHT
HAND.]
"No,
little one."

(Whiny shout.)
"NO?
SURE, IT IS!"

[TENDERLY CARESSING
SOFT BROWN FEATHERS.]
[THE BIRD AWAKENS,
AND BEGINS TO CHIRP.]
[SMILE!]
"No,
child.
It's all
Me."
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And,
Jesus
lifted up
His eyes
and said,
'Father,
I thank You
that You
have heard
Me.'
[John 11:41]

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*Yiddish: 'Can you
believe this?'

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